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Belfer Center

Meet Our Team

Asha Curran

Co-chair, Belfer Center & CEO, GivingTuesday

Asha Curran is CEO of GivingTuesday, the global generosity movement. She was formerly Chief Innovation Officer and director of the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at 92nd Street Y …

Asha Curran

Co-chair, Belfer Center & CEO, GivingTuesday

Asha Curran is CEO of GivingTuesday, the global generosity movement. She was formerly Chief Innovation Officer and director of the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at 92nd Street Y, which was named one of the 10 Most Innovative Nonprofits by Fast Company. She remains co-chair of the Belfer Center with Henry Timms, co-founder of GivingTuesday and President and CEO of Lincoln Center. At 92Y, she and her team in one of the nonprofit world’s pioneering innovation labs launched the Women inPower Fellowship, the Ben Franklin Circles, and the 7 Days of Genius festival, all built on the same distributed-leadership model as GivingTuesday. She is the recipient of the 2015 Social Capital Hero Award, and was named a 2016 Woman of Influence by New York Business Journals and a 40 Over 40 Women to Watch honoree. Asha serves on the board of directors of Guardian.org, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing civil discourse and issues-driven journalism at The Guardian; and the Scout Film Festival, which amplifies the work of teen filmmakers. She is a fellow at Stanford University’s Digital Civil Society Lab within the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society.

Jessica Schneider

Director of Strategy & Collaboration

Jessica Schneider is the director of strategy and collaboration in 92nd Street Y's Belfer Center for Innovation …

Jessica Schneider

Director of Strategy & Collaboration

Jessica Schneider is the director of strategy and collaboration in 92nd Street Y's Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact. In this role, Jessica leverages the power of new media and partnerships with outside organizations to strengthen and extend the reach of 92Y's core values. She works on several initiatives and programs, including #GivingTuesday, the Women inPower Fellowship and the Social Good Summit. Jessica has also held positions at Rent the Runway, General Assembly and the Paley Center for Media. She earned a BA from Georgetown University and a masters of public administration from NYU.

Julie Mashack

Director of Global Programs & Networks

As Director of Global Networks & Programs for the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at 92nd Street Y, Julie oversees several of the Belfer Center’s civic initiatives …

Julie Mashack

Director of Global Programs & Networks

As Director of Global Networks & Programs for the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at 92nd Street Y, Julie oversees several of the Belfer Center’s civic initiatives that bring 92Y programs to new audiences and engage communities around the world. During her time at 92Y, Julie has led 7 Days of Genius, an annual celebration of new ideas with more than 50 events in 25 countries; Ben Franklin Circles, a national network of grassroots groups reviving Ben Franklin’s ‘club for mutual improvement’; and The UnConvention, a collaboration with PRI, Facebook and Mic that examined millennial perspectives of the 2016 election on air, online and through live events. As a former public radio and television producer, she created content for both PBS and NPR and contributed to Michael Moore’s Academy Award nominated documentary Sicko and the WNET original film, Sacred. She serves as a member of the Bridge Alliance Leaders Council and as an advisor to The Aspen Institute’s forthcoming Better Arguments Project.

Danyel Addes

Network & Program Manager

Danyel Addes is a network and program manager in 92Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact …

Danyel Addes

Network & Program Manager

Danyel Addes is a network and program manager in 92Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact. She works on expanding 92Y’s civic engagement initiatives to connect with communities across the country and around the world. This includes Ben Franklin Circles, Women inPower, and 7 Days of Genius. Prior to joining the Belfer Center, Danyel worked to build a culture of engagement in community and university settings through curriculum development, teaching, and enhancing university infrastructure for engaged learning. She developed leadership and social justice education programs with an emphasis on asset-based community development and group dialogue. Danyel has a BA in Social Thought and Political Economy from UMass Amherst and holds master’s degrees in Anthropology and Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development from the University of Georgia.

Kelsey Kramer

Program Manager

As program manager in 92Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Change, Kelsey manages Belfer Center initiatives the Social Good Summit, Women inPower, CultureSwap, and GivingTuesdayKids …

Kelsey Kramer

Program Manager

As program manager in 92Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Change, Kelsey manages Belfer Center initiatives the Social Good Summit, Women inPower, CultureSwap, and GivingTuesdayKids. In addition to her work at the Belfer Center, Kelsey is a Brookly-based dance performance artist. Kelsey developed her passion for dance and social change working at Cora Dance, a pay-what-you-can school and dance company in Red Hook, Brooklyn where she served as programs and communications manager, giving associate, and educator. Kelsey is half of JACKS - a moving, making duo with collaborator Lexie Thrash, company member of Cora Dance, and the operations coordinator for the Dance/NYC Junior Committee.

Advisory Committee

  • Laurence Belfer, Founder of the Belfer Center

    CEO, Belfer Management LLC
    92Y Board Member

  • Henry Timms, Co-Chair

    President and CEO, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

  • Asha Curran, Co-Chair

    CEO, GivingTuesday

  • Kara Acker

    Dentist, Endodontist
    92Y Emerging Leadership Committee

  • Penny Abeywardena

    Commissioner, NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs

  • Paul Burke

    Head of School, Nightingale-Bamford School

  • David Dabscheck

    Founder & CEO, GIANT Innovation; Visiting Scholar, Columbia Business School

  • Sam Fox

    Business Development Manager, Olo
    92Y Emerging Leadership Committee

  • Eric Goldstein

    CEO, UJA-Federation of New York

  • Jonathan Greenblatt

    National Director & CEO, Anti-Defamation League; former Special Assistant to President Barack Obama & Director, White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation

  • Elena Kiam

    Owner & Creative Director, K-Five
    92Y Board Member

  • Phil Krim

    Founder & CEO, Casper
    92Y Emerging Leadership Committee

  • Eric Kuhn

    Marketing and Business Development, Layer3 TV
    92Y Emerging Leadership Committee

  • Terri McCullough

    Chief of Staff, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House of Representatives

  • Laura Clayton McDonnell

    General Manager, Enterprise & Partner Group, NY Metro District, Microsoft

  • Jamie Metzl

    Chief Strategy Officer, ORIG3N, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

  • Josh Milstein

    CEO, Mommy Nearest
    92Y Emerging Leadership Committee

  • David Rose

    Managing Partner, Rose Tech Ventures
    92Y Board Member

  • Rabbi Peter Rubinstein

    Director of Jewish Community and Bronfman Center for Jewish Life, 92Y

  • Gail Saltz

    Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst, Author
    92Y Board Member

  • Andrew Shapiro

    Founder, Broadscale Group

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