Ann Gregg Mc Iver, Chairwoman, has been the Executive Director of the Morningside Area Alliance (MAA), an alliance of seventeen of the major institutions on Morningside Heights including Columbia University, Teacher College, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, St Luke's Hospital since 1996. During her tenure, the Alliance was responsible for a number of community initiatives: revitalization of the Morningside Park, Development of Job Connection- a federally funded workforce program, and the Morningside Alliance Youth Center for after school and summer camp programs for the youth of NYCHA General Grant Houses. The recent Bridge to Excellence Program provides support to local public schools. A comprehensive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) School partnership with Public School District Five in Harlem has grown with two major events: "SUPER SATURDAY", a large Science Expo of hands-on science activities and READ OUT LOUD, a major literacy event. In her earlier career, Ms Mc Iver served as Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Medicaid Home Cares system for eight years, and was professor of English at CUNY's Medgar Evers College for an eight year period.

Waqas Durrani, Treasurer, is New York Regional Counsel for Allstate Insurance Company and is a registered New York State lobbyist. His primary responsibilities include working to proactively advocate Allstate's interests in state legislative and regulatory venues, serving as Allstate's New York Region's primary liaison with the New York State Insurance Department and the New York State Legislature. Prior to joining Allstate, Waqas was Corporate Counsel at US Office Products Company, a start-up company based in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions and commercial transactions. Waqas is a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the North American South Asian Bar Association, the North American Pacific-Asian Bar Association, the Asian-American Bar Association of New York and the Pakistani-American Bar Association, where he has been a board member since 2008. Waqas graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a J.D. and a M.S. in Journalism. He also holds a B.A., cum laude, in Political Science and Philosophy from Loyola University of Chicago.

Carol Linn, Secretary, was at Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) for over 25 years where she served in a large variety of roles. Beginning as a librarian, Carol soon joined the Information Technology Department, becoming assistant director and managed the initiative that installed over 2,000 PCs in over 59 facilities throughout the library system. As part of that project she created the training program for both the staff and the general public. She continued to manage the implementation of other new technologies, ensuring that they enhanced the library experience for the public. As Coordinator of Special Projects, Carol worked closely with BPL's executive directors to design new buildings and renovate old ones in addition to addressing major policy issues on such topics as censorship and Internet access. She worked on a New York State Commission that created a new vision of library service for the 21st Century and planned a state-of- the-art visual and performing arts library. She recently retired from BPL. Carol received an MA in Library Science from the University of Chicago and a BA in art history from Bryn Mawr College and is a member of the American Library Association.

Alan Cohen was recently named Principal at Portledge Elementary School in Locust Valley, NY. Mr. Cohen has 34 years of educational experience, having filled many roles as a teacher and administrator for the New York City Department of Education. He is currently a Network Leader providing support and supervision for principals in 32 New York City schools and prior to that completed seven years as principal of P.S. 69 in the Bronx. In the past he has had various responsibilities in the New York City system, including teaching, mentoring teachers and aspiring principals, high school admissions, and supervising student support services. He also implemented a Reggio Emilia inspired early childhood program and spent time in Italy studying as a member of the North American Reggio Emilia Alliance and International Association Friends of Reggio Children. He received his bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College and holds a master's of Science, Special Education from New York University. He is a Cahn Fellow at Columbia University. Recently, he has spent his summers as a group leader at The Principal's Center Summer Institute of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Mr. Cohen also serves as an advisory board member at The Principal's Center. He is also the recipient of the 2007 Time Warner Principals of Excellence Award and the 2006 Outstanding Educator of the Year Award from Education Update.

Wycliffe E. Daniels is the Founder and President of E.W. Business Solutions, a marketing and business consulting group that works with a diverse array of clients, including small business owners, healthcare service providers, and non-profit organizations. He also serves as Vice President of Marketing and Development on the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County, an organization that has served the youth of Union County, New Jersey for more than 55 years. Prior to the founding of his company, Wycliffe worked as a Toxicokineticist within the Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics in Merck where he worked closely with a variety of scientific functional groups to advance drug programs in pre-clinical and clinical development. In Merck he also served as the Co-Chairman of Merck's HiSPanos Network. Wycliffe is a regular volunteer with the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and has a B.A. in Genetics and Microbiology from Rutgers College.

