Meet the Board

YNPN-NYC is run by a working, all-volunteer board of young nonprofit leaders.YNPN-NYC is an entirely volunteer run organization and we depend on people like you to help plan, organize, and execute programs. YNPN-NYC committees are where programmatic and strategic plans come to action. Please let us know if you are interested in sitting on any of the following committees.

 

Nancy Allendorf - Co-Chair

Nancy Allendorf is the Financial Analyst for the Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy at Weill Cornell Medical College.  She has previously worked for nonprofit organizations and on variety of international consulting projects employing her strategy, marketing, research and analysis skills. In these roles she developed a financial tool for product rationalization for a multinational orthopedics company, created an award winning marketing plan for an international beverage company, researched and analyzed UK transportation companies targeted for acquisition, and worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. In New York City she has worked for companies, ranging from small nonprofits to a Fortune 500 company, as a researcher and a work quality analyst and has experience in project management. She has earned a BA from Fairfield University in Connecticut and an MBA from Manchester Business School in England.

Erin Roberts – Co-Chair

Erin Roberts has worked in the non-profit sector for six years, with a focus on using media and communications to make the world a better place. Currently, as Deputy Director of Strategic Development at Public Health Solutions, she conveys the mission and work of one of the largest nonprofits in New York City to a wide variety of stakeholders through events, publications, and fundraising campaigns. Previously, she has held positions at WNET/Channel Thirteen, the Paley Center for Media, Platform Learning (an after-school program provider), and Court TV. She earned her MA at the Newhouse School for Communications at Syracuse University and her BA at Yale University.

In her spare time, Erin is an avid Crossfitter, studies American Sign Language, sings a good deal of karaoke, and occasionally performs cabaret. And one of these days, she will get around to writing the Great American Novel.

Christopher Chavez - Secretary

Christopher Chavez is thrilled to be secretary extraordinaire for YNPN-NYC. After spending two years working for humanitarian campaigns doing work in Africa, Chris is now having a blast working for the Fiver Children’s Foundation helping to design and implement evaluation, development, and communications strategies. He also enjoys interacting with Fiver teens more formally twice a month when he plays host to Fiver’s equivalent of student council.

Offline, Chris enjoys community organizing, swimming, climbing cliffs, and conquering the occasional mountain in grand fashion. Online, he is passionate about social-info-tech platforms and wants nonprofit professionals to push their limits. He reads anything you will send his way and revels in the digital millennial optimism fueling generation y’ers. Chris obtained his BA from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and has an M.Litt in international relations from the University of St. Andrews.

Justine Wu – Treasurer

Justine currently works on the Investments team at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a not-for-profit organization with over $5 billion in assets that makes grants in the areas of higher education and scholarship, museums and art conservation, performing arts, conservation and the environment, and scholarly communications and information technology. She previously worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Justine graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy and a minor in Chinese.

Whitney Hampton- Internal Communications Chair

After growing up in New York, Whitney Hampton started her foray into public service after high school, when she completed a term of service of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.  After graduating with an English / Hispanic Studies degree from the College of William & Mary, Whitney accepted a job with KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit that builds playgrounds across North America.

Four years with KaBOOM! sent Whitney to 27 US states, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico and provided her with a really random, sometimes useful skill set (how to build a picnic table, what brand of sump pump is best, how to get through airport security really fast).  The experience of working with community groups and private funders cemented a love of community development, while organizing one-day playground projects led to a strong belief in the power of volunteers and a solid proficiency in event management.  Whitney also loved living in San Francisco during those four years, exploring the city and meeting lots of Left Coasters.

An itch to get back to the East Coast brought Whitney back to New York, when she accepted a position as Children’s Program Manager with New York Cares.  For two years, Whitney organized the volunteer projects involving Children’s Recreation including sports, cooking,and field trip programs.

In 2010, Whitney crossed sectors to join the Mayor’s Office, as Managing Director of NYC Service.  Serving under the city’s Chief Service Officer, Whitney works to increase volunteerism and connect New Yorkers to service opportunities more easily.

