Introducing the Newest Sterling Fellows

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By Brooke Richie-Babbage

Director, Sterling Network NYC

We’re excited to announce today the newest Sterling Network Fellows. The Sterling Network was launched in October 2017 to build a network of systems leaders, working together to enhance economic mobility across New York City. Systems leaders are network, organizational, coalition, or collaborative leaders who work actively to address the root causes of problems, rather than mitigate the symptoms.

These newest Fellows are joining an evolving, thriving Network. Collectively, this group of 55+ cross-sector systems-leaders will continue to come together multiple times  a year to identify ways that they can collaborate to push for economic mobility and economic justice on issues from housing to labor to criminal justice.

The 15 new Fellows joining the Sterling Network are:

  • Charlie Vazquez: Freelance Consultant, Bronx Council on the Arts/Bronx Writers Center

  • Hamra Ahmad: Legal Director, Her Justice

  • Ollie Gillett: Program Manager, Community Engagement, Blue Ridge Labs at Robin Hood Foundation

  • Robert L. Hawkins, Ph.D.: Assistant Dean & Director, New York University

  • Daniel McPhee: Executive Director, Urban Design Forum

  • Jeremy Reiss: Vice President, Public Policy & External Relations, Henry Street Settlement

  • Lori Boozer: Senior Program Officer, Mobility LABs, Robin Hood Foundation

  • Sam Jung: Policy Analyst, Strategic Business Development & New Economy Initiatives, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives

  • Denice Williams: Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Youth & Community Development

  • Jordan Stockdale: Deputy Executive Director, Close Rikers, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice

  • Tokumbo Shobowale: Chief Operating Officer, The New School

  • Gisele Castro: Executive Director, exalt

  • Karen Schoellkopf: Co-Founder at Leap Fund, Product Strategy/Product Management, Product Fellow at Robin Hood Foundation

  • Richard Rivera: HERE to HERE Consultant, CareerWise New York

  • Vanda Belusic-Vollor: Senior Executive Director, Office of Talent, Management, and Innovation, New York City Department of Education

We extend a warm welcome to all our new Fellows, and look forward to providing updates on the progress of Sterling Network NYC in the weeks and months ahead.

Brooke Richie-BabbageComment