Sammy Chadwick
Sammy is a long-standing supporter of Spence Chapin. After living in the UK and Asia, she now resides in NY, where she raised her two sons. Sammy has a UK degree in textiles and international experience working in fashion and sportswear. She has also produced documentary films and events focused on culturally significant issues. Her films for BYkids.org have appeared on PBS and portray various social issues through the eyes of teenagers. In addition to Spence Chapin, Sammy is a board member of BYkids.org, and also Fabretto Children’s Foundation, focused on child welfare and education in Central America. Board member since 2008 and served as Board President from 2015- 2017. Spence-Chapin […]
Michael J Mellody
Michael is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch. He joined Merrill Lynch in 2005 and earned his CFP designation in 2008. Michael graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Economics and remains involved in the Rutgers University scholarship program to help lower barriers for students in financial need. He […]
Mitchell R. Semel
Mitch is the Chief Flight Instructor at Take Flight Aviation in New York, training professional and recreational pilots in all levels of FAA certification. He is also Founder and Executive Producer at Semel Media, where he has produced for CBS, NBC, CNN, PBS, National Geographic, TIME, HuffPost, and the US Department of Defense. Mitch is […]
Catherine Rocco Goodwin
Catherine Rocco Goodwin is the Executive Director of the Parkinson’s Wellness Foundation and a Children’s Advocacy Advisor working with non-profit organizations focused on children’s welfareIn her early career, Catherine worked in children’s entertainment at Jim Henson and Marvel Comics and for the past ten years, she was CEO of a fitness company that she founded […]
David A. Barrett
David is a Partner with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, specializing in appellate, commercial and securities litigation, and international arbitration. He served on the Spence-Chapin Board of Directors from 2000-2016 and re-joined the Board in 2021. During his time on the Board, he has served as the Vice-Chair of the Board and Chair of the Legal […]
Katharine H. Welling
Kathy received a BA from Wells College and an MA from Columbia University, and has served on the board since 2011. She brings a wealth of experience in fund- raising and strategic planning. Ms. Welling worked for several years as a consultant with Raybin Associates in New York City. She was recently President of the Board of the Wilton Library and chaired its expansion project. She has been Senior Warden at St. Matthew’s Church and chaired its new facilities renovation. She currently is President of the Board of the Upper Valley […]
Christopher Stoeckle
Chris is a Partner at Inyarek Partners, a firm he co-founded to invest in industrial decarbonization and energy transition opportunities. Chris has 15 years of energy finance and private equity experience. At Inyarek, Chris shares responsibility for overall investment strategy and execution, asset management, and firm operations. Prior to forming Inyarek in 2023, Chris was […]
Ian V. Rowe
Ian is the Founder and CEO of Vertex Partnership Academies, a virtues-based, International Baccalaureate public charter high schools, that opened in the Bronx in 2022. Ian is also a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he focuses on upward mobility, family formation, education and adoption. Ian recently fulfilled a ten-year tenure as the […]
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