Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is a group of diverse, engaged, active, and passionate volunteers, deeply committed to the mission and vision of Comprehensive Youth Development. They are leaders in professions from finance to marketing, education, and leadership development, all with a desire to give back by supporting those who have not had equal access to opportunity. Read their stories by clicking on their photos.

SoVonna Day-Goins
Chair
Managing Director, Investment Bank Capital Markets & Advisory,
Credit Suisse

Michael Braun
Vice Chair
Founder and CEO,
Braun Business Management, Inc.

Jacquelyn Krese
Treasurer
America’s Head of Capital Markets,
BlackRock

Michael A. Roberts,
Secretary
Executive Director,
Comprehensive Youth Development

Dean Backer
Partner, Goldman Sachs

Bleema Bershad
Director of Marketing, Apparo

Nellie Borrero
Managing Director, Global Inclusion & Diversity, Accenture

Clara Brooks
Vice President, BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Mauricio Espinosa
Managing Partner, Clear Dusk LLP

Howard A. Friedman
Founder and Principal Emeritus
Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School

Jeffrey Hellman
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, PVH Corp.

Michael F. Melcher
Partner, Next Step Partners, LLC

Jessica Phillips
Managing Director, Assistant General Counsel,
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Nireata Seals, Ed.D.
Vice President of Student Affairs & Associate Provost, LaGuardia Community College

Andrew Wang
Head of Finance, Uncommongoods.com
Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Class of ’99

Ramey Watkins
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

David Bolotsky
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, UncommonGoods

Gregory P. Cohen
Associate Director, Cause Effective
CDI Founding Executive Director

Pamela Craig
Chief Financial Officer,
Accenture, Retired

Robert V. Delaney
Group Senior VP, Brooklyn Union Gas, Retired

Michael Koester
Partner, Goldman, Sachs

Carolyn Risoli
President, CRisoli Consulting

Kevin E. Walker
Founder and CEO, TurtleWise, Inc.