BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
Housing Works, Inc. is the oversight board of 14 subsidiary nonprofit organizations, each incorporated as its own entity for programmatic accountability and financial liability purposes. All subsidiary boards regularly report to Housing Works, Inc. on all policy and fiscal matters. All subsidiary organizations support the mission of Housing Works to fight the twin crises of AIDS and homelessness through programs and funding.
David I. Cohen, M.D., M.Sc
Chair
Senior Vice President, Maimonides Medical Center
Earl Ward, Esq.
Vice Chair
Partner, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP
Edward van Saders
Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, WRNN-TV
Nelson Marti
Secretary
Client representative
Charles King, Ex-officio
President and Chief Executive Officer, Housing Works, Inc.
Bernadette Aulestia
Senior Vice President, Home Box Office, Inc.
Pamela Brier (on leave)
Executive Vice President, Maimonides Medical Center
Bryant Chou
Director, JL McGregor & Co.
Ella Mae Culler
Constituent representative
Richard G. Dudley Jr., M.D.
Private Practice
Denise Gordon
Human Resources Manager, Deloitte and Touche
Bobbie Graham
Constituent representative
Leslie Lowe, Esq.
Director, Program on Energy and the Environment, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
Armando Morales
Constituent representative
Sarah T. Morrow
Assistant Marketing Manager, Source Interlink Media
Volunteer representative
Karen Nelson, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, Unite Here Health Center
Alison Richards
Constituent representative
Beverly Sutton-Curry
Staff representative
OFFICERS of the CORPORATION
Linney Smith
Matthew Bernardo
Andrew Coamey
Miguel Mendez
Housing Works Thrift Shops, Inc.
Juan Herrera
Chair
MTV Networks
Michael Carl
Allure magazine
Michael S. Gordon, Esq.
Secretary
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
David Alport
Ken Fleishman
DKNY
Brenda Garrand
Joseph Magnone
Volunteer representative
Matthew Marden
Details magazine
Norma Reinhardt–Mascarotti
Paige Merkle
Bloomingdale’s
Lilian Riveros
Taproot
Kathryn Rowe
Volunteer representative
Alan Sive
Housing Works Bookstore Café, Inc
Alan Light
Cochair
Writer, New York Times, Rolling Stone, and others
Alison Brower
Cochair
Redbook
Jennifer Berman
The New Yorker
Matthew Bernardo
Housing Works, Inc.
Jen Bluestein
Teach For America
Sloane Crosley
Vintage/Anchor Books
Dwight Garner
New York Times Book Review
John Freeman
National Book Critics Circle
Corrina Greenberg
Museum of Modern Art
Alia Habib
Houghton Mifflin
Mark Mangan
Flavorpill
Sean McDonald
Riverhead Books
Meghan O’Rourke
Slate, Paris Review
Cheryl Plambeck
Davis & Gilbert LLP
Nathaniel Rich
Paris Review
Jason Shure
Housing Works, Inc.
Brandon Stousy
Writer, Pitchfork, Stereogum
Anderson Tepper
Vanity Fair
Lynne Tillman
Writer, Fence
Housing Works Food Services, Inc. (The Works Catering)
Tony Miele
Chair
General manager, Acme Bar & Grill
Matt Nasser
Secretary
Macmillan
Matthew Bernardo
Housing Works, Inc.
Maureen Cantara
Citi Global Wealth Management
Mary Ellis
Kitchen Comfort Care
Clarence Gamblin
Acme Bar & Grill
Charles King
Housing Works, Inc.
Christian Richardson
Manager, Grants and Government Relations, Acorda Therapeutics
Dennis Williams
Manager, Segment Marketing, Home Box Office, Inc.
Housing Works East New York Housing Development Fund Corporation, Inc.
Earl Ward, Chair
Charles King
Vice Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Marcelo Venegas-Pizarro, M.D.
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Andrew Coamey
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Housing Development Fund Corporation, Inc.
Earl Ward, Chair
Charles King
Vice Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Marcelo Venegas-Pizarro, M.D.
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Andrew Coamey
Housing Works, Inc.
Kenneth Robinson
Housing Works, Inc.
Eric Sawyer
Cofounder, Housing Works, Inc.
Carmen Pabon
Michael Hartzog
Housing Works Brooklyn Housing Development Fund Corporation, Inc.
Charles King
Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Earl Ward, Vice-Chair
Andrew Coamey
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Harlem Housing Development Fund Corporation, Inc.
Charles King
Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Earl Ward, Vice-Chair
Andrew Coamey
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works 874 Jefferson Avenue Housing Development Fund Corporation, Inc.
Charles King
Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Earl Ward, Vice-Chair
Andrew Coamey
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works 454 Lexington Avenue Housing Development Fund Corporation, Inc.
Charles King
Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Earl Ward, Vice-Chair
Andrew Coamey
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Pitkin Avenue Housing Development Fund Corporation, Inc.
Charles King
Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Earl Ward, Vice-Chair
Andrew Coamey
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Housing Works Health Services, Inc.
Dr. David I. Cohen, Chair
Maimonides Medical Center
Charles King, Vice-Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Marcelo Venegas, Md, Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Robert Cohen, MD.
Teri Hagen
Glenn Johnson
Housing Works Health Services II, Inc.
Charles King
Vice Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Marcelo Venegas-Pizarro, M.D.
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Robert Cohen, M.D.
Carol Yankay
Housing Works Health Services III, Inc.
Charles King
Vice Chair
Housing Works, Inc.
Marcelo Venegas-Pizarro, M.D.
Secretary
Housing Works, Inc.
Robert Cohen, M.D.
Constituent Client Representatives:
Ronald Casanova
Cesar Figueroa
Sabrina Tucker
Brenda Cyrus
Tathianna Fermin
Community Board Member
David Christmas
