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The New York Foundling
  • What We Do
    • Program Areas
      • Child Welfare
        • Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP)
        • Families Are Stronger Together (FAST)
        • Family Services for Deaf Children and Adults
        • Foster Care
        • Healthy Families
        • Improving Family Systems
        • LifeSet
        • Mother and Child Program
        • The Phoenix Project
        • Partners for Change
        • Staten Island Community Partnership
        • Strengthening Our Families
        • STEPS
        • Youth on the Rise
      • Developmental Disabilities
        • Community Habilitation
        • Day Habilitation
        • Employment Services
        • Residential Services
      • Education
        • Camp Felix
        • Early Head Start
        • Fostering College Success Initiative
        • Head Start
        • Mentored Internship Program
        • Mott Haven Academy Charter School
        • Road to Success
        • Road to Success Citywide
      • Health & Behavioral Health
        • Adolescent Health Education Initiative
        • Children’s Care Management
        • Health Services for Child Welfare Involved Children & Youth
        • Identity & Acceptance Program
        • Partnership to Improve Community Health Outcomes
        • School Based Mental Health Services
        • School Response Teams
        • Supportive Housing
      • Juvenile & Criminal Justice
        • Adolescent Mentoring Program
        • Families Rising
        • Kids Experiencing Young Successes
        • Recognizing Emerging Adults & Creating Hope
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      • Home of Integrated Behavioral Health
      • Strong Families and Communities Training Center
      • The Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection
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I’ve dedicated my career to ensuring that every person has the resources and tools to thrive. This is at the center of The Foundling’s mission, and I am humbled to have the opportunity to lead this changemaking organization into the future.

Melanie Hartzog
President & CEO

Melanie Hartzog

Melanie Hartzog

President & CEO
Michael Kurtz

Michael Kurtz

Chief Administrative Officer
Howard Goldberg

Howard Goldberg

Chief Compliance Officer
Ellen Eng

Ellen Eng

Chief of Staff
Ruth Gerson

Ruth Gerson, MD

Senior Vice President, Mental Health Services
Maria Bediako

Maria Bediako

Senior Vice President, Developmental Disabilities
Joseph Saccoccio

Joseph R. Saccoccio, MD, MPH, FAAP

Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President, Medical Services

Bill Baccaglini

Senior Advisor to the Board of Trustees and President & CEO
JGentileNYF

Jill Gentile

Advisor to the CEO
CJirauRiveraNYF

Carmen Jirau-Rivera

Executive Vice President

Ayleen Guzman

Vice President for Head Start and Early Head Start, Puerto Rico

Daniella Volcy

Vice President, Service Delivery, Developmental Disabilities

Denise Mauro

Associate Vice President, Training and Youth Development

Elizabeth Wright

Assistant Vice President, Marketing & Communications

Eric Nicklas

Vice President, Quality, Performance, and Compliance

Itohan Omoregie

Special Counsel

James Knepper

Vice President, Property and Fleet Management

Jennifer Johnson

Vice President, Prevention

Jennifer Zhu

Vice President, Finance

Karen Alexander

Vice President, Human Resources

Karen Reid

Vice President, Operations, Developmental Disabilities

Kathryn Messineo, Ph.D

Vice President, Clinical Services, Development Disabilities Division

Kirkley Strand

Vice President, Development and Communications

Kristy-Lee Jean-Pierre, Ph.D.

Vice President, Mental Health Services

LaTasha Fermin

Vice President, Family Justice Programs

Liyan Bao

Vice President, Foster Care Services

Liz Sunners

Vice President, Service Delivery, Developmental Disabilities

Luisa Sanchez

Vice President, Finance

Mel Schneiderman, Ph.D

Senior Vice President, Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection

Miya Bassarath

Vice President for Organizational and Policy Development, Developmental Disabilities

Reïna Batrony

Vice President, Community-Based & Education Strategies

Riche Rodriguez

Vice President, Finance

Rosemary Collazo

Vice President, Evidence Based Program Support Teams

Sashoi Grant

Vice President, Nursing, Developmental Disabilities

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Our Board of Trustees provide critical
leadership and support, helping The Foundling
to remain strong and change countless lives.

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