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Bronx Charter School for the Arts was founded by a group of dedicated educators, parents, and community members. Since the incorporation of the school, the Board has grown to include prominent members of the business and education communities.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing all aspects of school operations, including fiscal oversight, long-term planning, policy development, fundraising and supervision of the Executive Director. Bronx Arts' Board of Trustees is comprised of an exceptional group of individuals who are firmly committed to the mission of Bronx Arts.
Fran Engoron (Chairperson; boardchair@bronxarts.net) is an independent consultant specializing in organizational and leadership development, human capital, knowledge management and learning. Her thirty-five year career includes significant leadership roles as well as over twenty-five years of client consulting as a senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, then the world's largest professional services firm. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies, medical centers, private companies and large governmental and not-for-profit organizations.
From 1996-1998, she served as Senior Partner, Intellectual Capital of Price Waterhouse LLP. In this role, Fran was the first female member of both the US and Global Leadership Teams of Price Waterhouse, and had global responsibility for three Firmwide areas: recruiting, development and training, and knowledge management. Prior to assuming that role, she served as the Human Resources Leader for the Firm's Management Consulting Services (MCS) division, where she was a member of the Management Executive Group. She was highly instrumental in achieving Computerworld's award as #1 workplace for Information Technology professionals. Her innovative human capital programs have been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Computerworld and Fortune, as well as numerous professional publications and books. From 1998- 2000, she was the Global Leader of the PwC Organizational Effectiveness and Development consulting practice. In this role, she had responsibility for leading over 700 consultants who assisted major global companies in Human Capital and HR activities.
In her last role at PwC, Fran served as the U.S. Innovation Leader, Learning and Education. She was responsible for continuing innovation and competitive differentiation of the learning environment for over 25,000 people. In this capacity, she also worked closely with the audit, tax and advisory businesses as well as senior leadership to provide a wide range of development solutions and behavioral change programs for the Firm's 2,000 US partners. In addition, she had responsibility for structuring the US succession planning process working with the Firm's Chairman and Senior Partner. PwC's innovative approaches to leadership development have been highlighted in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications.
Fran has a B.A., Sociology, from the College of William & Mary and a Master's degree from The George Washington University. She has also completed postgraduate work at Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon. She is an active Board member of several not-for-profit organizations.
Matthew Arendt (Program Committee member) is a Financial Advisor in the Global Wealth Management Group of Merrill Lynch on Fifth Avenue New York. Matthew graduated from Cornell University in 1991 and completed a two-year stint as a charter corp member of Teach For America in Houston, TX. In addition to leadership positions at Ogilvy Mather and DoubleClick, Matthew also worked as a Vice President of Business Development for Edison Schools helping districts of all achievement levels to use data to drive achievement gains system wide. Matthew is actively involved as a board member of Stuyvesant Cover Park on East 23rd Street and a committee member of Direct Effect, a volunteer group dedicated to raising funds for HIV and AIDS research at The Rockefeller University.
Larry Bomback (Development and Finance Committees member) is director of finance and operations at OPERA America, the national service organization for the opera field. Prior to working at OPERA America, he managed the financial and administrative operations of the New York Youth Symphony. He is an active member of Bridgestar's New York Nonprofit CFO Networking Group. A former music history lecturer at Hunter College and an opera enthusiast, Bomback has published articles in The Musical Times, Musicological Explorations, Opera America, Faust Studies and The Harmonizer, and he has presented lectures in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Bomback received a B.A. with Honors from Haverford College and a M.A. from City College of New York. He lives with his wife, Coren, in Manhattan.
Humberto R. Garcia, Jr. (Development Committee member) is a Senior Vice President in the New York office of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. Before joining Macquarie, he was a Senior Analyst for Fursa Alternative Strategies, a $1bn New York hedge fund, where he focused on distressed debt and private equity investments in the U.S. and abroad. He previously worked as an investment banker for UBS Warburg and as a portfolio manager for Deutsche Bank/Bankers Trust.
