BOARD

Rosie O’Donnell
Board Chair & President
Comedian, Actor, Author & Television Personality

Matthew Naclerio
Board Vice President
Managing Director,
Assured Guaranty

Erika Santillana
Board Secretary
Administrative Business Partner,
Google Canada

Michael Tolpa
Board Treasurer
Financial Advisor,
Wells Fargo Advisors

Margot Astrachan
Commercial Theatrical Producer

Patty Babcox
Philanthropist & Teen Advocate

Zi Ying Cao
Investment Banking Analyst,
Jefferies & RTKids Alum

Tim Federle
Showrunner &
Executive Producer,
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

John Harney
Managing Director Executive Vice President, Alliant Insurance Services

Jawan M. Jackson
Actor, Singer & Dancer

Lori Klinger
Founding Artistic & Executive Director,
Rosie’s Theater Kids

Cathy Masie
Producer,
Masie Productions

Elizabeth Matthews
Chief Executive Officer,
ASCAP

Leslie Mayer
President, Mayer Productions

Lindsay Miserandino
Grants Management,
Bloomberg Philanthropies

Sheila Nevins
Executive Producer,
Paramount

Bob Perl
President,
Tower Brokerage, Inc.

Ruthe Ponturo
Spreader of Joy​

Barbara Rohdie
Educator

Rachel Shepardson
Counsel at Paul, Weiss, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Judine Somerville
Showstopper​

BD Wong
Actor, Director & Writer

Stacie Weisbrot
Producer, Philanthropist, & Entrepreneur

Valerie Norton
Chief People Officer,
Habitat for Humanity International

Jane Friedman
Philanthropist & President,
The Gerald J. and
Dorothy R. Friedman Foundation

Marva Smalls
Executive Vice President &
Global Head of Inclusion,
Paramount

Jan Svendsen Weiss
Advisory Board Chair

Emily Bear
Composer & Songwriter

Shane Marshall Brown
Communications Strategist

Valerie DiFebo
Philanthropist,
Business Executive & Arts Advocate

Sue Frost
Producer,
and Arts Education Expert

Christopher Jackson
Actor, Singer, & Composer

Sandi Lurie
HR Executive, Arts Supporter, and Community Leader

Mayte Natalio
Performer, Choreographer, and Director

Sam Pinkleton
Director and Choreographer

Charles Randolph-Wright
Theater, Film & Television Director, Playwright, & Producer

Lamar Richardson
Actor & Producer

Lea Salonga
Actress & Singer