On May 8, 2020, NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio appointed Womankind to the newly created Nonprofit and Social Services Sector Advisory Council to shape the city's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CEO Niketa Sheth is honored to serve alongside many key leaders on this Advisory Council to inform guidance and strategy on the re-opening of NYC. We plan to bring our expertise working with Asian communities to ensure the City meets the needs of survivors of gender-based violence and immigrants—two groups we serve that have been greatly affected by this pandemic.
Read the complete press release from the Mayor's Office here.
Mayor de Blasio Appoints Members to Sector Advisory Councils
May 8, 2020
NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed members to the following Sector Advisory Councils: Non-Profit and Social Services, Public Health and Healthcare, Faith-based, Construction and Real Estate, Education, and Surface Transportation. This is in addition to the Sector Advisory Councils on Labor and Workforce; Large Business; Small Business; and Arts, Culture, and Entertainment. Sector Advisory Councils will inform the Administration's efforts to restart the economy and city life. The councils will serve as critical links to disseminate information about re-opening and provide guidance to shape the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“These councils will provide real world guidance to ensure our plans to reopen the city make sense and keep people safe. We are facing an unprecedented crisis, but by working together, we will come out stronger than before,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Non-Profit and Social Services Sector Advisory Council
- Raja Abdulhaq, Islamic Leadership Council
- LaShawn Allen Muhammad, Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
- Jo Ann Yoo, Asian American Federation
- Donna Colonna, Services for the Underserved
- Sharon Content, Children of Promise
- Joel Copperman, CASES
- Hazel Dukes, NAACP
- Thelma Dye PhD, Northside Center
- Regina Estela, Independence Care System
- Nat Fields, Urban Resource Institute (URI)
- Beth Finkel, AARP
- David Garza, Henry Street Settlement
- Eric Goldstein, UJA Federation
- David Greenfield, Met Council on Jewish Poverty
- Bob Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
- Laurie Hanin, Center for Hearing and Communication
- Wayne Ho, Chinese-American Planning Council
- Tom Kamber, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
- Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of NY
- Jeremy Kohomban PhD, Children’s Village/Harlem Dowling
- Keith Little, SCO Family of Services/Center for Family Life in Sunset Park
- Elizabeth McCarthy, Sheltering Arms
- Wendy McClinton, Black Vets for Social Justice
- Frankie Miranda, Hispanic Federation
- Haydee Morales, Casita Maria
- John Park, Minkwon
- Fr. Patrick Keating, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Brooklyn
- Michael Polenberg, Downstate Victims Coalition
- Juan Ramos, Los Sures/ Southside United
- Alex Roque, Ali Forney Center
- Denise Rosario, Coalition for Hispanic Family Services
- Muzzy Rosenblatt, Bowery Residence Committee (BRC)
- Annetta Seecharran, Chhaya CDC
- Frederick Shack, Urban Pathways
- Beth Shapiro, Citymeals on Wheels
- Niketa Sheth, Womankind
- Scott Short, RiseBoro Community Partnership
- Prabhu Sigamani, ROC United
- Joanne Smith, Girls for Gender Equity
- Rev. Terry Troia, Project Hospitality
- Glennda Testone, LGBT Community Center
- Eileen Torres, BronxWorks
- Colvin W. Grannum, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
- Michelle Yanche, Good Shepherd Services