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| Gary Calnek - Board Chair |
Gary retired as a Hospital Administrator in the Bronx. He specialized in personnel issues and was instrumental in developing new hospital employment programs for Bronx residents. Gary has helped significantly in our negotiation with the Parks Department for use of the West Bronx Recreation Center. He joined the HCLC board in 2004.
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| Y. Gail Goode |
Gail has been a member of the board since 1990. She worked for the Bronx District Attorney from 1986-1992
. In 1992 she left the DA's office where she was a Major
Case/Homicide trial attorney and went on to be Executive
Agency Counsel for the New York City Transit Authority, a position she held
until 2007. Thereafter she joined the law department,
Corporation Council, City of New York.
Presently, Gail is Deputy Borough Chief of Trials in
Kings County. Gail lived in the Morrisania section of the Bronx for most of her life
and attended South Bronx schools. While being an Assistant District Attorney, she volunteered at several community organizations. She sponsored a fundraiser in the summer of 2004 involving the Bronx Half-Marathon.
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| Joan McGuire |
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Joan has been a board member since the beginning of the agency in 1979. She holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from New York University. She does volunteer consultancy work with schools and community agencies. Joan is particularly helpful to the HCLC staff in the development and fundraising field.
She has continually offered the names of a large number of her
friends for fundraising appeals.
Together with Nona Petioni, Joan developed our individual donor fundraising plan the past year as part of a foundation sponsored course in development.
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| Penny Guest |
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Penny volunteers her accounting services with several not-for-profit organizations in Manhattan. She worked as a CPA for Ernst & Young with responsibility for tax compliance for not-for-profit clients. She also worked as an Account Manager for the Baltimore Symphony and owned her own accounting business. She has been a board member for several non-profits. Penny joined the HCLC board in 2004.
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| Gail Hernandez |
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Gail has been a resident of Highbridge for over 30 years. Currently,
she works with the young women and their children who live in Sienna
House, a temporary shelter in Highbridge. Gail
retired from the Metropolitan Museum of Art where she was the Office
Manager for the Museum store. Gail joined the HCLC board in 2004. |
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| Nona Petioni |
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Nona Petioni was appointed to the HCLC board in 1998. Ms. Petioni
has been a resident of Anderson Avenue since 1968. Two years before
being appointed a board member, she joined the Leadership Group of
the Neighbors in Highbridge Initiative of HCLC. Ms. Petioni retired
from NYNEX in 1996. She is a constant advocate
for involving retired people in addressing many particular needs in
the Highbridge community. She envisions retired people helping youth
in the local PS 73 to catch up to grade level. Nona and Joan McGuire
developed our individual donor fundraising plan the past year as
part of a foundation sponsored course in development.
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| Anthony Aldano |
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Anthony was appointed to the HCLC board in 2012. He has extensive
experience with developing custom integrated marketing programs and
strategy, online and offline for Fortune 500 clients.
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| Nicole M. Clare - Secretary |
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Nicole was appointed to the HCLC board in 2008 after completing
the Linkages Board Training
and Placement program
(now BoardServeNYC) through the United Way of New York City.
She was elected Board Secretary in 2010. Nicole has over 10
years experience in the government, private and non-profit sectors. She currently
works as the Assistant Director for Housing & Fund Development at Settlement Housing Fund, a
non-profit developer of affordable housing and community programs
throughout New York City. Her prior work experience included Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation;
AECOM Economics (formerly Economics Research Associates); and the City of New York / Parks
& Recreation. Nicole
received her Bachelor's degree from Brown University and a Master of
City Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a
proud native of the Bronx, New York.
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| Barbara Biel - Board Co-Chair |
Barbara was appointed to the HCLC Board in 2008.
She had been a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns specializing
in credit risk management for over ten years. Barbara worked at a
number of global financial institutions in both New York and London
in risk management and analysis including Goldman Sachs, Credit
Suisse and Bear Stearns. She started her career as an auditor and
consultant at Ernst & Young.
Ms. Biel received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley
College and her MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of the
University of Pennsylvania.
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| William Staples - Treasurer |
Bill was appointed to the HCLC Board in 2007. He
graduated from St John's University in 1973 with a B.S. in
Accounting. He started his professional career with the Chemical Bank
in July, 1973 and retired as Managing Director and Chief Admin
Officer for JPMorgan's North American Investment Bank. Earlier in
his career Bill focused on supporting JPMorgan's trading businesses
where he developed a broad and diverse background in the Financial
Services Industry, with increasing responsibilities and
accomplishments.
For the past year Bill has been a part-time consultant for
Goodwill Industries serving as Director of Business Innovations.
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| Ronald Rapatalo |
| Ronald has been an HCLC board
member since May 2009. He has been working for the past year
with Newark Public Schools, leading recruitment and selection for
teachers, principals, and other central office leadership.
Previously, he worked for seven years at
New Leaders, leading national recruitment and selection for their
aspiring principlas program. Prior to working at
New Leaders, Ronald has also worked at Teach For America, Morgan
Stanley, and New York University. Ronald graduated from NYU in 1997
with a BS in Neutral Science and is an active member of the NYU
alumni community, currently serving as Vice-President of the NYU
Alumni Association and co-chair of the Multicultural Alumni
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| Eric Weisman |
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Eric has been a member of the Board
since May 2009. Eric's professional experience includes working for Obrem Capital, a New York-based hedge fund, The Blackstone Group,
and Lehman Brothers. Eric also worked in the Corporate Development
Group at Cingular Wireless (now AT&T Wireless). Eric received his
Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and
his Bachelor of Arts from Duke University. Eric is a member of the
Audit, IT, and Program and Quality Improvement committees and has
completed the United Way Linkages Board Training Program.
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| Jennifer A. Klear |
Jennifer was appointed to
the HCLC Board in 2007. She is an attorney in New York
with a solo practice where her practice includes
media and technology counseling and litigation. In particular,
Jennifer has advised clients on the First Amendment and
Intellectual Property issues as they relate to the Internet. She
has also handled cases and matters involving defamation, copyright,
trademark, the Federal Communications Commission, student speech,
political speech, and reasonable time, place, and manner
restrictions.
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| Patricia Meadow |
Patricia joined the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York in February 2011 as Vice President for the Community and
Regional Banks and the Consumer Compliance Function in the Financial
Institutions Supervisory Group.
From 2007 until joining the Bank,
Patricia was First Deputy Superintendent in the New York State
Banking Department where she was responsible for supervisory matters
related to large complex financial institutions and regional and
community banks.
With over 30 years of experience in the field of financial services,
Patricia has held management positions in major international financial institutions in
the areas of corporate lending and portfolio restructuring, business
development, administration, and human
resources. Patricia is fluent in Spanish, and
conversant in Portuguese and French.
Patricia holds a Masters Degree in
International Relations from Columbia University School of
International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Political Science from Arcadia University.
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Staff Members