Leadership
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.
Alexa DuPont Bell
Co-Founder and Board Chairman
Paperless Post
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
Braden Ferrari
Board Member
SABR Captial Management, LLC
Managing Partner
Jim Weinberg
Board Member
Chief Marketing Officer
Linda Thomsen Schulte
Board Member
VP, Platform Engineering, Mastercard
Simon Upton
Board Member
Rob Russini
Board Member
CEO, New Start Capital
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
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
Anthony Donofrio
Comcast
Stephani e Vitti
Morgan Stanley
Andrew Fontanese
Deutsche Bank
Chirag Odhav
Stealth Startup
Joseph Zurier
Jane Street
Jimmy Page
Houlihan Lokey
Jason Cahn
Valley National Bank
Emily Caruthers
Qontigo
Ryan A. Leader
BNY Mellon
Rebecca Crockett
Franklin Templeton
Kevin Fagan
Deutsche Bank
Ondina Purcell
First Republic
Eric Eichenholtz
Palatine Capital Partners
Matthew Hoehn
TIFF
Lauren Carbone
WeWork
Lindsey Kintner
Fortune
Thomas Marking
William Blair
Patrick Blakely
Point B.
Grace Muller
Warburg Pincus
Aman Roy
Goldman Sachs
Aman Sharma
Goldman Sachs
Nicholas Tedesco
Lee Equity Partners
Kevin Li
Evercore
Biju Mohan
Accenture
Manish Rama
PwC
Sarah Stein
Rockefeller Capital Management
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
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.
Alexa DuPont Bell
Co-Founder and Board Chairman
Paperless Post
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
Linda Thomsen Schulte
Board Member
VP, Platform Engineering, Mastercard
Simon Upton
Board Member
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
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