Board of Directors
Matthew Del Percio, President
Principal, Altman Vilandrie & Co.
Margery E. Ames, Esq., Vice President
Retired Executive Director, the Interagency Council of Developmental Disabilities, Inc.
Carol Chen, Treasurer
Managing Director, Genworth Financial
G. Crossan Seybolt, Jr., Secretary
Managing Director, Eagle Bay Advisors LLC
Christopher M. Ackerman
Senior Researcher, Google
Susan S. Benedict
Director, The Scholarships Foundation, Inc.
Judith Benitez
Retired Office Manager, Child Study Center
Mark Broude
Executive Director, Legal Hand, Inc.
Tony Cirincione
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Joyce R. Coppin-Mondesire
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Mercy College
Thomas Gallagher
Managing Director, BNY Mellon
José Martin Jara
Partner, Archer Law
Brigette R. McLeod-Williams
Senior Marketing Counsel, The Colgate-Palmolive Company
Karen Myrie, MD
Medical Director, The Floating Hospital
Ellen Polansky
Principal, Ernst & Young
Robert Schanz
Independent Real Estate and Construction Consultant
David Theobald
Senior Telepsychiatry Partnerships Manager, Genoa Healthcare
Duncan James Turnbull
CEO, Pomeroon Trading
Kim Walker
Intellectual Property Counsel, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Allen Waxman
CEO & President, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Board Members Emeriti
Carol Oughton Biondi
Frank J. Biondi, Jr.
J. Dennis Delafield
William A. Kirk, Jr.
Frances R. Olivieri, Esq.
Phoebe R. Stanton
Everyone at Rising Ground, led by Chief Executive Officer Alan Mucatel, is committed to all those we support.
Executive Staff
Alan Mucatel
Chief Executive Officer
Belinda Conway
Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer
H. Aldervan Daly
Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Elliot Hagler
Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer
Elise Zealand
Executive Vice President / General Counsel
Sharron Madden
Executive Vice President / Chief Program Officer
Susan Sampogna
Executive Vice President / Chief Program Officer
Dr. Angela White
Executive Vice President / Chief Program Officer & Superintendent of Schools
Diana Amado
Senior Vice President for Immigration Services
Ryan Garofalo
Senior Vice President for Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services
Carlton Mitchell
Senior Vice President for Children & Family Services
Roanica Paisley
Senior Vice President for Human Resources
Anne Patterson
Senior Vice President for STEPS to End Family Violence
Jose Reyes
Senior Vice President for Quality Management