Early Steps - board

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

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
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