Board Of Directors
A Word From
Our Board
"When Nick Scoppetta became Commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) in 1996, he had a dream. He had grown up in foster care and knew how critical a good education and the caring adults who encouraged him were to his survival. He knew government could not do it all - so he envisioned engaging New Yorkers to fill in the gaps, and New Yorkers For Children (NYFC) was born. It has been my great honor to become a New Yorker For Children working alongside my fellow board members and the dedicated NYFC staff to realize Nick’s dream."
Susan L. Burden, Founding Board Member

Our Board
President
Susan L. Burden
Vice President
Laura McVey
Treasurer
Louis Klein
Secretary
Susan Gilroy
Executive Director
Alan Yu
Founder and President Emeritus
Nicholas Scoppetta d. 2016
Emeritus
Geoffrey Canada
Oscar de la Renta d. 2014
Daniel Kronenfeld d. 2019
Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos
Anna Wintour
Advisory Board
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Jack O’Kelley, III
Board members
John Alderman
Eric Brettschneider*
Janel Callon
Kathryn Conroy
Roland Estevez
Lise B. Evans
Salvatore Gogliormella
Jess Dannhauser (ex-officio)
Board members
Ira M. Golub
David Hansell*
Abigail James
Nancy Jarecki
Amy Larocca
Kevin Liles
Jessica Flayser
Denise Maybank
Board members
Jennifer Mieres
Elizabeth Myers
Rona Nelson
Patti Ongman
Seetha Ramachandran
Andrea Scoppetta
*Former Board President
Executive director
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