
Executive Team



Tricia Leid
Chief Operations Officer


Executive Department

Karen Pearl
Special Advisor to the President & CEO

Lauren Jacobs
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO and Manager of Special Projects
Business Development and Community Partnerships
Client Services
Communications & Marketing
Compliance
Delivery
Development
Events
Facilities
Facilities Porter
Christopher Reyes
Finance
Healthcare Partners
Human Resources
Recruitment Associate
Colleen Barrett (she/her)
Kitchen
Executive Chef and Senior Director of Culinary Services
Daniel Metzger (he/him)
Senior Sous Chef
Andre Daquigan (he/him)
Senior Sous Chef
Curtis Wilson (he/him)
Pastry Chef
Dorothy Auer (she/her)
Porter
Claudia Sanchez (she/her)
Kitchen Assistant
Cory John
Kitchen Assistant
Crystal Kirkland
Porter
Dwight Breece (he/him)
Porter
Edward Wright (he/him)
Cook
Herminio Abreu (he/him)
Kitchen Assistant
Ibrahim Suraka
Lead Kitchen Steward
Jahnnel Torres (she/her)
Cook
Jose Pizarro
Kitchen Assistant
Knenika McAdams (she/her)
Sous Chef
Ryan Simpson (he/him)
Porter
Santos Hannon
Eric Strother
Porter
Yuri Torres Paulino
Meal Packaging
Meal Program Packaging Manager
Jason Fennel
Pack-out Coordinator
Daniel Negron (he/him)
Pack-out Coordinator
Daquan Thomas (he/him)
Inventory and Quality Assurance Specialist
Edward Galante (he/him)
Meal Packaging Lead
Jason Cruz (he/him)
Pack-out Coordinator
Keith Carter (he/him)
Pack-out Coordinator
Molly Dieterich (she/her)
Nutrition Services
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Caroline Rylant (she/her)
NYCWFF
Festival Director, NYCWFF
John Lollo (he/him)
Events Production Associate, NYCWFF
Caroline Fox (she/her)
Sponsorship Associate, NYCWFF
Jakob O'Leary (he/him)
Associate Director, Event Production, NYCWFF
Richard Hulnick
Event Production Manager, NYCWFF
Kelley James (she/her)
Director of Sponsorship and Business Development, NYCWFF
Jackie Eisen Nathan (she/her)
Associate Director, Finance, NYCWFF
Leonora Wengraf (she/her)
Operations
Director of Operations Projects, Capital Campaign
Onnik Kasparian (he/him)
Policy and Planning
Program Services
Senior Director of Program Services
Kate Janeski (she/her)
Program Operations Coordinator
Alexandra Roem (she/her)
Manager of Research & Evaluation
Kelly Naranjo (she/her)
Behavioral Health Program Administrator
Kimberly Johnson (she/her)
Systems
Manager of Information Technologies and Infrastructure
Dave Schoenfeld (he/him)
Senior Director of Technology and Information Systems
Julie Van Dore (she/her)
Systems Support Manager
Daniel Kim (he/him)
CRM Platform Administrator
Stephen Karagan (he/him)