Allison Jones- Communications Co-Chair

Allison Jones is a Brooklyn based blogger and advocate for millennial leadership in public service.  She blogs at allisonj.org on the future of nonprofit leadership and her work has been featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Daily News, and more.   Allison is currently the External Affairs Manager at Explore Schools, a network of high performing public schools in Brooklyn where she helps coordinate the organization’s fundraising and marketing efforts.  When not blogging or working, you can find Allison getting lost in the city or in her kitchen.

 

Samantha Brody - Partnerships Chair

Samantha Brody currently works as the Operations Manager at MOUSE, an innovative youth development organization that empowers under-served students to provide technology support and leadership in their schools. Samantha reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for supporting MOUSE’s administrative, development, communication, and operational needs while working to integrate these respective departmental goals. While at MOUSE, Samantha has pursued new roles and including serving as liaison to the Board of Directors and managing in-kind partnership development.

Prior to working at MOUSE Samantha served as a Corps Member with City Year Chicago where she designed and implemented Young Heroes, a Saturday service learning program for 100 underserved middle-school youth from across Chicago. During her tenure Samantha was recognized for her service by her City Year peers and voted Corps Member of the Year.

While at Barnard College, Samantha was awarded a Student Leadership Award in connection with her revival of the Barnard Transfer Alliance, an organization dedicated to supporting, and providing a voice for, transfer students. Samantha graduated cum laude from Barnard with a B.A. in Anthropology in 2008.

As part of her active involvement in the non-profit sector, Samantha serves on the City Year New York Alumni Board and is participating in the Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service at NYU Wagner.

Jessica Hammerman – Partnerships Vice Chair

Jessica graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Economics. Through the American Jewish World Service’s World Partnerships fellowship, she then spent a year in India with Econet, a capacity building NGO working with rural communities in the Indian state of Maharashtra. During this time she analyzed survey data and created data displays for Econet and its partner organizations on the availability and use of Non Timber Forest Products in the region.

Upon her completion of the fellowship, Jessica headed to New York and began working at Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind Sesame Street. As the Assistant Project Manager in Sesame’s Educational Outreach department, Jessica is responsible for managing several initiatives focusing on a range of topics from food insecurity to financial education to military deployment. In this role she manages the distribution of over 3 million topic driven resource kits for families with young children around the country.  In her free time, Jessica enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and running.

Kamille James – National Liaison

Kamille received her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a concentration in International Business from Saint John’s University in Queens, NY and her M.B.A. from the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences at Long Island University. In her professional career, Kamille has worked in various industries affording her a wide range of experiences. As a nonprofit program manager, she has developed educational programming and events geared towards inspiring inner-city youth to succeed beyond their dreams.

Outside of work, Kamille continues her commitment to youth and community development; mentoring high school students to earn admission and transition into top colleges and universities. Kamille currently serves on the board of directors of the New York Metro Chapter of the National Black MBA Association, Assistant Treasurer and fundraising committee member of the East Kings County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and board member of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of New York. In her free time, Kamille enjoys traveling and photography.

Sarah Capasso is the Development Associate at the New York Council for the Humanities. The Council hosts over 900 events throughout the New York metro and New York State areas. Sarah has been heavily involved with event planning and social activism throughout college. A new grad of Bryn Mawr, she has recently moved to city and is excited to promote YNPN through coordinating events and keeping the party alive!

Jennifer Chen – Professional Development Chair

Jennifer brings expertise in strategic fundraising, communications and public relations, and organizational management to YNPN’s Board of Directors. As the Development & Communications Associate at the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), a nonprofit lending institution focused on advancing access to and strengthening the role of primary health care, Jennifer engages external stakeholders, including donors, Board members, funders and clients in PCDC’s story. She leads crucial projects leading up to the organization’s annual springtime gala, as well as four annual intimate cultivation events; manages PCDC’s website and social media platforms; and performs other critical functions for the organization’s development and external affairs teams.

