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Our Team

We are driven to help talented professionals connect to community leadership opportunities at the center of their passions.

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United in Service

We’re doing our part to create a more just, vibrant, and equitable world by uniting corporations, talented professionals, and nonprofits in purpose.

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Whitley RichardsChief Executive OfficerPrimary Cause: Ending Intimate Partner Violence
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Erin M. ConnellChief Strategy & Growth OfficerPrimary Cause: Human Rights, especially Food Equity and Affordable Housing
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Conor DoyleDirector of TechnologyPrimary Cause: Youth Sports and Fitness
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Gaby BianchiDirector of BoardLeadPrimary Cause: Empowering Youth and Education Access
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Ashley BratrudSenior Manager, Program Innovation & ExpansionPrimary Cause: Education and Health Equity
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Jono WarrenManager, Governance & Leadership DevelopmentPrimary Cause: Supporting People with Disabilities
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James HannonSenior Associate, Impact & Data InsightsPrimary Cause: Sustainability and Nature Conservation
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Samuel ColónSenior Associate, Nonprofit SuccessPrimary Cause: LGBTQ Rights and Equity
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Paulina de SèveSenior Associate, Nonprofit SuccessPrimary Causes: Educational Equity and Women's and Girls' Rights
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Imani JohnsonPart Time Associate, Governance & Leadership DevelopmentPrimary Causes: Mental and Physical Well-Being
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Rob ActonGovernance Trainer and Consultant; Principal & FounderPrimary Cause: Nonprofit Capacity Building and the Performing Arts
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Brenda AsareGovernance Trainer and ConsultantPrimary Cause: Partnering With the Social Impact Sector to Change the World Through Equity-Centered Philanthropy
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Brian SaberGovernance Trainer and ConsultantPrimary Cause: Teaching Everyone How to Be Comfortable and Effective Asking for Gifts
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Jamie GardnerGovernance Trainer and ConsultantPrimary Cause: Cross Sector Leadership
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Laura ZumdahlGovernance Trainer and ConsultantPrimary Cause: Nonprofit Leadership and Innovation
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Gary BagleyGovernance Trainer and Board CoachPrimary Cause: Strengthening Communities
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Parrish McLaughlinExecutive AssistantPrimary Cause: Pancreatic Cancer Research
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Alexandra HallockIn MemoriamPrimary Cause: Human Rights

Boards We Serve On

Our dedication to social good goes beyond our day job. Our team members serve on the boards of nonprofits that align with the causes they care about.

Served by:Whitley RichardsPosition:Vice Chair
Day One

Our mission is to partner with youth to end dating abuse and domestic violence through community education, supportive services, legal advocacy and leadership development.

Served by:Rob ActonPosition:Board Co-Chair
Broadway Inspirational Voices

Broadway Inspirational Voices is a diverse professional choir of Broadway artists united to change lives through the power of music and service.

Served by:Rob ActonPosition:National Board Member
MENTOR

MENTOR fuels high-quality relationship-centered practices for young people, uniting, expanding, and strengthening the mentoring movement.

Served by:Jono WarrenPosition:Board Member
L'Arche Noah Sealth

The mission of L'Arche Noah Sealth is "To make known the gifts of people with developmental disabilities, revealed through mutually transforming relationships; To foster an environment in community that responds to the changing needs of our members, while being faithful to the core values of our founding story; To engage in our diverse cultures, working together toward a more human society.

Served by:Gaby BianchiPosition:Young Professionals Board Member
Fiver Children's Foundation

Through character-building summer and year-round out-of-school time programs, Fiver empowers children to make ethical and healthy decisions, to become engaged citizens, and to succeed in school, careers, and life.

Served by:Paulina de SèvePosition:Young Leadership Council Member
The GO Project

The GO Project (“GO”) helps New York City public school students thrive in the earliest stages of their education through year-round academic, social-emotional, and family support. Since 1968, GO’s out-of-school time programming has equipped thousands of children with the confidence and skills needed to make academic gains, graduate on time, and achieve college success. 

Graduate Intern Alumni

We have been privileged to work with outstanding professionals who have left their mark on Cause Strategy Partners and are honored to acknowledge their meaningful contributions.

Anakaren Cervantes
MSc Candidate, University of Oxford
Chaoyi Xiong
Equity Analyst, Healthcare Sector, Shenwan Hongyuan Securities
Nasiba Chowdhury
Student, Columbia University
Anika Wright
MBA Candidate, University of Rochester Simon Business School
Connie Meltzer
MBA Candidate, NYU Stern; Student Consultant, Center for Public Research and Leadership
Royce Nitta
MPA, Provider Success Manager, Covera Health
Genesis Nunez
MPA Candidate, NYU Wagner
Jessica Riegel
MPA, Co-Founder, Motivote
Runmeng Wang
Analyst, Yunfeng Financial Group
Queenie Tam
MPA Candidate, NYU Wagner
Joyce Chiao
Strategy Associate, Office of the Executive VP, New York City Transit
Sheba Rivera
Senior Associate, Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc.
Emma Kyono
Consultant, Gartner
Kristen Forster
MBA, HR and Operations, NFL
Yunong Zheng
MPA, NYU Wagner
Kat Malek-Hood
EPF Climate Fellow at New York Road Runners
Megan E. Jackson
Digital Strategist, Center for Popular Democracy
Patrick Koslecki
MPA Candidate, Colin Powell School for Civic and Social Leadership
Alex Black
MPA, Associate Intern 2019
Meryl Friedman
MPA, Senior Program Manager, OneJustice
Chiweta Rozaline Uzoka
MPA, NYU Wagner

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