WHO WE ARE

Advisory Board

  • Loreen Arbus, writer, producer, author and disability rights activist,
  • Wendy Barasch, Bernstein Private Wealth Management
  • Lynn Bartner Wiesel (chair, comedy night)
  • Steven Bunkin (Opening Night co-chair)
  • Victor Calise, Director, Global Culture, Equity and Inclusion at Walmart
  • Susan D Calise, PT Physical Therapist/Consultant NYC
  • Lawrence Carter Long, Director of Communications and Engagement, ReelAbilities
  • Keely Cat-Wells, Entrepreneur and Disability Rights Activist
  • Mark Chessler, Dolby Laboratories
  • Sharon Cohen Bunkin (Opening Night co-chair, marketing committee)
  • Nancie Collin, Board member, Hearing Loss Association of America
  • Michelle Cori (outreach committee)
  • Shanon DeVido, Comedian, Performer and Filmmaker
  • Barbara Dobkin, Executive Producer, philanthropist
  • Ronnie Ellen Raymond, Disability Advocate
  • Faye Ginsburg, Council for the Study of Disability, New York University
  • Pat Goldman, VP, JE and ZB Butler Foundation
  • Elaine Hall, Founder, The Miracle Project
  • Elle Hartman, Elle Jones Casting
  • Camille Fairbairn, LionTree LLC
  • Tina Friml, Standup Comedian, Writer
  • Xian Horn, Writer and Activist
  • Keith Jones, President and CEO of SoulTouchin Experiences
  • Elaine KA, Amazon
  • Matt Kaplowitz, Bridge Multimedia
  • Elaine Katz, Kessler Foundation
  • Emily Ladau, Writer
  • Ilene Lainer, Co-founder, Next for Autism
  • Rebecca Lindenbaum, Guide and Board Member of Achilles International
  • Chantal Lowe, Senior Director of Partner and Community Engagement, Include NYC
  • David Manzano, Managing Director, Golub Capital
  • Jonathan Margolis, Marketing Expert (marketing committee)
  • Breanne Matloff, Senior Major Gifts Officer at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
  • Gregg Mozgala, Dancer and Actor
  • Sheila Nevins, Producer and former head of HBO Documentaries and MTV Documentary Films
  • Madeline Niebanck, Author, Stroke Survivor, Public Speaker, Creator, Disability Advocate, Founder, Fast Fwd Summits
  • Andrew Pilkington, Filmmaker
  • Jennifer Rawlings, storyteller, writer, filmmaker
  • Jay Selman, Professor of Clinical Child Neurology
  • Shirley Silver, Board Member, JCC Manhattan
  • Pavar Snipe, comedian, writer, actress, and disability advocate
  • Steven Verdile, Designer and writer
  • Mayer Waxman, Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
  • Steve Way, Actor and Comedian
  • Danny Woodburn, Actor, Comedian and Activist
  • Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, CEO, The Purple Practice
  • Tiffany Yu, Author, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto; Founder, Diversability