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| The Partnership for Student Advancement (PSA)
helps financially underprivileged high school students, particularly
minorities, identify and pursue a career path. PSA's life skills
training and career development programs include skill and
aptitude matching and support services, which smooth the school-to-work
transition. |
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| We're committed to assisting students to achieve professional
success and personal fulfillment, as well as to building tomorrow's
workforce. |
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| Staff |
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| Anne Bonfiglio, Founder and Executive Director |
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| Anne Bonfiglio's life-long goal has been to help underprivileged minority youth improve their future through a career. |
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| She has taught high school students preparing girls for the New York State Regents exams, and has tutored in remedial English classes at Kingsborough College . |
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| All my life I have been concerned and sympathetic towards
young people who are members of families in the poorer segment
of our society, and who do not have the financial ability to
support the education of their children. In bringing up and
educating my five children here in New York City 's public
schools, I was constantly aware of this problem. |
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| One major factor that prompted me to start this charity was
the pro bono work of my late husband, an attorney. He was an
inspiration to me since he was always giving legal advice to
poor families and representing them at little or no charge. |
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| Personally, I believe that every child here in America deserves
the opportunity for a bright future. I am passionate about
helping as many young people as possible through PSA to identify
jobs and careers, find personal fulfillment and make a life
for themselves. |
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| BOARD |
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| Anne Bonfiglio, Executive Director, Founder |
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Anne Bonfiglio's life-long goal has been to help underprivileged
minority youth improve their future through finding a suitable career.
She has taught high school age students preparing the girls for the New York State Regents exams, and also taught remedial English at Kingsborough College. |
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| Bonfiglio spent 22 years in computer technology, moving up
the ladder from programmer to manager to director to Information
Technology Auditor. She worked in the public and private sectors.
In her last position, she managed the computer systems supporting
the general ledger, investment systems and treasury systems
at MetLife, for which she led and successfully completed a
major re-engineering project. Bonfiglio is a Certified Internal
Systems Auditor (CISA) and has managed large teams of people
and projects. |
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| Peter Bonfiglio, Board Member and Secretary |
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| Peter Bonfiglio has been a Finance Director for Delia*s,
Inc., a direct marketer and retailer primarily focused on teenage
consumers, since October 2000,
where he has worked on several acquisitions,
office consolidations and divestitures. |
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| Previously Mr. Bonfiglio has held various financial reporting,
planning and analysis positions with media and entertainment
entities such as The New York Times Company, Sony Music Entertainment,
Fox Television and The Maier Group. |
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| Mr. Bonfiglio graduated cum laude from Brooklyn College in
1991 with a BS in Accounting and from the NYU Stern School
of Business with an MBA in Finance in 1999. |
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| Having gained insight into his own career path during high
school, he is a firm believer that discovering strengths and
aptitudes early in life is important to achieving success.
This is one of the major benefits PSA brings to students. |
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| Geraldine Curulli, Board Member |
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| Geraldine Curulli received her BS from Quinnipiac University and certificate in Medical Technology from Yale-New Haven Hospital . Before teaching she worked for 3 years in the Hematology Lab at Yale and 7 years at New York/Cornell Hospital Blood Bank. At Brooklyn College , she completed her MS in Biology and General Science Education. |
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| Geraldine Curulli is currently a retired high school science teacher with 22 years of service in the New York City school system. Most of her teaching career was spent at James Madison High School in Brooklyn where she was involved in a variety of academic and social activities, focused on enhancing the students' potential and improve the school environment. |
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| Geraldine Curulli's experience is as follows; she is a member of the Principal's Advisory Committee which later became the School Based Support Team, which also included parents and students, created to discuss current school issues, member of the Mentoring Committee which reviewed applications of colleagues to mentor new teachers, also a member of NYC/Lehman College Writing Consortium to help teachers create better writing skills in their classrooms and a member of a group of Brooklyn science teachers sent by the NYC Dept. of Education to Berkeley, Cal. to develop a laboratory group-based science curriculum with the theme of global sustainability. In addition she is also an assistant coach of the girl's softball team. |
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| Susan Grossman Greenwood, Board member |
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| Susan Grossman Greenwood is currently President and CEO of
DDD Enterprises, an international marketing firm with clients
including major firms in the profit and not-for-profit sectors.
Before joining the company, she was President/CEO of the Association
of Graphic Communications (AGC), the nation's premier organization
representing major publishing, graphic arts, and advertising
and new media member companies. |
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| Previously, Ms. Greenwood was a Senior Vice President at
Marine Midland Bank and a senior executive at Chemical Bank.
She managed and was accountable for substantial growth in the
Private Banking, Personal Trust and Marketing divisions. |
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| She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Society of Association Executives (NYSAE) for 5 years and a member of the organization's Executive Committee for 3 years. She served as both Vice Chair, and in the past year as Chair-Elect. |
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| She served as President of the International Women's Forum
and its Leadership Foundation and the Columbia Business School
Alumni Association and was also a member of Columbia Business
School's Board of Overseers. She was a presidential appointee
to the National Advisory Council of the U.S. Small Business
Administration and a mayoral appointee to the WNYC Foundation.