Before moving to the private sector, Humberto was an economist for UNICEF in Central America. He started his career at The World Bank, where he structured and executed sovereign loans to Latin American countries. Humberto earned his AB in philosophy from Stanford University and a Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is fluent in English and Spanish.
Arthur Greenberg (Program Committee member) is a lifelong resident of New York City. Dr. Greenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Stuyvesant High School. Dr. Greenberg has a Bachelors of Business Administration from City College, a Masters of Arts from New York University, a Masters of Science and Professional Diploma from Pace University, and a Doctor of Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Greenberg has worked in many venues during his professional career including, Assistant Principal of City-As-School, Principal of Middle College High School, Principal of Beach Channel High School, Dean of Faculty Skills at LaGuardia Community College, and Superintendent of Community School District 25 in Queens. In 1997, Dr. Greenberg was elected President of the New York City Association of Superintendents. In a Fall, 1998 study on arts education, prepared for the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Community School District 25 was one of only eight school districts identified for exemplary practice in arts education. Dr. Greenberg won the Harold McGraw Jr. Prize in Education for his work in support of arts education. In 1998 Dr. Greenberg was invited by the Chancellor to assume the position of Supervising Superintendent for Executive and New School Development. In September 2000 Dr. Greenberg joined the faculty of NYU's Steinhardt School of Education as a Professor of Educational Administration in the Department of Administration, Leadership and Technology. Currently, Dr. Greenberg serves as a Board Member for the Foundation for Child Development and the Center for Arts Education.
Yana Gutierrez (Nomination and Evaluation Committee member) was raised in Connecticut and New Jersey and attended public schools. Her professional experience spans investment banking, consulting, venture capital and strategic planning. She is currently a Vice President at American Express in the Global Merchant Services Division where she manages growth and emerging industries in travel and entertainment. Yana has a BA in Economics and French from Villanova University and an MBA from Stanford Business School. For many years, Yana has had a passion for working with kids in at-risk areas. She volunteered as a tutor in the West Philadelphia school system throughout her four years of college and acted as a weekly guest teacher for a magnet school in Harlem after graduating college. In addition, she was a tutor and adviser in the I Have A Dream Program while at Stanford, the first one organized by graduate students, which allowed her to work with students in the impoverished East Palo Alto community.
Michael Hollander (Finance Committee member)was raised in Illinois by public school educators and attended public schools himself. His professional experience spans private equity and public accounting where he has served global clients in technology and media and entertainment sectors for over fifteen years. He is currently a Partner in Ernst & Young LLP’s Assurance and Advisory Business Services practice. Michael has a BS in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Washington University. His wife, Stephanie, is also a partner at Ernst & Young LLP, and they have two children.
Michael Karp (Nomination and Evaluation Committee member)has been consulting with local, regional, national and international companies in the professional services, construction and distribution industries. He has been recognized as a leading consultant for 35 years and is considered an expert in enhancing the performance of executives, organizational teams, Advisory Boards, and managers.
Mr. Karp is a Director in the Consulting Group of JH Cohn LLP where he works with a variety of rapidly growing companies. His project work includes strategic planning; staff reorganizations; redefining roles and assessing the capabilities of personnel; directing the recruitment and selection of key executives; creating creative compensation programs for senior executives and middle managers; and designing performance appraisal systems for many levels of personnel. He has re-engineered management processes for his clients in order to optimize productivity while improving quality, profitability, and on-time delivery. He has served as a mentor and coach for a number of Chief Executive Officers, Owners, Senior Executives and Middle Managers. Clients have continued to retain him for his wisdom and extensive experience.
Mr. Karp serves on the Advisory Boards of several client companies. He has published over 20 articles in leading trade journals on such subjects as Succession Planning, Excellent Performance, Innovative Marketing and Strategic Planning. He has appeared before more than 40 trade and industry groups.
