Governance
The Governance of the Bloomingdale Family Program reflects the successful partnership between parents and professionals that characterizes the program’s long history.
The Bloomingdale Family Program is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Governing Board is responsible for setting overall goals and direction for the program and overseeing its financial health. Board members are drawn from the program and its community and from New York City’s financial and other institutions.
Parents have a strong voice in the program. They serve on Policy Committees that represent both individual classrooms and the entire program. The role parents assume in governance, which distinguishes the Head Start program today, was pioneered by Bloomingdale when it began in 1960, and was adopted by the Federal Head Start program from the Bloomingdale model.
The Board and the Parent Policy Committee work together in support of the program.
Board Members
Georgia Levenson-Keohane, Board Chair
CEO, Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF)
Sandra Roche, Board Chair emeritus
Educator
Principal (Retired) Little Red School House LREI
A Bloomingdale founding parent
Molly Goldfarb, Vice Chair
Principal, TPG
Grace Offutt, Secretary
Former University Administrator
Elizabeth Brodie David
Director, Samvid Ventures
Hui Chen
Commercial Real Estate Debt Capital Markets
Jason Clark, Co-treasurer
Principal, Blackstone
Nancy Harvey
Human Services Executive (retired)
Emily Balter Jennings
Attorney, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Barbara Maria Malpica
Director of Construction and
Asset Management (Retired)
Settlement Housing Fund
Former Bloomingdale parent
Abby McCord
Form Media Professional
Elizabeth Oppong
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Judy Pless
Entertainment Executive, SHO Networks (retired)
Nancy Watt Rosenfeld
Editor/graphic designer
Former teacher
Sue Sekar, Co-treasurer
Division Director
Macquarie Holdings (USA) Inc.
Aya Taveras
Director of Community at Cinereach
Bloomingdale Alumni and Former Parent