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.

2011 CUP Leadership Board Members

  • Zaid Abdual-Aleem
    Senior Vice President, Piedmont Investment Advisors
  • Kwadwo Acheampong
    Program Manager, Sponsors for Employment Opportunities
  • Tish Archie
    Vice President, CitiGroup
  • Alvin Bowles
    CEO, Grab Networks
  • Karen Bruce
    Electrical Engineer, Consolidated Edison, Incorporated
  • LeVar Burke
    Executive Assistant, CUNY
  • Charlita C. Cardwell
    Vice President and Senior Counsel, American Express Travel Related Services, Inc
  • Candice Cook
    Interim General Counsel, Capitol Theatre
  • Sarah Curtis-Bey
    Director, Estee Lauder
  • Ayisha Devonish
    Analyst, Deutsche Bank
  • Tamara Dews
    Manager, Business and Legal Affairs, SONY Music Entertainment
  • Angela Fernandez
    District Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Representative Jose E. Serrano
  • Chawane Floyd
    MBA Candidate 2013, University of Rochester: William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
  • Devaughn Fowlkes
    College Advisor, Harlem Children’s Zone
  • Waziri Garuba
    Associate, Evolution Markets
  • Christina Grant
    Executive Director, NYCAN – The New York Campaign for Achievement Now
  • Daron Greene
    Director, Financial Markets Advisory, BlackRock
  • Tiffany Hardin
    New Business Account Executive, Translation LLC
  • Diana Hilson
    Marketing Manager, Forbes
  • Lesley Horton
    Staff Attorney, L&M Development Partners Inc.
  • Christal M. Jackson
    Principal, Jackson & Associates
  • Yusef Kassim
    Senior Member, Eton Park Capital Management
  • Juan Maldonado
    Assistant Director of Services, The Financial Clinic
  • Michael Marion
    Product Assistant, Macy’s Inc
  • Aaron Mattison
    Analyst, Deutsche Bank
  • Ryan Moorehead
    Vice President, First Sterling Financial
  • Christopher Polanco
    Associate, LAMCO LLC
  • Dana Reed
    Managing Director, UCM Partners
  • Nadia Rhodes
    Specialist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Jeanique Riche
    Founder, Startup Stability and Growth Consulting LLC
  • Walker Sands
    Executive Staffer to the President, National Action Network
  • Vivianna Schwoerer
    JD Candidate, New York Law School
  • Tara Simone-Powell
    Owner, Barbara’s Flowers
  • Stephanie Smith
    Managing Director, Senior Bank Loans Operations
  • Terance Takyi
    Client Associate (Institutional Sales), J.P. Morgan Chase Asset Management
  • Joshua Thompson
    Associate Director, Institutional Advancement, Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School
  • Laura Washington
    Vice President of Communications, NY Historical Society
  • Johnita Walker Mizelle
    Progress Investment Management Head of Corporate, Endowment and Foundation Sales, Progress Investment Management