Founded in 2012, the CSF Young Leaders Board is a network of young professionals that supports CSF’s mission and seeks to maximize educational opportunities for New York City children through fundraising, volunteering, and raising awareness about CSF among their friends, families, and colleagues. To learn more about joining the Young Leaders Board, contact Kurt Faulhammer by email or by phone at (212) 515-7106 or click here.

The following individuals currently serve on the Young Leaders Board:

Katie Allen, J.P. Morgan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Americo Arias, KPMG, LLP
Penn State University

Alisha Asija, PGIM Fixed Income
Cornell University

Lucas Balon, Point72 Asset Management
Georgetown University

Allison Bernstein, H.I.G. Capital
Tufts University

Elizabeth Bianchi, TriNet
Boston University, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Donald Castle, Data Axle
Colgate University

Erica Leffler-Castle, Lexington Partners
Colgate University

Vanessa Chan, Orchard
Northeastern University

Reco Charity, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Virginia Tech; Georgetown Law School

Francis J. Connolly Jr., Practising Law Institute
SUNY at Old Westbury

Lucas Cremers, Goldman Sachs
Columbia University

Antoine Crépin-Héroux, AON
Princeton University

Conor Cunnane, Axial
Loyola University Maryland

Hilal Dahleh, Axel Johnson, Inc.
Middlebury College

Anna DeSapio, Johnson & Johnson
Northeastern University

Hayden Edelson, JP Morgan Chase & Co
New York University

Victoria Edmonds, Schrödinger
Columbia University

Josh Farkas, Delmare Capital
University of Michigan

Paige Finnerty, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The College of New Jersey

Abigail Fossaceca, JP Morgan
Villanova University

Christian Garrett, 137 Ventures
University of Kansas

Nick Harker, Nautic Partners
University of Kentucky

Kevin Heller, Point72 Asset Management
Amherst College

Quinn Hermann, TSW Investments
University of Virginia

Lydia Jiang, Citadel
Columbia University

Nick Johnson, AIM13
Vassar College

Eli Joyner, Citibank,
Baruch College

Madison Kadis, Givaudan
Savannah College of Art & Design

Alessandra LaRocca Dowling, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Bucknell University

Ryan LaRue, Barings
Binghamton University

Esther Lawson-John, Oliver Wyman
Columbia University

Jane Lee, Easy Resume
Ithaca College

Maxwell Masur, McKinsey & Company
NYU Stern School of Business

Macklin McMullen, Sun Capital Partners
University of Virginia

Carlos Navarrete, Whitford Management LLC
New York University

Annie Ostrowski, PricewaterhouseCoopers
New York University

Stephanie Palma
Vassar College

Rhea Pathak, Bank of America
Northeastern University

Renee Radusewicz, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The University of Chicago

Bobby Ritter, Ari Fleischer Communications
Middlebury College

Nicole Serrato, CSF
City College of New York

Isabel Sessions, The Riverside Company
Middlebury College

Faizal Sheriff, Barclays Investment Bank
Baruch College

Paige Smith, Exchange Physical Therapy Group
Sacred Heart University

Meggie Steiger, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Southern Methodist University

Brandon Sumner, Morgan Stanley
SUNY Oswego

Stephan Thevalingam, KPMG
The University of Texas at Austin

Allen Wang, BNP Paribas
George Washington University

Olivea Woo, Hofstra University
CUNY Hunter & Adelphi University

Kengo Yamada, Liberty Science Center
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Elizabeth Yang, Silver Lake Partners
Harvard University

Dan Yu, Sterling Investment Partners
Wake Forest University

Samantha Zeiss Heller, Nielsen Sports & Entertainment
Dartmouth College


Spotlight on Young Leaders Board Member Page Smith!

All children deserve the opportunity for a good education regardless of social background or socioeconomic status. K-8 is also such an important time in a child’s development. Improving their reach to better education will help set them up for greater success in the future. They are also our future, and they deserve our guidance and commitment towards their future development.

What do you hope to gain from your experience with the Young Leaders Board? 

I believe this opportunity will help me expand outside of just work commitments and help me make a greater impact for our community. I also look forward to meeting and communicating with like-minded individuals.


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