Founded in 2012, the CSF Young Leaders Board is a network of young professionals that supports CSF’s mission and seeks to maximize educational opportunities for New York City children through fundraising, volunteering, and raising awareness about CSF among their friends, families, and colleagues. To learn more about joining the Young Leaders Board, contact Kurt Faulhammer by email or by phone at (212) 515-7106 or click here.
The following individuals currently serve on the Young Leaders Board:
Katie Allen, Morgan Stanley
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mustafa Amjad, Cornerstone Research
University of Pennsylvania
Michael Berezny, Self
Kean University
Kyrah Brown, Morgan Stanley
Baruch College
Victoria Carroll, BCW Global
University of South Carolina
Hugo Buist Rodrigues, Newbrook Capital Advisors
New York University
Donald & Erica Castle
Colgate University
Vanessa Chan, IL Makiage
Northeastern University
Reco Charity, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Virginia Tech; Georgetown Law School
Rishabh Chatterjee, S&T Analyst
Carnegie Mellon University
Sylvie Chen, UBS
Georgetown University
Megan Clyne, Fulbright
Dartmouth
Francis J. Connolly Jr., New York Yankees
SUNY at Old Westbury
Antoine Crépin-Héroux, AON
Princeton University
Conor Cunnane, Axial
Loyola University Maryland
Clay Curran, Prospect Capital Management
Ithaca College
Hayden Edelson, JP Morgan Chase & Co
New York University
Josh Farkas, GoldPoint Partners
University of Michigan
Michelle Firoozan, Geller + Co
Binghamton University
Abigail Fossaceca, JP Morgan
Villanova University
Sarah Foster, Alliance Bernstein
Columbia University
Ximena Garcia, Goldman Sachs
University of Connecticut
Christian Garrett, 137 Ventures
University of Kansas
Priscilla Habeeb Sankar, Morgan Stanley
Pace University
Nick Harker, UBS
University of Kentucky
Graham Helgans, JEGI Clarity
Washington and Lee University
Kevin Heller, Point72 Asset Management
Amherst College
Tomika Hendricks, New York City Cyber Command
Temple University
Michael Holz, ACK Asset Management
Bates College
Shirley Hu, Audax Group
University of Pittsburgh
Janet Jin, JP Morgan
Harvard Business School
Nick Johnson, AIM13
Vassar College
Tim Kim, HIG Capital
Cornell University
Alessandra LaRocca, Cadawalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Bucknell University
Ryan LaRue, Barings
Binghamton University
Jane Lee, Donorly
Ithaca College
Danny Leventhal
SUNY Geneseo
Iris Li, CDIB Capital
Washington and Lee University
Perry Martijena, Pocket Recruiter, Inc.
Maxwell Masur, The Alexander Group
NYU Stern School of Business
Sanchay Mathur, Credit Suisse
University of Wisconsin, Madison
John McCoy, Morgan Stanley
Colgate University
Andres Menocal, Evercore ISI
University of Miami
Shivani Mulji, Global Health Corps, Inc.
New York University
Jacqueline Palma, ING Capital LLC
Vassar College
Stephanie Park, IL Makiage
Brown University
Trupti Patel, Friedman LLP
SUNY Stony Brook
Bennett Reid, CrossCountry Consulting
University of Georgia
Ulises Robles, UBS Wealth Management
Texas A&M University
Henry Senkfor, EY-Parthenon
Dartmouth College
Nicole Serrato, CSF
City College of New York
Faizal Sheriff, Morgan Stanley
Baruch College
Sam Siegel, Hines
Washington and Lee University
Nick Spavacento, Stryker Corp
Penn State University
Brandon Sumner, Morgan Stanley
SUNY Oswego
Stephan Thevalingam, KPMG
The University of Texas at Austin
Josu Trevejo, EY
SUNY Albany
Madison Unell, Ribbon
Pepperdine University
Ervis Vukaj, Adams Street Capital
University of Rochester
Katelyn Weber, Tongal
Pepperdine
Jason Weber, OpenInfluence
Pepperdine University
Terry Xu, Ernst & Young
New York University
Dan Yu, Sterling Investment Partners
Wake Forest University
Samantha Zeiss, Nielsen Sports & Entertainment
Dartmouth College
Spotlight on Young
Leaders Board Member
Stephan Thevalingam!
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Hometown: Westchester, Los Angeles, CA
Alma Mater: The University of Texas at Austin
Industry: Consulting
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking, Traveling, Video Editing, Basketball
Fun Fact: One of my bucket list items is to visit all NBA arenas (almost halfway there)
How did you get involved with Children’s Scholarship Fund and the Young Leaders Board?
I’ve been involved with community service relating to youth education for a few years and when I moved to New York, I wanted to continue pursuing community service opportunities in the youth education. I came across Children’s Scholarship Fund and the Young Leaders Board when browsing for organizations and initiatives I could potentially get involved in. CSF’s mission to provide educational scholarships for families in need was something that inspired me to join the initiative.
Why is education important to you?
My parents always emphasized the importance of education as it opened an endless amount of doors to success for an individual. Having experienced access to education throughout my life I was able to receive numerous opportunities that have shaped my personal and professional life and have set me up to succeed. Education is a fundamental opportunity that every child should be able to receive and shouldn’t be seen as a privilege. I am extremely grateful for the access to education I was able to receive and I look forward to helping others receive the same opportunities.