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The board of trustees is the guardian of Harlem Academy’s mission. It is the board’s responsibility to ensure the mission is relevant and vital to the community it serves, to monitor the success of the school in fulfilling its mission, and to support and promote the mission in the broader community.
The board of trustees is responsible for setting the school’s vision and a strategic plan for realizing the vision. Trustees ensure that their efforts – individually and collaboratively – contribute to the execution of the Strategic Plan and realization of the vision. The advisory council complements the work of the board within a more informal structure. Each member lends their wisdom, endorsement, and philanthropy toward the continued realization of our mission and vision. The junior board is a group of young professionals passionate about Harlem Academy. Their goals are to help move the mission forward, cultivate a base of supporters who are committed to our students, and serve as volunteers. 

Board of Trustees

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  • Officers

    David B. Peterson | Chair
    CEO, Onera Media
     
    Rodney Pope | Secretary
    Vice President and Senior Human Relations Director, Turner Construction
     
    Carol B. Kenney | Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair

  • Trustees

    Tony Asnes
    Head of Investor Relations, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.

    Avi Banyasz
    Partner and Co-Head, TPG Real Estate

    W. Graham Cole | Education Committee Chair, Development Committee Co-Chair
    Former Head of School, Westminster School

    Will Cook
    Founder and Portfolio Manager, Sunriver Management LLC

    Vincent Dotoli | Ex-Officio
    Founder and Head of School, Harlem Academy
     
    Joshua Easterly | Investment Committee Chair
    Co-Founding Partner and Co-President, Sixth Street
     
    Ty Elie
    National Director, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund
     
    Mary Ganzenmuller
     
    Robert L. Harteveldt
    Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
     
    H. Dale Hemmerdinger | Campus Committee Chair
    Chairman, ATCO

    Valarie A. Hing
    Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
     
    Thomas Klein
    Co-Founder, Greenwich Point Capital
     
    Ann MacRae | Events Committee Chair
    Trustee, Cat MacRae Fund
     
    Elizabeth McHenry
    Professor and Chair of the English Department, New York University
     
    Betsy S. Michel | Development Committee Co-Chair
     
    Hank Prybylski
    Vice Chair – Transformation, EY Global
     
    Tom Reycraft | Committee on Trustees Chair
    Founder and CEO, Benchmark Education Company, LLC
     
    Richard Schaps
    CEO, Van Wagner Group
     
    Hillary Thomas | Communications Committee Chair
    Chief Operating Officer of the Sports and Entertainment Group, Van Wagner Communications, LLC

    Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt
    John D. Forbes Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business & Professor of Public Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia

    Alan Washington | Audit Committee Chair, Transition and Pandemic Response Committee Chair
    President and CEO, Charter Schools Development Corporation

  • Trustees Emeriti

    Mark H. Johnston

    Laura B. Sillerman

Advisory Council

John Belizaire 
CEO, Soluna

Doug Griebel
Co-founder and Former Chairman, Rosa Mexicano Restaurants

Shirley A. Jackson, Ph.D.
Former President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 
Robert Kissane
Chairman, CCS Fundraising

Michael Levine
Co-Head, CAA Sports

Rashanna Lynch, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Ryan Health

Lauren W. Marrus
CEO, Dempsey & Carroll

William E. Mayer
Founder, Park Avenue Equity Partners; Chairman Emeritus, Aspen Institute 

Alice Quinn
Adjunct Professor of Writing, Columbia University School of the Arts; Former Executive Director, Poetry Society of America
 
David R. Salomon
Managing Member, East End Advisor

Hunter Serenbetz

Junior Board

Wassa Bagayoko '13
Charlie Better
Kofi Boakye
​Chelsie Caruso
Dan Castelli
Meta Fallon
Elizabeth Geldres
Dwight Greenhouse
Kate Hannon
Clare Hawthorne
Alexandra Idol
Spencer Ingle
Ibrahim Kaya
Sarah Labowsky
Ben Lavely
Monica Gray Logothetis
Jenny Lynch
Hayden Millington
Ella Pepper
Tanner Powers
Nzingha Prescod
Molly Prybylski
Thad Reycraft
Natalia del Rivero
Kris Rodgers
Graceley Todd
Liz Warner
Harlem Academy
655 Saint Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY, 10030

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Harlem Academy is an independent school (grades K-8) that drives equity of opportunity for promising students, guiding them to thrive at the highest academic levels and one day make a mark on the world.