CEO and Founder, Robert directs FAN4Kids' strategic vision, including program and business development. Rob meshed his passion for coaching, fitness training and helping children with his extensive consulting and financial background to create the FAN4Kids' program. Prior to founding FAN4Kids, Rob was an equities trader with Heartland Securities and a labor-relations consultant for over 9 years with Linn & Green Consulting and The Hay Group.As a consultant, Rob worked with the management of city governments, municipalities, colleges and universities, and private firms in a variety of labor-relations areas, primarily during contract negotiations. A former college and semi‐professional soccer player, Rob, a certified personal trainer, has coached co‐ed soccer for children ages 7‐12, founded the Secaucus, NJ All‐Star Summer Soccer Camp, and has served as a volunteer with the Junior Achievement program. Rob received a BA in economics from Swarthmore College and studied abroad at the Universite de Grenoble, in France.He also completed the 2005 to 2007, and 2009 ING New York City marathons.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Specialty: Pediatrics
Research: Obesity
More Information on Dr. Allison T. Gault, M.D.

Dr. Vangeepuram is a pediatrician at The Mount Sinai Medical Center and a child health researcher at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed a combined BS/MD program at Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2001 and completed her pediatrics residency at the Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in 2004. She then completed a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded fellowship in general academic pediatrics and environmental paediatrics in 2008. As a part of this fellowship, she completed a Masters in Public Health and was inducted into the Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health in 2010. She is currently licensed to practice pediatrics in New York State and certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Academic Pediatrics Association. She also serves on many committees including the East Harlem Child Health Committee, the Strategic Alliance for Health, the IMPACT Diabetes Center and the NICHQ Childhood Obesity Action Network. She currently provides clinical care for pediatric patients and helps train pediatric residents at Mount Sinai. In addition she is funded by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (New York State), and a Mount Sinai Community Engaged Research Project grant to do research in the areas of childhood asthma and obesity, diet, physical activity, health disparities and community based health interventions for children and adolescents. She has presented her research findings at many regional and national pediatric research meetings and has published her work in peer reviewed journals.

CEO of the Charter School Growth Fund, a non-profit venture capital firm that invests in the scale up of very high performing charter management organizations nationally. Before joining CSGF, Hall served as the Chief Operating Officer of The Broad Foundation for several years where he led various aspects of the Foundation's grant investment strategy and managed teams. Prior to Broad, he was a co- founder and the SVP of business development for Chancellor Beacon Academies, a manager of charter and private schools across the U.S. Previously, Hall ran a division at infoUSA, and worked at McKinsey & Co., Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Teach For America. Hall was an elementary school teacher and teaching fellow at Harvard University, and earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. from Swarthmore College.

President of Health Net of California, the largest subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. He assumed this role in November 2008, after serving as president and CEO of MHN, Health Net's behavioral health subsidiary. During his 11-year tenure at Health Net, Mr. Sell has become widely recognized as a champion of consumer-focused initiatives aimed at improving access to and delivery of health care. Prior to his current post, when president and CEO of MHN, Mr. Sell's leadership resulted in tremendous growth for MHN's Employee Assistance Program, a success driven by strong working relationships with the broker community and an unwavering focus on customer needs. Also, Mr. Sell helped launch MHN's fast-growing Government Services division. Prior to joining Health Net, he consulted to several health care and financial services clients on behalf of Booz-Allen and Hamilton. He also spent six years with The Prudential in a variety of strategic and operational roles. Steve holds a B.A. in economics and political science from Swarthmore College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Gleniss Schonholz served as senior hospital administrator in several New York City medical centers. Mrs. Schonholz last position was SVP/COO at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. She received gubernatorial appointments to the Hospital Review and Planning Council and chaired the Code and Planning Committees, the New York State Advisory Committee to the Health Finance Council and the State Advisory Committee. From 1997 to the present she has been a consultant in board development to numerous non-profits. From 2007-2009 she again served in an administrative capacity as interim CEO to two non-profit organizations to assist the Boards of Trustees in restructuring the organizations and to improve board oversight. She is presently a member of two non-profit Boards, a museum and the Greater N.Y. ALS chapter. She represents N.Y. on the national Board of state chapter representatives and was appointed as a member of the Board Development Committee of the Board of Trustees of the National ALS Association.

Lisa has over 15 years experience in nutrition counselling. Prior to forming Brown and Medina Nutrition, Lisa was a senior dietitian at Joy Bauer Nutrition in NYC. Lisa treats a variety of nutritional concerns including nutrition for the whole family, nutritional therapy for those of all ages suffering with anorexia & bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating and disordered eating, weight management, pre & postnatal nutrition and general wellness. Before entering into private practice, Lisa was the nutrition specialist and coordinator of patient care & counseling at Peak Wellness Center of Greenwich Connecticut. At this integrative medical center, Lisa provided one-on-one nutritional counseling and led community outreach programs at local public and private schools, as well as at private corporations.