Board of Directors
Cara Marriott, President
Cara Marriott is the current president of the Board of Directors. Cara’s professional career has been in banking and technology, working for financial institutions that are now part of Bank of America and later as Vice President of International Development for what is now InteractiveCorp. Cara began volunteering for organizations that support children in need at the age of 6 and hasn’t stopped since. She has served on the boards of several child-focused nonprofit organizations, including as Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Village Community School and as President of the Board of Directors of Step Up Women’s Network, which provides after-school arts-based programming and mentorship in underserved areas of NYC. She has served for many years as a pastor at Lower Manhattan Community Church. Cara was introduced to CASA through LMCC’s charitable fund which supports local organizations that seek justice and mercy for the marginalized people of NYC.
Kathy Nissenbaum, Vice President & President-elect
Bree Sheahan, Secretary
David Fisher, Treasurer
Karen Griffo Azoulay
Heather Benn
Ana Bermúdez
Leah Coakley
Kathryn Conroy
Ericka Francois
Ellan Ben-Hayon
Hedy Matteson
Katie Napolitano
Marie Philip
Julie A. Safer
Eric Slovin
Janette Smith-Foster
Charell Star
David Tackel
Ilana Wiles
Kim Walker
Associate Board
Carly Cohen, Board Co-Chair
Rachel Wick, Board Co-Chair
Julia Feldstein, Benefit Chair
Caitlin Brady, Secretary
Tyler Raciti, Recruitment Lead
Sidney Karoffa, Communications Lead
M. Lisa Hollingsworth, Education and Awareness Liaison
Tivaun Cooper, Networking Chair
Laura Ackerman
Kaiya Adam
Sophie Baker
Caitlin Brady
Ackel Braide
Marleah Braisseaux
Amelia Brinkerhoff
Wilderness Castillo-Dobson
Charlotte Champ
Kanika Cousine
Halley Cunn
Brittny Ellington
Batuhan Erdogan
Miranda Espinosa
Brianna Ferrante
Paulina Ferrari
Elizabeth Gemdjian
Cristin Goerke
Tristan Haas
Anne Hamilton
Miranda Hardy
Andrea Jackson
Corey Jenkins
Kawana Jones
Hannah Kauffman
Devika Kedia
Abbie Knight
Adrienne Kronovet
Sigal Landau
Nicole Lee
Christina Li
Danit Maor
Wendy Matt
Tim McFarlane
Megan McGarrigal
Maren McKenna
Stephanie Melinger
Corinne Merriman
Nimat Muhammad
Christina Neroth
Samia Noor
Prince Obah
Taye Mary Ogunji
Isabella Oliva
Rayne Pacek
Jeremy Park
Lucas Radoccia
Jenna Reinero
Kamara Russo
Jacqueline Seegers
Dana Shanon
Claire Shapanka
Chanel Shum
Anand Tamirisa
Joshua Tang
Eric Teitel
Kara Wine
Estella Zhao