Leadership

Trustees

The Bank Street College Board of Trustees is the governing body for the College and the key policymaking structure for the institution. There are 35 members, including the President and five Associate Trustees. The full Board meets four times a year. It has nine 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
  • Samia Bardy-Bowman
  • Charles Bendit
  • Isabelle Berner
  • Kristin Black
  • Jay Chakrapani
  • Jonathan Cole
  • Nancie Cooper
  • Sean Decatur
  • Jody Feldman
  • Yolanda Ferrell-Brown
  • Victoria Hamilton, Chair
  • Margaret Honey
  • Kristen Kane
  • Christopher Kellen
  • Fern Khan
  • Shilla Kim-Parker, SFC ’96
  • Lisa Lewin
  • Adam Litke
  • Marianna McCall, GSE ’23
  • David Offensend
  • Alison Overseth
  • Shael Polakow-Suransky, GSE ’00, Ex-Officio
  • Ian Shapiro
  • Barbara Schatz
  • Anne Shutkin, SFC ’95
  • Jeff Smith
  • Howard Stein
  • Jeff Sussman
  • Wendy Van Amson
  • Carlos Velazquez, GSE ’16
  • Debbie Zlotowitz, GSE ’90

Associate Trustees

  • Farhad Asghar, Parent Associate Trustee
  • Edline Jacquet, Parent Associate Trustee
  • Jessica Blum-DeStefano, Staff Associate Trustee
  • Michael Lapinsky, Staff Associate Trustee
  • Samia Bardy-Bowman, Student Associate Trustee

Trustee Emeritus

  • Elizabeth Pforzheimer
  • George P. Scurria, Jr.
  • Kate R. Whitney