Board of Directors
Matt Del Percio, President
Principal, Altman Solon
José Martin Jara, Vice President
Counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP
Allen Waxman, Vice President
CEO & President, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Carol Chen, Treasurer
Former Managing Director, Genworth Financial
Brigette R. McLeod-Williams, Secretary
Retired Senior Marketing Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Margery E. Ames, Esq.
Retired Executive Director, the Interagency Council of Developmental Disabilities, Inc.
Susan S. Benedict
Director, Maria Bowen Chapin Scholarship Fund, The New York Community Trust
Judith Benitez
Retired Office Manager, Child Study Center
Joyce R. Coppin-Mondesire
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Mercy College
Michael Goldstein
Managing Director, MSD Partners, L.P.
Sharon Hardy
Vestryman, Trinity Church Wall Street & Interim University Executive Director of Admissions & Recruitment, The City University of New York
Jason Kyrwood
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Karen Myrie, MD
Medical Director, The Floating Hospital
Ellen Polansky
Principal, Ernst & Young
Matthew Porter
Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Warburg Pincus LLC
Robert Schanz
Independent Real Estate and Construction Consultant
G. Crossan Seybolt, Jr.
Managing Director, Eagle Bay Advisors LLC
David Theobald
Senior Telepsychiatry Partnerships Manager, Genoa Healthcare
Justin Thomas-Copeland
President & Chief Executive Officer, DDB North America
Duncan James Turnbull
CEO, Pomeroon Trading
Kim Walker
Intellectual Property Counsel, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Board Members Emeriti
Carol Oughton Biondi
Frank J. Biondi, Jr.*
J. Dennis Delafield
William A. Kirk, Jr.*
Frances R. Olivieri, Esq.
Elizabeth Renyi
Phoebe R. Stanton
*deceased
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
Laura Grossfield Birger
Executive Vice President / General Counsel
H. Aldervan Daly
Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Elliot Hagler
Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer
Lissa Southerland
Executive Vice President / Chief Operating 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
Oneida Perez
Senior Vice President for Human Resources
Jose Reyes
Senior Vice President for Quality Management
Travis Rodgers
Senior Vice President for Diversity, Belonging & Fairness