Prior to joining PCDC, Jennifer served as a team member of Koszyn & Company, where she helped direct fundraising campaigns and execute development strategies. She previously worked at the Council on Foundations, the premier membership organization for nonprofit foundations. She helped manage a national accreditation program, led a website content revision project, and directed member and client relations. Jennifer graduated from Boston College with a BA in psychology. She is fluent in French and Fuzhou, a southern Chinese dialect.

Joshua Winata – Communications Co-Chair

Joshua Winata is a Corporate Relations Officer for New York Cares, the city’s largest volunteer organization, which runs volunteer programs for 1,200 nonprofits, city agencies and public schools. He previously worked as an External Affairs Fellow for the Taproot Foundation, the nation’s leading pro bono consultancy, where he was involved in developing marketing and storytelling campaigns and implementing a rebranding of the organization.

In 2009, Josh served a year with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps in the Western United States. During this time, he was certified as a Type II wildland firefighter and completed fuel reduction projects with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Other projects included building homes with Habitat for Humanity in Wyoming, cultivating urban forest areas with the Sacramento Tree Foundation, and revitalizing camp grounds in northern California. Prior to that, he also volunteered as a disaster relief volunteer in Galveston in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Josh graduated magna cum laude from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Communications and worked for two years as a newspaper reporter in Texas. Outside of work, he is an avid photographer and enjoys outdoor activities, including hiking and camping.

Rachel Pardoe – Membership Chair

Rachel has over eight years of experience in the public service and nonprofit field and has a background in both research and direct care. Since graduating from New York University with a BA in psychology and minor in sociology, she has held case management positions at agencies serving the mentally ill, intellectually disabled and troubled adolescent populations. Rachel’s passion for not only helping individuals but affecting change that could improve thousands of lives led her to her current position at MDRC, a nonprofit social policy research company. While interested in all social issues, she concentrates on health and disability policy. Rachel is focused on understanding how to best manage and successfully implement research evaluations and demonstrations that better the lives of people with health issues. She is also interested in developing innovative programs that aim to expand health education and result in positive health impacts.

Recently, Rachel was accepted to attend New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service; she is excited to begin coursework towards an MPA in Health Policy in the fall of 2010. In addition to serving on the YNPN-NYC board, Rachel is an alumna of the Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service, an active participant in NYU alumni association events and volunteers regularly with New York Cares. In her free time, she enjoys the outdoors, trying new foods and taking advantage of the great city of New York.

Alice McKenney – Technology Chair

Alice is the Manager of Programs at Cancer and Careers, a national non-profit dedicated to empowering and educating people with cancer to thrive in their work environment by providing expert advice, interactive tools and educational events.  In this role she oversees day-to-day functioning of the website, implements all social media outreach, manages a library of publications, coordinates event logistics, planning, and outreach, and implements new programs as they arise. She also plays an integral role in planning the brand new Ask The Expert teleconference series and organizing the first ever National Conference on Work & Cancer.  Outside of work she is involved with other organizations, including S’Cool Sounds, The Max Reger Foundation, City Harvest, and New York Cares.  She is also a member of the 2011 FELPS class (Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service). Prior to this position Alice graduated in 2008 from Wesleyan University with a Bachelor’s in Music and Anthropology.

Nicole Kindred – Technology Vice Chair

Nicole Kindred is the Project and Administrative Coordinator for the Growth Philanthropy Network (GPN).  She has worked and volunteered for a variety of non-profit organizations around the world that are dedicated towards environmental, social, and economic change and has a great deal of interest in the potential of social media and online tools in sharing and growing non-profits. Prior to joining GPN, she worked in Vancouver, BC with an organization dedicated to networking and bringing together non-profit organizations and individuals interested in international development. She also volunteered extensively with Oxfam Canada as the Advocacy and Outreach Campaign Coordinator and is currently the Co-Leader of Oxfam Action Corps NYC.

Nicole holds a BA in International Relations from Boston University and a Master’s of International Development and Environmental Analysis from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.