Diverse non-profit, public and private sector boards and staffs create institutions more aligned with the communities they serve, stimulate dialogue and innovation, and expand networks of dedicated talent.

Through our Board & Senior Management Diversity, CUP secures strategic board and career placements for our highly motivated and qualified members so that, individually and collectively, our organization fulfills its vision of enhancing the capacity of organizations, institutions and agencies to better serve our communities.

In the past three years, CUP has referred and placed numerous members across several nonprofit boards. Our members’ impressive professional backgrounds, matched with their desire to have an impact in their communities, makes for a winning strategy and platform for CUP’s diversity initiatives with our nonprofit and public sector partners.

Recent Board & Staff Matches

2008

• Erica Irish Brown | State of New Jersey Investment Board
• Migna Tavares | New York City Housing Authority
• Adrienne Harris | StartingBloc Inc. **
• Bernel Hall | TEAM Academy Charter School **

2009

• Wale Adeosun | New York State Common Retirement Fund
• Anka Twum Baah | Opus 118 **
• Jeanine Conley| Early Stages **
• Janco Damas | Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights **
• David Hinson | Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) *
• Juny Francois | Economic Development Corporation
• Gregory Weston | NYS Board of Real Estate
• John Rhea | New York City Housing Authority *
• Natasha Holiday | Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health **
• Lyneir Richardson | Brick City Development Corporation
• Obinna A. Onyeagoro | SUNY Purchase College Council
• Leslie Talbot | State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

2010

• Dr. Christina Jenkins | NYC Health & Hospitals Board
• Robert Reffkin | Panel for Educational Policy
• J. Donald Rice Jr. | NYS Thruway Authority/Canal Corporation Boards
• Rashida Mendes |  Financial Control Board
• Chinwe Onyere | NY Botanical Gardens Board **
• Obi Onyeagoro |  Commission on Increasing Diversity in State Government Workforce
• Tim Sebunya |  Brooklyn Public Library
• Lesley Horton |  Weston United Community Renewal
• Lesley Horton |  NYC Lobbying Commission

2011

• Malik Franklin |  Sustainable South Bronx

Partners

• New York City Appointment’s Office
• New York State Appointment’s Office
• Department of Cultural Affairs
• Arts and Business Council
• Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

* CUP Founding Board Member
** CUP Fellow