Cents Ability

Leadership

1

Roy Paul

Executive Director

Roy Paul comes to Cents Ability with years of experience in the non-profit, political and private sectors. At the age of 19, he became the youngest African-American elected to office in New York State, serving 5 years on the Middletown School Board. Prior to Cents Ability, he served as the head of Government Relations and Outreach for the Jamel Robinson Child Welfare Reform Initiative. Roy received his bachelor’s degree from Queens College, a master’s degree from the New School University, and a theological seminary honorary doctorate degree.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alexa 
DuPont Bell

Co-Founder and Board Chairman Emeritus

VP Marketing & Business Development

Mark Kaplan

Board Member

Chief Operating Officer, Cantor Fitzgerald

 

Conner McGee

Board Member

 Morgan Stanley

 

Stacey Crognale

Board Member

Managing Director, Greythorne Associates 

Cassandra Puhalla

Board Member

Director, Client Advisory, Crestone Capital, LLC

 

Wallace Lynch

Board Member

Senior Vice President, KeyBank

 

Linda Thomsen Schulte

Board Member

VP, Platform Engineering, Mastercard

Braden Ferrari

Board Member

SABR Captial Management, LLC
Managing Partner

Jim Weinberg

Board Member

Chief Marketing Officer

Robert Malhotra

Board Member

Chief Accountant, Department of Professional Practice, 
Partner at KPMG

Mellissa Randall

Board Member

Chief Human
Resource Officer, Waterfall Asset Management

Angela Luongo

Board Member

Managing Director | CFO of Chase
Co-Branded
Credit Cards

 

Susan Stoever

Board Member

Vice President of
Data Strategy,
MSCI Real
Capital Analytics 

Board service is a great way to give back in a meaningful way.  If you’re interested in learning more about our different levels, please email us at boards@cents-ability.org

STAFF

Joshua La Force, Program Director

Jamel Robinson, Senior Advisor

Paulina Kababie, Program Coordinator

Kim Lancial, Financial Literacy Ambassador

Malik Bouni, Program Associate

Diane Ezer, Development Lead

Rahima Lee, Accountant Lead

Legal Counsel – DLA Piper, LLP

ADVISORY BOARD

Anthony Donofrio

Comcast

Stephani e Vitti

Morgan Stanley

Andrew Fontanese

Deutsche Bank

Raman Ananthanpillai

Further Global 
Capital Management

Chirag Odhav

Stealth Startup

Jimmy Page

Houlihan Lokey

Jason Cahn

Valley National Bank

Emily Caruthers

Qontigo

Ryan A. Leader

BNY Mellon

Rebecca Crockett

Franklin Templeton

Lindsey Kintner

Fortune

Kevin Fagan

Deutsche Bank

Manish Rama

PwC

Eric Eichenholtz

Palatine Capital Partners

Lauren Carbone

WeWork

Sarah Yadali

Oliver Scholars

Grace Muller

Warburg Pincus

Patrick Blakely

Point B.

Manish Rama

PwC

Aman Roy

Goldman Sachs

Aman Sharma

Goldman Sachs

Sarah Stein

Rockefeller Capital Management

Eleni Loannidis

JP Morgan Chase

Biju Mohan

Accenture

Melissa Merchant

Msquared Marketing Advisory

Rahul Narayanan

Audax Private Debt

Allison Flynn Carr

Warner Bros

Sydney Lecker

Hippo

Paul Morgan

HSBC

Vasiliy Kiryanov

EPAM Systems

JUNIOR BOARD

Mike Moriel

Rothschild & Co.

