Gus Schumacher
Founding Board Member
1939-2017
Gus, our Founding Board Chair and mentor, passed away on Sept. 24, 2017, just months prior to the launch of Equity Advocates. Gus was a legend in the food justice and farming world.
Gabrielle Blavatsky
Board Member
Gabrielle is an experienced nonprofit leader whose career has focsed on advancing public-interest policy and building organizational capacity…
Adam Liebowitz
Board Member
Adam Liebowitz joined North Star Fund in 2013 to direct Community Food Funders (CFF), a philanthropic project for food system funders in the tri-state area…
Catherine Luu-Muñoz
Board Member
Catherine is the Director, US Specialty Care Community Health Lead at Pfizer, where she continues her work to improve community health outcomes…
Audrey Landale
Board Member
Audrey is a nonprofit professional based in Brooklyn with a decade of experience in fundraising, communications, and administration for nonprofits…
Jasmine Nielsen
Board Member
Jasmine brings over two decades of experience leading New York City nonprofit organizations to provide strategic advisement, coaching, and facilitation that foster inclusive participation and shared leadership…
Allison Marino
Board Chair
Allison Marino (she/her) is a macro social worker enthusiastically promoting social justice and dismantling barriers to equity with communities across NYC…
Tara Klein
Board Member
Tara Klein is a native New Yorker and urban policy professional who fiercely believes in the power of using government systems to create social change.