Executive Staff & Trustees

The work of The Children's Aid Society is conducted by an expert staff. Below you will find links to biographies of our Board Chairman and key Executive Staff members, as well as a list of the members of our Board of Trustees.

Executive Staff

Richard R. Buery, Jr. , President and Chief Executive Officer

William D. Weisberg, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Dan Lehman, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Valerie Russo, Vice President of Strategy and Excellence

Katherine Eckstein, Chief of Staff

Senior Leadership

Drema Brown, Vice President of Education

Dr. Michael A. Carrera, Director of Pregnancy Prevention

Beverly Colon, Vice President for Health and Wellness

Jane Golden, Vice President for Child Welfare Policy and Foster Care Services

Patricia M. Grayson, Vice President for Development

Angelique C. Mamby Pannell, General Counsel

Warren M. Petty, Director of Talent Management and Human Resources

Jane Quinn, Vice President and Director of National Training Center for Community Schools

Anthony Ramos, Director of Marketing and Communications

Josh Wallack, Vice President for Early Childhood Programs

Board of Trustees

(Revised: May, 2013)

Officers

Chairmen Emeriti
Edgar R. Koerner
Edward M. Lamont
Charlton Y. Phelps

Chairman
Mark M. Edmiston

Vice Chairmen
Iris Abrons
Anne Jeffries Citrin

Treasurer
Kevin Watson

Secretary
Martha Bicknell Kellner

Trustees

Iris Abrons
Olivier Brandicourt
Carolyn S. Brody
Susan S. Brown
Elly Christophersen
Anne Jeffries Citrin
Samuel M. Convissor
Jan Correa
Susan M. Coupey, M.D.
Gloria M. Dabiri
Russell Diamond
Bart J. Eagle
Richard Edelman
Mark M. Edmiston
Desmond G. Fitzgerald
Mrs. Robert M. Gardiner
Lolita K. Jackson
Lane H. Katz
Martha Bicknell Kellner
Edgar R. Koerner
Ursula G. LaMotte
Christopher R. Lawrence
Beth Leventhal
Martha Berman Lipp
Janine E. Luke  
Sharon Madison  
Doris R. Meister
Felix A. Orbe
Charles Penner  
Calvin Ramsey
Amy E. Scharf
Rob Speyer
Kevin J. Watson
Robert Wolf

Trustees Emeriti

Sheila Baird
Marshall M. Green
Ronald H. Kaufmann
Edward M. Lamont
Martha B. McLanahan
Charlton Y. Phelps
Mrs. Milton Stern (Bernice)