Administrative Offices & General Inquiries
The Biondi School / Special Education
Dr. Angela White
Executive Vice President for Education Services
914-375-8971
Care Management Services
Christina Soddano
Senior Vice President for Health & Mental Health Services
718-794-8372
Donations, Sponsorships, Events
H. Aldervan Daly, CFRE
Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement
212-602-5847
Early Childhood Services
Rising Ground Preschools
Alzina Gilmore, Vice President
914-375-8743
Marion & George Ames Early Childhood Learning Center
Terri Lien, Director
914-375-8820
Dr. Katherine Dodge Brownell School
Vera Gregory, Director
917-444-1885
Children’s Learning Center
Lauretta Cageao, Director
646-774-3115
Rising Ground Early Head Start Program
Carolyn De Los Santos, Director
718-991-1500
Seabury Day Care Center
Marlo Robinson, Director
718-991-1500
Foster Care & Adoption Services
Family Resource Center
Family Stabilization Services
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services
Justice For Youth & Families
ParentChild+ Program
Residential Services
Sue Sampogna
Senior Vice President for Residential & Youth Services
914-375-8678
Residential Treatment Center
Our Locations
Administrative Offices
Brooklyn Headquarters & Edwin Gould Services
151 Lawrence Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
212-437-3500
The Leake & Watts Campus
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8700
East Bronx Family Service Center
1529-35 Williamsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10461
718-794-8200
Community Programs
Family Resource Center
575 Soundview Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473
718-991-1500
Schools
The Biondi Middle & High School
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8969
Biondi Elementary School
1529-35 Williamsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10461
718-794-8282
Early Childhood Learning Centers
Marion & George Ames Early Childhood Learning Center
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8820
Dr. Katherine Dodge Brownell School
450 Castle Hill Avenue Bronx, NY 10473
917-444-1885
Children’s Learning Center
1751 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10035
646-774-3118
Rising Ground Early Head Start Program
575 Soundview Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473
718-991-1500
Seabury Day Care Center
575 Soundview Avenue, Bronx, NY
10473 718-991-1500
Alumni Relations
Since 1831, thousands of children have been a part of the Rising Ground community. If you are looking for information about yourself or a relative who lived at Rising Ground (previously Leake & Watts) and would like to request alumni records, please download and complete our RECORD REQUEST FORM, and send it to Records@RisingGround.org. Or you can email us with questions directly. We’re happy to help!