Board of Directors
Matt Del Percio, President
Principal, Altman Solon
José Martin Jara, Vice President
Counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP
Allen Waxman, Vice President
Counsel, DLA Piper
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
Vidia Cordero
Deputy Chief Community Impact Officer, Trinity Church
Adani Illo
Managing Director, Evercore
Rakesh Jain
Partner/Global Head of Private Credit, Pantheon Ventures
Jason Kyrwood
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Dorothy Mehta
Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson LLP
Gary Moross
Partner, HG Vora Capital Management
Karen Myrie, M.D.
Medical Director, The Floating Hospital
Ellen Polansky
Principal, Ernst & Young
Matthew Porter
Managing Director, Assistant General Counsel, Warburg Pincus LLC
Robert Schanz
Independent Real Estate and Construction Consultant
David Theobald
Senior Telepsychiatry Partnerships Manager, Genoa Healthcare
Graham Thomas
Principal, KKR
Duncan James Turnbull
CEO, Pomeroon Trading
Dr. Colleen Griffin Wagner
Vice President for Residential, Adolescent, & IDD Services, Center for Family Services
Board Members Emeriti
Carol Oughton Biondi
J. Dennis Delafield
Frances R. Olivieri, Esq.
Elizabeth Renyi
G. Crossan Seybolt, Jr.
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
Laura Grossfield Birger
Chief Legal Officer
Elliot Hagler
Chief Financial Officer
Lissa Southerland
Chief Operating Officer
Susan Sampogna
Chief Program Officer
Diana Amado
Senior Vice President for Immigration Services
Leo Campbell
Senior Vice President for Human Resources
Ryan Garofalo
Senior Vice President for Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services & Health Services
Shanikwa McIntyre-Ligonde
Senior Vice President for Residential Services
Jose Reyes
Senior Vice President for Quality Management
Travis Rodgers
Senior Vice President for Organizational Culture and Inclusion