Her fund-raising talents contributed substantially to the growth,
vitality and visibility of these and many other organizations.
She has also won numerous awards for these accomplishments.
Currently, she is Chair-elect of the New York Society
of Association Executives. She recently
served as President of the Friends of Sheba Medical Center,
the largest medical center in the Middle East . |
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| She is pleased to be a member of the PSA board and believes
strongly in the organization's mission and ability to make
a difference in the lives of tomorrow's future leaders. |
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| Howard Inman, Board member |
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| Howard Inman served as the Director of Diversity and Work
Environment for Merck & Co. Inc. He has more than 20 years
of experience as a diversity advocate both in and outside of
Merck. |
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| Mr. Inman served as Chair of Merck's Black Employee Network
(BEN) and helped create and guide the creation of Merck Employee
Development Day. He served as Chairperson of the Political
Action Committee of the New York Branch of the NAACP. |
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| As leader of the New York Antiapartheid Coordinating Committee,
he was one of 850 international delegates at the first Anti-apartheid
conference in Johannesburg. He was also New York coordinator
of the Children of War Tour, which brought young people to
America to speak about their lives as children of war. |
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| Mr. Inman's activities have netted him numerous awards including
the Harry Foulkrod Humanitarian Award fr om Merck, Recognition
Award from the Religious Action Task Force and a Certificate
of Recognition from The National Council of Churches in the
USA . |
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| Phillip H. Sorace, Board member |
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| Phillip Sorace is banking executive ( Chief Executive Officer (proposed) of a bank in the NYS approval process) with over 35 years experience developing organization structure and strategic marketing plans for banks and other financial institutions and in managing credit risk process and directing sales and relationship teams serving both high level global and community based businesses. He demonstrates a proven track record in the preparation, structuring, presentation and closing of complex financings, restructurings and merger and acquisitions. |
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| He has performed as a senior lending and credit officer, manager of credit audit and as a National Bank Examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States . Consequently, Mr. Sorace is well experienced in managing portfolio risk, developing and implementing credit policy and risk rating classifications, supervising loan quality migration and the art and science of allocating the Allowance for Loan and Lease Loss Reserves. Credit trained at Chase Manhattan Bank, he has a Bachelors Degree from NYU, an MBA from Fordham University , and has completed the NatWest Corporate Finance Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Business. |
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| As a banker and executive manager his direct contributions resulted in improvements in cost reduction, increased revenues, improved efficiency and enhanced quality of service while training and developing professional staff. As a Division Executive and Corporate Banking Department Head at two world class banks (Chase and NatWest USA ) he was responsible for overall sales strategies and business development in the highly competitive corporate and institutional national and global markets. |
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| In addition, he opened the Wall Street Office for a fixed income institutional boutique broker/dealer from bare walls to full operations in eleven Northeastern states.. |
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| Augmenting a distinguished banking career, Mr. Sorace was also the Managing Director for Business Development and Corporate Finance at one of the top twenty-five accounting firms in the United States . |
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| Most recently, Mr. Sorace was appointed the Chief Credit and Lending Officer for a troubled community based minority owned commercial bank with headquarters in the Bronx, New York . In this capacity Mr. Sorace was charged with stabilizing a deteriorating relationship with the bank's regulating authority, establishing satisfactory loan loss reserves, encouraging a demoralized staff to effectively market and build quality banking relationships and to restore confidence in the institutions ability to make and monitor loans through improved policies, procedures and management attention. Subsequently, he was the focus for the day to day management of the bank and for the due diligence process leading to its sale to a stronger institution at a premium. |
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| Jerry Johnson , Board member |
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Jerry Johnson is President and CEO of Global Human Capital Consulting, (GHCC) a boutique Human Resources consulting company specializing in providing human resources support services to small and middle market domestic and international companies. |
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| Prior to forming GHCC, Jerry led the northeast regional human capital function for AmeriChoice, a business segment of United Healthcare. AmeriChoice facilities and manages healthcare services for state sponsored Medicaid and Medicare programs. |
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| Jerry has served in senior Human Resource roles at Colgate-Palmolive, American Express, and General Motors. He has a BA in Sociology from the College of New Rochelle, participated in the DMS Individual Executive Development Program, and attended the Service/Quality Academy. He served in the United States Air Force and is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management. |
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Jerry’s background mirrors many of the student’s in the PSA program. Therefore he knows firsthand the value of the PSA’s endeavors to develop tomorrow’s leaders. |
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| David C. Birdoff , Board member |
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| Practicing attorney for 38 years. Principally engaged in counseling and representing national, multinational, and state financial institutions, primarily banks and securities broker-dealers, in transactional, regulatory, general litigation and bankruptcy matters. Advise such institutions, as well as their officers and directors, with respect to lender liability issues, arising under federal and New York banking and common law |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Of Counsel, Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP, New York, NY, Jan 2008
Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., New York, NY, 1977 – 2007 (international law firm with worldwide offices) |
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for Student Advancement
- Founder and Co-Chairman of the Dads Committee of the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City
- Initiated and developed a “Career Day” Program for students at P.S.57 (E. 115th Street) in NYC
- Initiated a program for joint learning activities between faculty/students at the Rudolf Steiner School and P.S. 57
- Member of the Board of the Parents’ Association at East Side Middle School (NYC) in 2006-2007.
