Leadership & Staff
Ben Lerner
Writer/Professor of English, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Ursula Oppens
Musician/Professor, Brooklyn College
Lisette Nieves
Partner, Lingo Ventures; Visiting Professor, Brooklyn College; Biden Nominee for Member of the Board of Directors of AmeriCorps
Richard M Kessel
President & CEO of NYPA
Parents
CUNY
System of public colleges in NYC
Fred Adler
"‘The Father of Venture Capital: passed away in January 2022 at age 96
Victor Wahba
Mazars USA chairman and CEO
Dennis S Hersch
Business advisor to Leslie and Abigail Wexner; former partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Jeffrey Huart
Former Executive Board, American Federal of Teachers, Local 2 NYC Teachers
Jordan Jay Baruch
Electrical engineer; Assistant secretary of commerce for science and technology
Michael Lynne
Film executive; former Co Chairman and Co CEO, New Line Cinema Corporation
Jason K Pulliam
Trump nominee to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
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Bernie Sanders
US Senator and former representative from Vermont, 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate
Aaron Bernard Wildavsky
Professor of Political Science and tobacco industry consultant
