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Our Board of Directors meets bi-monthly. If interested in learning more, please contact cfsmith@alz.org

CHAIR
Wendy Blattner
Owner, Sequel Studio

VICE CHAIR
Deanna Rockefeller
Global Science and Technology Engagement Principal, Lockheed Martin

PAST CHAIR
Jordan W. Siev, Esq. 
Partner, Reed Smith LLP

MEMBERS
David Berger, MD, MHCH, FACS
Chief Executive Officer, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, University Hospital of Brooklyn

Joseph Boitano
Executive merchant; former Executive Vice President and interim CEO of Land’s End

Esther Dong, MBA
Beauty industry executive; former Vice President and General Manager, North America, Origins

Derek Faktor, DMD, MBA
CEO, FaktorDMD
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU College of Dentistry

Jay Futersak
President, Circle Realty Group LLC

Milan Gandhi, C.A., C.I.S.A.
Management Consultant

Debbie Goodstein-Rosenfeld
CEO, Aurora Pictures Corp.

Joanna Gordon Martin
Founder and CEO, Theia Senior Solutions

Jamaar Harold 
Director of Operations, Altice USA

Lawrence S. Honig, MD, PhD 
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Clinical Core of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Columbia University

​Ladidas Lumpkins, CPA, JD, LL.M.
Partner-in-Charge of Private Wealth Services, Prager Metis

Voula Mamais-Lorina
President and CEO, Mamais Construction

Karyn Marsh, PhD
​Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, New York University Langone Health; Managing Associate Director, Center for Cognitive Neurology; Administrative Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center/Co-Director, Center of Excellence on Alzheimer’s Disease

Bradley J. Melvin
President of the Regional Insurer Group, Aon

Heidi Lohrfink Nigg
Teacher, Rye City School District

Mark Oster
Retired; former National Managing Partner, Not-for-Profit and Higher Education, Grant Thornton LLP

Katherine Flood Ostrander
Director, Institutional Equity Sales, Deutsche Bank

Don Plaus, CIMA
Managing Director, Head of Merrill Private Wealth Management, International and Institutional

Louis Romeo, MBA
Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Jermaine L. Ross, PhD
Head of Neuroscience, Immuneering

Suzanne Silverstein
Senior retail executive; former President, 7 For All Mankind

Gregory D. Smith
President and CEO, Inspīr Carnegie Hill

Alexandra Soffer
Teacher, PS 321, New York City Department of Education
Fine Artist

Rodeena Stephens-Ceaser
Assistant Professor & Department Co-Chair, Communications and Media Arts & Journalism, Westchester Community College; Director of Communication, The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York

Dan Stevens
Founder & CEO, BlissBomb

Maggie Zeman
Senior Vice President and GM New York, Double Forte PR

Emeritus
Lonnie E. Wollin, Esq. 
Attorney in Private Practice
 
Ex-Officio

Christopher F. Smith
Executive Director, Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter