Board of Directors | Staff Officers: Susan Beddingfield, Chairperson John Lloyd, Vice-chair Martha Reynolds, Secretary Cindy Hilscher, Treasurer Members:  Tracey Donner Sarah Hermans Alyson Kozlowski John Moody Doris Reeves Nili Simhai Kelly Austin Rolo Karin Tucker David Sherman (ex officio) Supervisor, Town of North East Michael Cawley(ex officio) Mayor, Village of Millerton Staff: Jenny Hansell (click for bio), Executive Director Email: Jenny@neccmillerton.org Shonda Sheppard, Director of Youth Programs Email: Shonda@neccmillerton.org Anna Clune , Communications Coordinator Email: Clune@taconic.net Jennie Poidomani, Assistant Program Director Email: JenP@neccmillerton.org Rhoda Starzyk, Office Manager Email: info@neccmillerton.org Lauren Astor, Family Support Coordinator email: la1111@optonline.net Stephanie Stanton, Program Assistant Email: Steph@neccmillerton.org Mark Rowntree, Program Assistant Email: mark@neccmillerton.org John Mahoney, Child Care Supervisor STAFF BIOS Jenny Hansell , Executive Director of the North East Community Center , has nearly 20 years experience in non-profit management. She began her career as a development assistant, and then Environmental Policy Analyst, at the National Audubon Society and served at the Council on the Environment of New York City and a freelance fundraising consultant to nonprofit organizations. Some of her grantwriting clients included The Lawyer’s Committee for Human Rights, The Flatbush Haitian Center, the Flamenco Vivo Spanish Dance Company, and a startup New Visions school in Washington Heights. She spent nearly ten years at Creative Arts Workshops for Kids working with homeless and formerly homeless children in New York City. While there, she organized projects in the visual and performing arts for children ages 5 –18; created and led an after-school tutoring program for middle-school students, a sexuality education program for high-school students, and served as development director as well, overseeing the group’s growth from an all-volunteer startup to a $500,000-a-year organization with a staff of 9. Upon the departure of the organization’s founders she became Executive Director and spearheaded a capital campaign to renovate new office space. Her experience extends to the for-profit world as well: Ms. Hansell was involved in two Internet projects, an offshoot of America Online that involved young adults in volunteering, and iSTASH.com, a financial education site where Ms. Hansell wrote and edited articles on philanthropy for young people. She is an accomplished writer, contributing dance reviews to the Millerton News’ Compass section, and is a frequent contributor to Sesame Street’s online parenting newsletter. A graduate of Yale University, Ms. Hansell has studied nonprofit management, education and social work at the New School University, Columbia University, Bank Street College of Education and Hunter School of Social Work. She serves on the board of the Light Opera Company of Salisbury (president). She lives in Sharon, CT with her husband, Fred Baumgarten, who is Assistant Director of Program Development at Bard College, and two daughters, Abbey, 7, and Ella, 3.

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