Stephanie Hay

UBS

Sam Muffly

NYU Langone Hospital

Sean O'Brien

Chair, Societe Generale

Grant Griffith

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Allison Sellers

Closed Loop Partners

Cinzia Coppola

Northern Trust

Jack Morrison

Kroll Ratings

Ashley Paston

Bain Capital Ventures

Eleni Loannidis

JP Morgan Chase

Paul M Newmann

BlackRock

Amir Farry

Bardin Hill

Rick DeCicco

UBS

Delphine Kak

Societe Generale

Leslie Hillsamer

Guggenheim Partners

Natalie Telson

Weber Shandwick

Chip Desjardins

American Express

Joshua Shu

Searchlight Capital Partners

Patrick Scholtes

Societe Generale

Akshit Bhatia

Ankura Consulting

Nicolas Jubera

Morgan Stanley

Leon Evans

J.P. Morgan

Kevin Moon

H.I.G Capital

1

Roy Paul

Executive Director

Roy Paul comes to Cents Ability with years of experience in the non-profit, political and private sectors. At the age of 19, he became the youngest African-American elected to office in New York State, serving 5 years on the Middletown School Board. Prior to Cents Ability, he served as the head of Government Relations and Outreach for the Jamel Robinson Child Welfare Reform Initiative. Roy received his bachelor’s degree from Queens College, a master’s degree from the New School University, and a theological seminary honorary doctorate degree.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alexa DuPont Bell

Co-Founder and Board Chairman

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VP Marketing & Business Development

 

Mark Kaplan

Board Member

Chief Operating Officer, Cantor Fitzgerald

 

Mayme Hostetter

Board Member

President, Relay Graduate School of Education

Conner McGee

Board Member

 Morgan Stanley

 

Cassandra Puhalla

Board Member

Director, Client Advisory, Crestone Capital, LLC

 

Wallace Lynch

Board Member

Senior Vice President, KeyBank

 

Stacey Crognale

Board Member

Managing Director, Greythorne Associates 

Charles Duncan Miller Renfro V

Board Member

 Director, Bank of America

Braden Ferrari

Board Member

SABR Captial Management, LLC
Managing Partner

Emily Cox

Board Member

Alternatives Business Development, Tetragon Financial Group Limited

Linda Thomsen Schulte

Board Member

VP, Platform Engineering, Mastercard

Simon Upton

Board Member

Partner, Fortium Partners

Board service is a great way to give back in a meaningful way.  If you’re interested in learning more about our different levels, please email us at boards@centsabilityeducation.org

 

STAFF

Carlie Hoffman, Program Director

Marti Reppetto, Administrative Assistant

Malik Bouni, Program Associate

Diane Ezer, Development Lead

Rahima Lee, Accountant Lead

Legal Counsel – DLA Piper, LLP

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COUNCIL

Alma Rangel

Wife of former U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel

Joseph Lovell

Perella Weinberg

Nicole Suder

Luminous Advisors

Ryan Sterling

Future You Wealth

Hernando Moyano

Major League Baseball

Jimmy Page

Houlihan Lokey

Rachel Scott

Heller Capital Partners

Sophie Roux Leal

COO team at Guggenheim Securities

Ryan A. Leader

BNY Mellon

Luke Oliver

DWS Group

Ankur Kamkhalia

TIAA

Ondina Purcell

First Republic

Eric Eichenholtz

Palatine Capital Partners

Tom Priedeman

US Bank

Lauren Carbone

WeWork

Shana Hennigan

Safened

Bruce Fenton

Retired Attorney

Patrick Blakely

Point B.

Paul Ullman

Asset Based Lending

JUNIOR BOARD

Mike Moriel

Rothschild & Co.

Stephanie Hay

UBS

Sam Muffly

NYU Langone Hospital

Sean O'Brien

Chair, Societe Generale

Grant Griffith

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Allison Sellers

Closed Loop Partners

Cinzia Coppola

Northern Trust

Jack Morrison

Kroll Ratings

Ashley Paston

Bain Capital Ventures

Paul M Newmann

BlackRock

Amir Farry

Bardin Hill

Rick DeCicco

UBS

Delphine Kak

Societe Generale

Leslie Hillsamer

Guggenheim Partners

Natalie Telson

Weber Shandwick

Chip Desjardins

American Express

Joshua Shu

Searchlight Capital Partners

Patrick Scholtes

Societe Generale

Akshit Bhatia

Ankura Consulting

Nicolas Jubera

Morgan Stanley

Leon Evans

J.P. Morgan

Kevin Moon

H.I.G Capital