OUR LEADERSHIP

Episcopal Charities of New York makes grants and provides program support to charities in need across New York City, Westchester and Upstate. We work with grass roots organizations to address acute need in their communities including food distribution, youth programs including after-school and summer programs, health and wellness, etc.

Our staff, Board of Directors and Advisory Committee are here to help navigate and ensure that funds are reaching the neediest in the communities we serve.

STAFF

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DIRECTORS EMERITI

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

OUR STAFF

DEVELOPMENT

Lauren Jenkins Chung

Chief Advancement and Operations Officer

Lauren brings a background in New York City-based nonprofit management and civic leadership to Episcopal Charities. Lauren is a past president of the New York Junior League and was a Coro New York Leadership fellow 2021-2022. She currently serves as president of the board of Citizens Committee for Children of New York. She is a parishioner, former stewardship chair and vestry member at Calvary-St. George’s Episcopal Church Manhattan. She holds an MPA in Nonprofit Management and Policy from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service.

Phone: 212-932-7376

Email: lchung@dioceseny.org

PROGRAMS

Judith Douglas

Director of Programs

Judith is a Spirit-led leader, strategic thinker, and innovator. An experienced professional with several years of private sector and nonprofit industry experience cultivating, business partnerships, community relations, fundraising and volunteerism. Judith was the former Director of the Episcopal Service Corps in the Diocese of NY. She is a parishioner at Christ Church San Marcos serving as Lay Eucharistic Minister and member of the strategic planning committee. She currently serves as a trustee for the Church Club of New York. Judith holds a Masters in Nonprofit Leadership from Fordham University’s joint program with Gabelli Graduate School of Business and the School of Social Work.

Phone: 212-316-7400 x7499

Email: jdouglas@dioceseny.org

PROGRAM SUPPORT

Oluwatobi “Tobi” Mojeed-Balogun

Associate Director of Programs for Program Support

Oluwatobi (Tobi) joined the staff at Episcopal Charities fresh out of college in February 2022 as the Associate Director of Programs for Program Support. He went to Howard University for Economics and was a Chapel Assistant at the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel where he assisted with various chapel initiatives. At Howard, he served as a team leader and site coordinator for Howard’s Alternative Spring Break program and acted as a co-Student Director for Howard’s Day of Service which was held virtually for the first time. He has been involved with student and community organizing in both New York and the DC-Maryland-Virginia area.

Phone: 212-932-7354

Email: ombalogun@dioceseny.org

DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS

Giany Mejia

Administative Coordinator

Giany beings over 15 years of non-profit experience to the organization, having previously worked at Bnai Zion Foundation, East Harlem Tutorial Program and the Children's Aid Society of New York.

Phone: 212-316-7575

Email: gmejia@dioceseny.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rev. Trevor R. Babb

Board Member

Rector, Christ Church, New Brighton

Felicia Eve

Board Member

String Thing Studio, Owner

The Rev. Susan B. Fortunato

Board Member

Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, Rector

Hudson River Housing, President of the Board

Diocesan Leadership Development Commission, Chair

Robert Goodfellow

Board Member

Colgate-Palmolive Company, Director, Global Corporate Communications

Episcopal Relief & Development, Advancement & Communications

The Frick Collection, Young Fellow

Dr. Winsome Grant

Board Member

Breast Examination Center of Harlem - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Nurse Practitioner Coordinator and Director (Retired)

James Hallowell

Board Member

Gibson Dunn, Partner

The Rt. Rev. Matthew F. Heyd

XVII Bishop of New York

Episcopal Diocese of New York

Andrew Horrocks

Board President

CEO, UP National Holdings LLC

Elizabeth Kelley

Board Member

Law Office of Elizabeth Kelley

Rev. Yein Kim

Board Member

Trinity Wall Street, Priest for Congregational Life

Keith Klein

Board Member

Taste of Tribeca, Former Co-Chair

Lower Manhattan Community School, Executive Board

Downtown Little League, Former Board of Directors

Andrew Mason

Board Member

ATM Capital Partners, Family Office, Chairman

Troop 4 Larchmont, Scoutmaster and Member, National Eagle Scout Association

Institute for Family Governance, Chairman of Advisory Board

UBS Technology Investment Banking Group, Founder for Asia-Pacific

Ann Natale

Board Member, Ex officio

Chairperson, Episcopal Charities Advisory Committee

Gordon Smith

Board Member

Commercial Banking Group of JP Morgan Chase, Executive Director

Former Board of Governors Member of The Princeton Club of New York

Owen Thomas

Board Member

BXP, Chairman and CEO

Tapua Tunduwani

Board Member

Founder, SaGE Workspace

Cecil Wray

Past President

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Partner (retired)

Search and Care, Inc., Board Member

Church Pension Fund, Trustee

Church Insurance Company, Director

Adirondack Park Agency, Commissioner

East Side Community Center, Board Member

DIRECTORS EMERITI

James L. Abernathy

Jesse Adelaar

Matthew Ailey

Dale Akinla II

Thomas E. Angers

John P. Banning, Jr.

