LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Carole Gordon, Chair/ interim Treasurer
Senior VP of Housing Development, The Bridge

Tracy Ehrlich, Vice Chair
Decorative Arts and Design Faculty, Cooper Hewitt Master's Program
Marianne R. Petit, Secretary
Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Network Academic Planning,
New York University
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Kathy Goldman
Co-founder, Community Food Advocates
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Ronnie Eldridge
Former New York's City Council Member
A host of Eldridge & Co.weekly television talk show on CUNY TV
THOUGHT PARTNERS
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Professor James Fathers, Ph.D.
Director: Syracuse University School of Design
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Nienke Dosa, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Spina Bifida Association of America
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Lisa Neville, Occupational Therapist
Jowonio School, Syracuse NY
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Molly Campbell, Director, Assistive Device Center,
Perkins School for the Blind
Kit Frank, Adaptive Equipment Specialist
Fundación Jen Lee
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Pietra Rivera, Occupational Therapist
New York City Department of Education
Dominican College Adjunct Professor
John Schimmel​​, Co-Founder
DIYAbility
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Joe Wykowski, Executive Director
Community Vision
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Tania & Ken Finlayson
Morse code developers, Nott Limited
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Anthony Sharkey
Cardboard Carpenter Extraordinaire
SUPPORTERS
FOUNDATIONS
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The Achelis & Bodman Foundation
Black & Fuller Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
The Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation
Edna Wardlaw Charitable Fund
FJC - Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
The Ford Foundation
Fund for the City of New York
F.Y. Eye, Inc.
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation, Inc.
The New York Community Trust
New York State Health Foundation
The Omer Foundation
The Patrina Foundation
Perkins International
Sheila E. Daley Foundation, Inc.
West Side Community Fund and Citizens Committee for New York City
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
New York City Council
Manhattan Borough President's Office
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
CORPORATIONS
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Alliance Bernstein
Bio Compression Systems, Inc.
Eileen Fisher
Green Earth Enterprise
LUSH Charity Pot
McGraw Hill Financial
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.