NGOCSD-NY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Margo LaZaro: President

Ambassador Carlos Garcia: Vice President

Lirone Glikman: Executive Director

Mei Wu: Treasurer

Wazhma Tokhi: Director

Amanda Hujis: Director

NGOCSD-NY EXECUTIVE BOARD

President & Chair:  Margo LaZaro, Convenor of the NGO Major Group Urban Cluster, Global Family

Vice Chair: Dr. Andrise Bass, Humanitarian Focus Foundation, Climate Reality Project

Vice Chair: Mary Muia, Soroptimist International Rep. for UNEA in Nairobi. Kenya

Secretary:  Katherine Kline, INPEA & General Assembly of Partners - Older Persons PCG

Corresponding Secretary: Victoria Edmonds, Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission

Chair Ex-Officio: Iryna Kurowyckyj, International Council of Women

Laurence Singer, Esq., Global Family for Love and Peace & the Poetry Slam for Peace

Theodore Liebman, FAIA, a Principal at Perkins Eastman, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization

Jane Katz, Vice Chair & Wash., DC Coordinator Global Urban Development; Urban Rep. UNDRR/Sendai Stakeholders Advisory

Hawa Taylor-Kamara Diallo, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Ishmael Byne Taylor-Kamara Foundation

Beverly Bucur, Soroptimist International Advocacy Advisor 2024-2025 & Women for Water Partnership, Advocacy Coordinator 2024

Sushmita Shekar, Urban Designer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Board Member of Asia Initiatives & Asia Initiatives’ UN/ECOSOC Rep.

Abdoul Byukusenge, Chief Strategist at the I. B. Taylor-Kamara Foundation (IBTK)

Francois Rogers, Executive Director of Blue Planet Alliance

Stan Chen, Founder & CEO of RecycleGO, Member of the Oceanic Global New York Hub & a Climate Reality Project Leader

Helen Holden Slottje, Esq., 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner for North America

Dr. David Michael Terungwa, Founder of the Global Initiative for Food Security & Ecosystem Preservation in Nigeria

Steven Aiello, Founder & Director of Debate for Peace in Tel Aviv, Israel

Ia Faraoni, Founder of Ia’s Threads & Supporter of Ira’s Helping Hands

Youth Rep. to UNDGC: Julia Sora Wykoff, Founder and CEO of Zeal Cares, Student & Co-Chair of the NGOCSD-NY Global Youth Leadership Council

Youth Rep. to UNDGC: Katherin Sibel, Community Climate Resiliency Coordinator at NYC Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene & Urban Development - Co-Chair of the NGOCSD-NY Global Youth Leadership Council

Resource Manager: Jenine Shepherd, 26 y-o, Founder of Youths For Excellence and President of JAYA (Jamaican American Youth Alliance)

Kristina Mlynarova, Youth Leadership at Stony Brook University, Global Youth Leadership

NGOCSD-NY HONORARY ADVIS0RS 

H.E. Mr. Odo Tevi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Vanuatu to the UN

H.E. Mrs. Simona-Mirela Miculescu, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO in Paris

H.E. Mrs. Rachel Ruto, First Lady of the Republic of Kenya - Spouse of H.E. Dr. William Ruto, & Founder & Patron of the Mama Org.

H.E. Ms. Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of UN73 GA, Member of the Group of Women Leaders for Change & Inclusion

Honorable Ms. Carolyn B. Maloney, U.S. Congressional Representative of New York District 12 (retired)

Amir A. Dossal, President and CEO of the Global Partnerships Forum

Honorable Ms. Pennelope Beckles, Minister of Housing and Urban Development of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago     

Honorable Mr. Chris Lee, Hawaii State Legislature, Senate District 25 (Kailua, Waimanalo, Hawaii Kai)

Lord Mayor Ms. Carola Gunnarsson of Sala, Sweden & Vice President of United Cities & Local Governments

Dr. Linda Vakunta, Deputy Mayor of Madison Wisconsin

Emilia Saiz, Secretary-General of United Cities & Local Government (UCLG) - Barcelona, Spain

Hon. Mr. Jon Mitchell, Mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Rebecca Kimeto, Founder & Director of Cedar Links Limited, & Member of Women Empowerment at the Office of The First Lady of The Republic of Kenya

Honorable Mr. Hector John, Member of Parliament Salisbury, Commonwealth of Dominica (retired)