N. Kurt Barnes

Sarah Beshar

Margot Bogert

The Rev. James L. Burns

David J. Callard

Helen V. Cantwell

Susannah Carrier

The Rev. Roy A. Cole

Ellen Rouse Conrad

Donald R. Crawshaw

Evan A. Davis

The Rt. Rev. Andrew ML Dietsche

Joyce Burrows Dinkins

Gordon DuGan

Wolcott B. Dunham, Jr.

Robert L. Durkee

Robert R. Dyson

The Rev. Terence L. Elsberry

June Yee Felix

Scott D. Ferguson

James A. Florack

Charles Garland

Peter Gevalt

Gary Giglio

Gary Glynn

The Rt. Rev. Richard F. Grein

Robert H. Gutheil

The Rev. Canon Susan C. Harris

John C. Harvey

William H. Herrman

Christopher J. Hojlo

Karen T. Hughes

The Rev. Brenda G. Husson

The Rev. Phillip A. Jackson

The Rev. Deacon Robert A. Jacobs

Susan Jansen

Sandra T. Johnson

Hamilton F. Kean

Peter Keller

Henry L. King

The Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski

Lorraine A. LaHuta

The Rev. L. Kathleen Liles

Kevin Lockhart

Howard H. Mackey

Michael J. McPherson

Betty McWhorter

S. Christopher Meigher III

C. Douglas Mercer II

Newton P. S. Merrill

The Rev. Charles J. Minifie

Nancy E. S. Murray

Arthur J. Nagle

Richard Pell

The Rev. Yejide Peters

The Rev. Deacon Frank L. Peterson, Jr.

Lawrence E. Phillips

Hope B. Preminger

The Rev. Alison Quin

Keith Reinhard

Deborah Roberts

John Sargent

Michael J. Shepherd

Philip D. Sherman

The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk

Susan E. Skerritt

William C. Steere III

Sabin C. Streeter

Martin J. Sullivan

Laura Taylor Swain

John Talty

Robert Taylor

W. James Tozer, Jr.

The Rev. William McD. Tully

Gwendolen L. Wade

Nicholas Walsh

Anthony J. Walton

The Rev. J. Donald Waring

E. Waide Warner, Jr.

Campbell Wharton

Gordon Whiting

Caroline Williamson

D. Scott Wise

William H. A. Wright II

Paul H. Zumbro

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Ann Natale

Advisory Committee Chairperson

Episcopal Charities, Board of Directors

The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, Past President

St. Mark's Church, Mount Kisco, Vestry Member -Chair, Finance Committee

The Rev. Deacon Chisara Alimole

Deacon, Christ Church, Pelham

Martha Avery

Crossroads Community Services, Administrator

Carla Burns

Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls, Warden

Province II Antiracism Network, Leader

Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, Committee for Antiracism, Member

Diocesan Anti-Racism Committee, Chair

Diocesan Social Concerns Commission, Member

P.S. 154 (Central Harlem), Retired Faculty

Nancy Farrell

St. James Church, Manhattan, member and former Vestry member, chair of Property and Rockwell Committees

Fountain House, Vice Chair, Public Health

Retired healthcare executive, Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Winsome Grant

Breast Examination Center of Harlem - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Nurse Practitioner Coordinator and Director (Retired)

Phyllis Guardino

St. Margaret's Soup Kitchen & Emergency Pantry, Director

Andrew Horrocks

Board President, Episcopal Charities of New York

CEO, UP National Holdings LLC

Rev. Dr. Alison Moore

St. Andrew’s Church, Priest-in-Charge

Episcopal Campus Ministry at SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Ulster, Chaplain

The Pantry at SUNY Ulster, Coordinator

Diocesan Social Concerns Commission, Chair

Karly Redpath

Arsenal Capital Partners, Executive Assistant

Mary Beth Sasso

Episcopal Charities of The Diocese of New York, Former Executive Director

Louise Taitt

New York Presbyterian Hospital, Administrative Assistant

Alan Yu

New Yorkers For Children, Executive Director