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Volunteer Board Leadership

As a community-based organization, the YMCA of Greater New York reflects the needs and values of the communities it serves.  A volunteer Board of Managers, made up of community leaders, helps to shape the organization's strategic plan. 

International YMCA Board of Managers

Board of Managers

Raffi Azadian, Chair
President & CEO
Azadian Group

Arthur A. Bavelas, Vice-Chair
CEO
Bavelas Group

Taniese K. Brown
District Coordinator
Legal Lives Bureau
Crime Prevention Division
Office of the District Attorney, Kings County

Laura Robertson
Replenishment Planner
WARNACO-Chaps Ralph Lauren

Perri Freeman
Vice President
Marketing & Communications
JPMorgan Investment Bank

Kristine Karamian
Project Manager/VP – PMO
Citibank N.A.

Scarlett Pildes
Marketing Executive
Nu Skin Enterprises

Wendy Reilly
Philanthropist

Henry H. Robbins
Lawyer
(Formerly Shearman & Sterling LLP)

Najmi A. Sarwar
Project Manager 
Citibank N.A.

Sarah Tilley
Analyst
Equity Capital Markets
Scotia Capital (USA)

Scott Trent
Assistant Commissioner for Communications & Public Affairs
City of New York

Eleanor Vale, Esq.
Lawyer & Realtor
Law Firm of Eleanor Vale & Associates

Jonathan Vance
Associate Director
YMCA Camp Sea Gull

Ya-Ning Hsu Yu
Teacher & Advisor
The Collegiate School

Sandra Mitchell, Staff Officer
Executive Director
International YMCA

Harold C. Smith, CFA
Lifetime Member

Abdulahi Osman
Youth Representative
 

Advisory Committee

James T. Beale, Jr.

William P. Epke

Robert W. Norton

Dr. David Suh