STAFF
President & Gilder Senior Fellow
Vice president & senior fellow
Senior Staff
Lou Benevento, Senior Fellow & Chief Financial Officer
John Falco, Senior Fellow
Harvey Newman, Senior Fellow
Walter O’Brien, Senior Fellow
Adjunct Senior Fellows
Program Directors
Carter Clawson, Deputy Director, PICCS
Carlos Medina, Director of Special Projects
Frank San Felice, Co-Director PICCS & Network of Independent Charter Schools
Althea Serrant, Director of Education
Carl Vinci, Director of Student Support Services
Eileen Witt, Director of Human Resources
Program Support
Kathy Addieg, Special Education
Gerard Beirne, High School Specialist
Joe Capra, School-based Budgeting
Mingang Chu, Data Engineer
Dorothy Cusack, Instructional Specialist
Sharon Fier, Instructional Specialist
Pauline Frank, Director of Technical Assistance, Network of Independent Charter Schools
Paulette Gandel, Data Engineer, PICCS-Buffalo
Phyllis Greenberg, School Grant Development
Roy Harris, Science Support Specialist
Harvey Kaplan, Youth Services
Clara Katz, Curriculum Support Specialist
Patrice King, Assistant Director, Network of Independent Charter Schools & Project Coordinator, PICCS
Maria Pietrosanti, Instructional Specialist
Patricia Pitts, Project Manager, PICCS-Buffalo
Dawn Samuel, Coordinator of Peer Review & Professional Learning Communities, PICCS
Esther Schwartz, Instructional Specialist
Amy Shore, Director of Communications
Randy Soderman, ESL Specialist
Jane Sun, Senior Data Engineer, PICCS
Yvonne Torres, Leadership Support Specialist
Program Support – Children First Network Operations Management
Louis Aiani, Director of Children First Network Operations
Deborah Sachs, Deputy Director for Children First Network Operations
Partnership Support Organization Networks
PSO Network Team Leaders
PSO Supervisory Support
PSO Achievement/Accountability Coordinators
Partnership Support Organization/CFN Staff
PSO/CFN Leadership Team Staff Listings
Educational Partnership Organization
Ellen Padva, Director of EPO
Michael Kohlhagen, School Support Specialist
Victor Lopez, School Support Specialist
Technology
Joseph Eaione, Technology Manager
Cristian Soriano, Technical Systems Coordinator
Finance
Yvonne Bentick, Controller
Alan Gitlin, PSO Payroll Specialist
Michael Stolberg, Budget Specialist
George Speisman, Financial Analyst
Administration
Janice Brown, Administrative Assistant
Bridget Geerlings, Administrative Assistant
Judy Jones, Administrative Assistant
Anna Klanac, Administrative Assistant, Buffalo
Rosanna Soriano, Executive Assistant
Linda White, Office Manager