The Early Steps Board of Trustees includes administrators, parents and diversity advocates connected to New York City independent schools.
President, Kathleen Cook, Associate Head of School for Teaching & Learning, West Side Montessori School
Executive Director, Jacqueline Y. Pelzer
Executive Director, Jacqueline Y. Pelzer
Alan Berk | Vice President, Leonard Rosen & Co. |
Kelly O'Connell Bird |
Coach Liaison, UPenn GSE Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program; EdD candidate, UPenn Mid Career Doctorate, School Leadership |
Bodie Brizendine | Head of School, The Spence School |
Bertram Gibson | CFO, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone |
Martha Haakmat | Executive Director, Haakmat Consulting, LLC |
Martha Hirschman | Head of Lower School, Dwight School Dubai |
Patricia Redd Johnson |
Educational Consultant, Former Senior Associate Dean of Admission The Hotchkiss, Former Director of Admission The Dalton School
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Stuart Johnson | Head of School, Tuxedo Park School |
Cheryl Kelly | Head of Early Childhood, Grace Church School |
Tom Kelly | Headmaster, Horace Mann School |
Sarah Lafferty | Director of Lower School Admission and Financial Aid - Trevor Day School |
Jean G. Lamont | Independent Consultant; Former Head of School, The Foote School |
Dan Lascano | Founder, Chief Investment Officer, Lomas Capital |
Andrew McLaren | Former Head of School, Little Red Schoolhouse |
Mark Ostroff | Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Alloy Asset Management |
Sandra Owens | Area Development Director, United Negro College Fund |
Michele Owens-Patterson | Senior Psychologist, Prep for Prep |
Alexandra L. Peters | President, New Space for Women (Health Center) |
Marcia Roesch | Director of the School and Child Care Search Service, Columbia University |
Corrente Schankler | Owner, Petal Design Studio |
Lydia Spinelli | Consultant and Director of Summer Steps at The Brick Church School |
Caroline M. Tripp | Independent Consultant |
David R. Trower | Headmaster, The Allen-Stevenson School |
Linden Havemeyer Wise | Special Counsel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Trustee, The Chapin School |