The Early Steps Board of Trustees includes administrators, parents and diversity advocates connected to New York City independent schools.
President, Kathleen Cook, Early Childhood Educator
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 |
| 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 |
