The CUP Leadership Board focuses on the mission of CUP and the emerging leadership within New York. CUP Leadership Board members are diverse urban professionals across all sectors including : finance, real estate, consulting, technology, media and entertainment, business, law, government, nonprofit, education, and government who exert true leadership, civic participation, and are motivated by improving the lives of urban professionals.
2010 CUP Leadership Board Members
Zaid Abdual-Aleem, Senior Vice President, Piedmont Investment Advisors
Kwadwo Acheampong, Program Manager, SEO
Tish Archie, Vice President, Citigroup
Rodneyse Bichotte
Carlton Bridgeforth, Compliance Specialist, Deutsche Bank
Taryn Brown, Consultant
Lisa Bruce, Northern Trust
LeVar Burke, Executive Assistant to the Dean, CUNY
Jessica Chang, Board Member, Global Language Project
Robert A. China, Vice President, Fortress Investment Group
Stanley Chiu, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Sarah Curtis-Bey, Director Global Makeup Marketing, Estee Lauder
Ayisha Devonish, Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Tamara Dews, Manager, SONY Music Entertainment
Angela Fernandez, Executive Director, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Chawane Floyd, Supply Chain Consultant, UPS
Waziri Garuba, Analyst, Grupo Ecopart
Christina Grant, Deputy Director, NYC DOE
Jonte Harrell, Associate, Credit Suisse
Ry-Ann Hermon, Chief of Staff, Assemblyman William Boyland
Diana Hilson, Integrated Marketing Manager Black Enterprise Magazine
Jordan Hopkins, Associate, JP Morgan Private Bank
Lesley Horton, Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Christal Jackson, Principal, Jackson & Associates
Yusef Kassim, Senior Member, Eton Park Capital Management
PJ Kim, Executive Director of Urban Policy, Drum Institute
Laurie H. Liu
Juan Maldonado, Project Manager, The Financial Clinic
Michael Marion, Product Assistant, Macy’s Inc.
Aaron Mattison, Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Michael Mills
Johnita Mizelle, Head of Corporate, Foundation and Endowment SalesProgress Investment Management Company*
Ryan Moorehead
Haran Narulla, Vice President, Blue Wolfe Capital Management
Pamela Okehie, Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Ola Oyinson, Associate Director, UBS Asset Management
Nitzan Pelman, Executive Director, Citizens School New York
Christopher Polanco, Associate, LAMCO LLC
Nadia Rhodes Associate, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Robert Rodriguez, Vice President, A.C. Advisory Inc
Walker Sands, Chief of Staff, The Majora Carter Group
Demetrius Sidberry, Associate, ICV Partners
Tara Simone-Powell, Barbara’s Flowers
Anka Twum-Baah, Senior Manager, American Express Company
Laura Washington, Vice President of Communications, NY Historical Society
Bob Wu, Analyst, ZIFF Brothers Investments
CUP Leadership Board
The CUP Leadership Board focuses on the mission of CUP and the emerging leadership within New York. CUP Leadership Board members are diverse urban professionals across all sectors including : finance, real estate, consulting, technology, media and entertainment, business, law, government, nonprofit, education, and government who exert true leadership, civic participation, and are motivated by improving the lives of urban professionals.
2010 CUP Leadership Board Members
Zaid Abdual-Aleem, Senior Vice President, Piedmont Investment Advisors
Kwadwo Acheampong, Program Manager, SEO
Tish Archie, Vice President, Citigroup
Rodneyse Bichotte
Carlton Bridgeforth, Compliance Specialist, Deutsche Bank
Taryn Brown, Consultant
Lisa Bruce, Northern Trust
LeVar Burke, Executive Assistant to the Dean, CUNY
Jessica Chang, Board Member, Global Language Project
Robert A. China, Vice President, Fortress Investment Group
Stanley Chiu, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Sarah Curtis-Bey, Director Global Makeup Marketing, Estee Lauder
Ayisha Devonish, Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Tamara Dews, Manager, SONY Music Entertainment
Angela Fernandez, Executive Director, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Chawane Floyd, Supply Chain Consultant, UPS
Waziri Garuba, Analyst, Grupo Ecopart
Christina Grant, Deputy Director, NYC DOE
Jonte Harrell, Associate, Credit Suisse
Ry-Ann Hermon, Chief of Staff, Assemblyman William Boyland
Diana Hilson, Integrated Marketing Manager Black Enterprise Magazine
Jordan Hopkins, Associate, JP Morgan Private Bank
Lesley Horton, Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Christal Jackson, Principal, Jackson & Associates
Yusef Kassim, Senior Member, Eton Park Capital Management
PJ Kim, Executive Director of Urban Policy, Drum Institute
Laurie H. Liu
Juan Maldonado, Project Manager, The Financial Clinic
Michael Marion, Product Assistant, Macy’s Inc.
Aaron Mattison, Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Michael Mills
Johnita Mizelle, Head of Corporate, Foundation and Endowment SalesProgress Investment Management Company*
Ryan Moorehead
Haran Narulla, Vice President, Blue Wolfe Capital Management
Pamela Okehie, Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP
Ola Oyinson, Associate Director, UBS Asset Management
Nitzan Pelman, Executive Director, Citizens School New York
Christopher Polanco, Associate, LAMCO LLC
Nadia Rhodes Associate, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Robert Rodriguez, Vice President, A.C. Advisory Inc
Walker Sands, Chief of Staff, The Majora Carter Group
Demetrius Sidberry, Associate, ICV Partners
Tara Simone-Powell, Barbara’s Flowers
Anka Twum-Baah, Senior Manager, American Express Company
Laura Washington, Vice President of Communications, NY Historical Society
Bob Wu, Analyst, ZIFF Brothers Investments
* Indicates Board Chair