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EDUCATION
JD, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY: Notes editor of the Brooklyn Law Review
BA, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY |
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PUBLICATIONS
- "Keeping Damages in Mind from the Start," New York Law Journal, June 20, 2005
- "Statute of Frauds: Compliance is not as Simple as it Appears," New York Law Journal, September 24, 2001
- "No Right to Lien for Private Development of Publicly Owned Land," Constructioneer, April 16, 2001
- "Contractors, Others Beware: Pitfalls in Private Development of Publicly Owned Land," New York Law Journal, March 26, 2001
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PROFESSIONAL HONORS
- Who's Who in American Law
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| Dr.Jennifer White, Board member |
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| Dr.Jennifer White is the founder of WhiteWave Consulting, LLC
and has over 15 years experience helping organizations improve
their people talent through research and assessment.
She has worked with many large organizations including ABN
AMRO, Cargill, Deloitte, E&Y, HP, IBM, JPMorgan Chase,
KPMG, MasterCard, Pfizer, PWC, UPS, and Xerox. |
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| Over the last few years, the company was engaged in conducting
best practices in executive governance, assessing Board effectiveness,
and measuring sales capability. |
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Dr. White has a Ph.D. in organizational psychology from Alliant University and a B.A. in psychology and business
administration from UCLA.
She serves on the Board of PSA, the
Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management and the Wally
Foundation, a non-profit organization that recognizes innovative
leaders. |
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| Dr. White lives in midtown Manhattan with her husband
and son and enjoys skating, opera, and ipod fitness. |
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| Dr. White joins PSA because she believes strongly in
providing underserved youth with the career/job planning resources
to give them a leg up in their pursuit of meaningful and enjoyable
work. “You can lose a job, but you can't lose an education
or the skills of a trade.” |
| www.whitewaveconsulting.com |
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| TREASURER: Paul Ribaudo, Principal, Berdon LLP |
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360 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 331-7447
Fax: (212) 371-1159 |
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| PRibaudo@berdonLLP.com |
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| ADVISORY COUNCIL |
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| The board of the Partnership for Student Advancement (PSA)
has decided to form an Advisory Council to expand the support
base for the organization and its' important work. A major
function of the Council will be to reach out and engage others
in PSA's cause and urge them to attend events and/or donate. |
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| Current members include: |
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| Paul J. Brignola |
| Robin Fisher |
| Dave Gardner |
| Roxana Gheorghe |
| Graciela Flores |
| Judy Katz |
| Rosalie Kaufman |
| Francine Port |
| Madeline Wisnowski |
| Paul Wrablica |
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| Janet Sullivan |
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| CURRENT EVENTS AND NEWS |
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The Partnership for Student Advancement is growing by leaps and bounds.
For the September 2007 school year, we added a new group of students from the H.S. of Leadership and Public Service on Trinity Place in New York City.
Meanwhile our pilot group of PSA students is now in their senior year at Norman Thomas H.S. in Murray Hill. They all experienced successful mini-internships in the summer of 2007 confirming their career choices.
All our students receive one-on-one coaching sessions throughout the school year, and attended career classes conducted by a Boy Scouts subsidiary, according to their skills and interests. Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation has nearly completed the skill and aptitude testing of the new students, which is the key to our program.
Professional speakers are scheduled monthly; they provide either education in business skills or a motivational presentation. Our motivational speakers have been inspiring and have been fabulous role models for our students. Speakers have included North Fork Bank managers, a Baruch College Admissions Director, a MetLife Information Technology Vice-President, the Principal/owner of Response-Able Consulting, a Diversity Director, and public speaker, and former actor who is a successful author.
PSA is happy to report that our speakers and trainers have benefited large numbers of students at the high school in addition to those in the PSA program. Entire classes attend each of two presentations given by our speakers.
PSA is happy to report that it has recently received funding from the Rotary Club of New York, the Cooper Foundation of Neurological Research and Education, and the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, in addition to individual donors. Also, a monetary gift for educational purposes was awarded in January, 2008, to Anne Bonfiglio so that she could pursue coursework in nonprofit management.
PSA is fortunate to have a volunteer intern work with us from the Columbia University Teacher’s College Master’s Program in Clinical Psychology.
PSA is proud to report that one of our current students graduating from high school and our program has been accepted to Vassar and to Bowdoin in Maine.
Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation has a full page on their website about their partnership with PSA: http://www.jocrf.org/about_us/PSA.html
A full page color ad about PSA was published in Business Week on June 4th, 2007, and will appear again in June, 2008, which described our program and asked for assistance, monetary and otherwise. |
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