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Board of Directors

Meet the individuals who guide LEDA’s mission and strategy at the highest level.

Hon. Jesse M. Furman
Co-Chair
US District Court for the Southern District of New York

David Garza
Executive Director
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America

Eric Mendez
Treasurer
Genesis Credit Partners

Trevor Morrison
Co-Chair
NYU Law School
Hecker Fink

Brett Zbar
General Atlantic

Lex Suvanto
Edelman Smithfield

Wemimo Abbey
Esusu

Aaron Aboagye
McKinsey

Eden Abrahams
Balcony Advisors

Sarah Bernbach
Advantage Testing

Visala Alagappan
Advantage Testing

Sender Cohen
KH2 Capital Management

Kendall Coleman
Ogilvy

Jessie Betts Dreyfuss
Chelsea Piers

Mandy DeFilippo
Standard Chartered

Alexandra Engler

Andy Fisher
Myriad360

Frederick Fogel
The Baupost Group

Lucy Friedman
The Pinkerton Foundation

Lisa Gustavson

Gustavo Gonzalez
Elevate Ventures

Emmanuelle Kachenoura

Yelka Kamara
NYU Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Shuly Leviant
DavidsonKempner

Matthew Parodi
McKinsey & Co.

Cristina Pieretti
Moody’s

Fatima-Assaoui
RBC Capital Markets

Leadership Council

LEDA’s Leadership Council is composed of a group of prominent leaders who share a passionate commitment to LEDA’s mission and serve as its champions. The council helps to build awareness about our unparalleled success and foster new connections and partnerships.

William R. Fitzsimmons
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Harvard College

Enrique Foster Gittes
Lawyer, Investor, Former Teacher
Former Trustee of Prep for Prep

George M. Logothetis
Executive Chairman
Libra Group

Anthony W. Marx, Ph.D.
President and CEO
New York Public Library
President Emeritus, Amherst College

Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D.
President and CEO
The Aspen Institute
Former President, Franklin & Marshall College

Lois Severini, Ph.D.
Architectural Historian and Former Teacher

Shirley M. Tilghman, Ph.D.
President Emeritus
Princeton University
Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University

Anthony Yoseloff
Executive Managing Member
Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

Corporate Advisory Council

LEDA’s Corporate Advisory Council includes representatives from a wide variety of industries and provides recommendations on how to better serve LEDA Scholars and Career Fellows in the preparation of internships, full-time jobs, and other professional opportunities.

Ken Bouyer
Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting
EY Americas

Erika Coleman
VP, Talent Acquisition
Goldman Sachs

Rosanna Durruthy
Head of Global Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
LinkedIn

Charles Gray
Head, North American Technology Officer Practice
Egon Zehnder