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
Kathy Goldman
Co-founder, Community Food Advocates
Ronnie Eldridge
Former New York's City Council Member
A host of Eldridge & Co.weekly television talk show on CUNY TV
THOUGHT PARTNERS
Professor James Fathers, Ph.D.
Director: Syracuse University School of Design
Nienke Dosa, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Spina Bifida Association of America
Lisa Neville, Occupational Therapist
Jowonio School, Syracuse NY
Molly Campbell, Director, Assistive Device Center,
Perkins School for the Blind
Kit Frank, Adaptive Equipment Specialist
Fundación Jen Lee
Pietra Rivera, Occupational Therapist
New York City Department of Education
Dominican College Adjunct Professor
John Schimmel, Co-Founder
DIYAbility
Joe Wykowski, Executive Director
Community Vision
Tania & Ken Finlayson
Morse code developers, Nott Limited
Anthony Sharkey
Cardboard Carpenter Extraordinaire
SUPPORTERS
FOUNDATIONS
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
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
New York City Council
Manhattan Borough President's Office
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
CORPORATIONS
Alliance Bernstein
Bio Compression Systems, Inc.
Eileen Fisher
Green Earth Enterprise
LUSH Charity Pot
McGraw Hill Financial
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.