Left to right: Vice President Ayo Harrington, Vice President Dr. Leonard Golubchick, President Alan J. Gerson, Former City Council Speaker Corey Johnson
Our volunteer Board of Directors and Advisory Board lend diverse backgrounds and exceptional talents toward Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth’s mission. We are truly indebted to their devotion to our task.
Executive Committee
Alan Gerson
Board President, Former City Council Member, District 1, Attorney at Law
Dennis Gault
Vice President. Special Education Teacher; Manhattan Political Director, United Federation of Teachers; Democratic District Leader, Lower Manhattan
Ayo Harrington
Vice President, Consultant, Education, Performing Arts, Criminal Justice Reform
Diane Stein
Secretary, Social Worker
Ken Paskar
Treasurer, CEO, The Blackrock Group
Lois Rakoff
Executive at Large, Physical Education & Health Teacher, Ret.
Dr. Allan Horland
Executive at Large, Physician
In Memoriam:
Sophie Gerson, Inspiration of Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth (SGHY)
Dr. Leonard Golbuchick, Original SGHY Board Member, First Vice-President, Program Director
Zella Jones,Original SGHY Board Member, Webmaster
Board Members
Michael Auerbach
Vice President, Albright Stonebridge
Dr. Martin Bedigian
Director, Cardio-Vascular Research, Novartis, Retired, Pharmaceutical Research Consultant
Brad Burgess
Artistic Director, the Living Theatre
Kellin Compton
Lance Charles
Gerogetown University, Masters in Sports Management Candidate
Terri Cude
Monica Guardiola
Phillip Gulley
Jackson Hu
Mariama James
Frederick Lester
Harry Malakoff
Trudy Mason
Kristen Palmieri
Sarah Soffer
Neal Tepel
Mark Thompson
Vice President, Capalino+Company
Rafael Tomkin
Publisher, Labor Press
Dennis Gault, Program Director
Ayo Harrington, Camp Program Director
Elaine OuYang, Chief Technology Officer
Channing Stave, Stratton Stave & Catherine Loden, Communications Managers
Advisory Board
Marcus Andrews
Dylan Charles
Rikki Charles
Karen Cohen
Robin Forst
Deley Gazinelli
James Gong
Lynn Gordon
Michael Harvey, Esq, Commercial Law Attorney, Member, Board of Directors, NY Conservatory of Music
Paul Hovitz, Former Chair, Youth Committee, Community Board One
Sam Jacob, Restaurateur
Hon. Virginia Kee, Retired Teacher, Founder Chinese-American Planning Council
Dodge Landesman
Phyllis Lee
Dirk McCall, Former Chief-of-Staff, NYC Council, District 1, Director Elmhurst Business Improvement District
Dr. David Milch
Hon. Po-Ling Ng, Social Worker, Former Community School Board 2 Member & President
Drs. Charles & Helene Price-Gropper
Siggy Raible
Jonathan Rubin
Arnie Segarra
Tom Smith, RN
Raquel Solomon, Published Poet, Songwriter
Abby Stein
Tammy To
Miguel Trelles, Director, LaTea, Latino-American Theatre Company, Clemente Soto-Velez Cultural Center
Pam Widener
Steven Yip
Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Martin Bedigian, Physician
Robert Harrington, Industrial Hygienist
Dr. Allan Horland, Physician
Dr. Irwin Redlener, Physician
Dr. Alex Sherman, Physician
Dr. Marc Wilkenfeld, Physician
Dr. Daniel Zango, Medical Resident
General Counsel
Fernando Koatz, Esq., Gleason & Koatz LLP
