Leadership

Trustees

The Bank Street College Board of Trustees is the governing body for the College and the key policy-making structure for the institution. There are 34 members, including the President and five Associate Trustees. The full Board meets four times a year. It has eight standing committees, including an Executive Committee, and two subcommittees that meet throughout the academic year to engage in more detailed work.

Statutory Trustees
  • Anthony Asnes, SFC ’75
  • Charles Bendit
  • Yolanda C. Ferrell-Brown
  • Jay Chakrapani
  • Jonathan Cole
  • Felice Friedman, GSE ’76
  • Ofelia Garcia
  • Russell Granet
  • Victoria Hamilton, Chair
  • Margaret Honey
  • Kristen Kane
  • Fern Khan
  • Kenneth B. Lerer
  • Lisa Lewin
  • Adam H. Litke
  • Rebecca Mai
  • David Orr, SFC ’93
  • Elizabeth S. Pforzheimer, Vice Chair
  • Sandra Pinnavaia
  • Shael Polakow-Suransky, GSE ’00, ex officio
  • Camilla Rab
  • Barbara A. Schatz
  • Anne V. Shutkin, SFC ’95, Secretary
  • Jeffrey Q. Smith
  • Howard S. Stein, Treasurer
  • Jeffrey I. Sussman, Vice Chair
  • Wendy Van Amson
  • Rose Klein Young
  • Debbie Zlotowitz, GSE ’90
Associate Trustees
  • Melle Powers, Parent Associate Trustee
  • Kate Sussman, SFC ’85, GSE ’98, Parent Associate Trustee
  • Robin Hummel, GSE ’05, Staff Associate Trustee
  • Samantha Nadal, Staff Associate Trustee
  • Heather Mohamed, Student Associate Trustee
Trustee Emeritus
  • George P. Scurria, Jr.
  • Margaret L. Stevens, GSE ’77
  • Lynn Straus, GSE ’57
  • Kate R. Whitney