H.E. Mr. Carlos Garcia, Ambassador & Perm. Representative of the Perm. Mission of El Salvador to the UN (retired)

Dr. Michal Mlynar, Deputy Executive Director and UN Assistant Secretary General for UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya

Elliott Harris, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, UN Chief Economist (retired)

Dr. Seemin Qayum, Adviser on Sustainable Development for UN-Women

Tessy de Nassau, Director and Founder of Finding Butterflies Consulting LTD

Maitreyi Bordia Das, Director Development Finance (Trust Funds & Partnerships) at the World Bank

Isaac Reshad, Managing Director, Sybaris Consulting Group

Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, Executive Chairman of PVBLIC Foundation         

Domingo M. Flores, Co-Founder, Partnerships and Collaborations for the Executive Leadership Development Council

Ingrid Vanderveldt, Chair and CEO of Empowering a Billion Women, EBW Distributors (a division of EBW2020

Simon Littlewood, Founder & CEO of SDG Global Group  

Fabien Cousteau, Founder & President of The Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center

Jeremy McKane, Founder of Ocean and Co-Host of UltraMarine

Gaelin Rosenwaks, Founder of Global Oceania Exploration

Alastair Callender, Founder of Callender Designs, Award Winning Sustainable Yacht Designer, Yacht Charter Vacation Specialist & Philanthropist

Lea d’Auriol, Founder of the Oceanic Global Foundation

Rita Cosby, Emmy-Winning TV Host, Best Selling Author, Daughter of WWII P.O.W.

Anna Wnuk, Head of Community of European Women in Venture Capital, Investor Relations Manager/Chief Happiness Officer at Experior Financial Services, Poland

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Shayna Davidov Hanson, Co-Founder of the SDG Relief Fund

Carlos Manuel Perez Gonzalez, LLM Institute of Public Policy & Diplomacy Research, Regional Director of National Control Drug: Dominican Republic

Prof. Azza Karam, former Secretary General of Religions for Peace now a member of the UN Secretary-General’s ‘High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.’

Arthlene Legair Lawrence, Founder/CEO Restore to Empower INC, CEO of Legair Brand Luxury Boutique

Tijana Tatkovic, CEO of Bergdorf Management Corp. and an International Artist

Dr. Eugénie Birch, Co-Director of Penn Institute for Urban Research & Co-Founder of the General Assembly of Partners

Lirone Glikman, Founder & CEO at The Human Factor by Lirone Glikman

Tomer Bar, Advisor for the SDG Relief Fund

R. Barton Henderson, Owner, ThriVe Marketing, LLC

Josmalyn Aybar, Event Coordinator of Amish Market

Dr. Mina Kobilarev, Author and Research Analyst

Prof. Jan W. Dash, Editor of the Climate Portal

Harriet Shugarman, Founder & Executive Director of ClimateMama & Climate Reality Team Leader

Felix Dodds, Fellow at Global Research Institute; Senior Affiliate, University of North Carolina

Jeffery Huffines, Senior Advisor of the Coalition for the UN We Need & Together First

Roberto Borrero, International Indian Treaty Council

Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation & Disarmament

Dr. Padmini (Mini) Murthy, Professor and Global Health Director at New York Medical College

Mia MacDonald, Chair of the Green Belt Movement Int. – North Amer; Founder & Exec. Director of Brighter Green

Rosario del Pilar Diaz Garavito, Founder & Executive Director of The Millennials Movement& an SDGs Activist from Peru

Nudhara Yusuf, Global Youth Coordinator, C4UNWN & Global Governance Facilitator, The Stimson Center

Irene Nakabugos, Youth Representative of Humanitarian Focus Foundation & an Ambassador with Institute of Public Policy & Diplomacy Research in Uganda

Keyanna Ortiz Cedano, Commissioner for the City of Berkeley's Housing Commission & Commission on the Status of Women

Sharehan Alwakily, Bedouin Student at Reichman University and Youth Delegate with Debate for Peace in Israel

Ayushi Kundu, Human Rights Advocate at the Calcutta High Court, India & Soroptimist International

Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez, Director of Earth Guardians & Indigenous Youth Leader

Luna Abu-Yunis, Debate for Peace Arab Israeli Youth Leader & FridaysForFuture from Israel

Ira Faraoni, Founder of Ira’s Helping Hands