Mr. Karp joined the Cohn Consulting Group through the merger with Videre Consulting in 2003. He was Chairman of Don Aux Associates, a leading management consulting firm serving middle market companies from 1998 to 2003. From 1972 to 2003, he served as President and Managing Partner. Prior to joining Don Aux Associates, Mr. Karp was a Senior Consultant in Marketing and Acquisition Services for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell. He has also held management positions in new product development and marketing with Litton Industries.
Mr. Karp holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Penn State University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business. He was also on staff at the Wharton School, where he taught statistics.
Jay Mandel (Development Committee member)was born and raised in Los Angeles and has been a literary agent at the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment since February 2001. He began his career at the Writers Shop (nee the Virginia Barber Literary Agency) in 1994 following his graduation from the Radcliffe Publishing Course and Duke University. He represents authors of varying range, including journalists, novelists, children's book writers, media entities, and business leaders. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two young sons.
Eric Osorio (Program Committee member) was born and raised in the Bronx, NY. He is a Prep for Prep alumnus who attended Horace Mann School in Riverdale, graduating in 1992. He attended Tufts University, where he was a double major in International Relations and Sociology. After Tufts, Eric worked for twelve years at Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, MA. Beginning as a fellow in the admission office, he held a number of different roles both in and out of the classroom over the course of his Nobles career, including Associate Director of Admission and Director of Multicultural Services. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Eric enjoyed his roles as both a history teacher and a football coach at Nobles. In 2005, he took a sabbatical to pursue his Master's Degree at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was honored with a Klingenstein Fellowship, earning his degree in Private School Leadership in 2006. Upon his return to Nobles, Eric was appointed as the school's first Dean of Diversity Initiatives, and was a member of the Senior Administrative Leadership Team. After returning to New England for two years, Eric has now moved back to his beloved home in New York City. He currently serves as Assistant Head of Upper School at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Eric has been blessed with a number of educational opportunities in his life, and is excited to bring his passion for education to Bronx Arts.
Maria Torres(Programming Committee member) was born and raised in Valley Stream, NY and attended Cornell University. During summers Maria participated in the South Bronx Summer Project, and after graduating, Maria returned to Hunts Point to form La Marqueta and the Neighborhood Internship Bank. In September of 1994, Maria Torres co-founded The Point Community Development Corporation. One of the first projects for The Point included renovating a 12,000 square foot warehouse space and converting it into a theater space, dance studio, and business incubator. In January 1996, The Point opened for programming, which over the years grew to include a photography studio, sound studio, internet center, and river stewardship program. Currently, Ms. Torres is the Chief Operating Officer. In 1995, Maria moved to Hunts Point where she currently resides with her two sons and dog, Metsy.
Julie Wong (Finance Committee) is currently an Executive Director in the real estate private equity division at Morgan Stanley. Since joining the Firm in 2003, she has also worked within the real estate investment banking division and the structure products group originating commercial mortgages. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Ms. Wong has also worked in M&A for a resort developer, management consulting and strategic development for companies ranging from startup ventures to Fortune 500 companies. Committed to working in education for youth and youth-serving organizations for over 15 years, she is currently active in the Schools Committee for Harvard College and serves on the Board of Directors for Students Partnership Worldwide. Ms. Wong holds a B.A. from Harvard University and M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
Ken Yagoda (Programming Committee member) most recently served as Vice President and Executive Producer for Time Inc. Studios, where he oversees production for the 135 titles of Time, Inc. Ken began his career in broadcasting at Young & Rubicam after he graduated from the University of Wisconsin. At Y&R, he served as Director of Broadcast Productions from 1997 until he left in 2005. In 2005 he became Creative Director and production consultant for Healthination, a vod/broadband Health channel. Ken has been the recipients of numerous awards including Andys, Clios, Lions, and Effies, and has also produced many public service spots for UNCF, Teach for America, A Better Chance, The World War II Memorial Fund, and NYC 2012. In addition to Bronx Charter School for the Arts, Ken was on the New York Board of Teach for America which he chaired from 2004-2006 and the Advisory Board of The Innocence Project where he helped launch the Innocence web-site.
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