Board of Trustees

Officers

Shawn V. Austin

Chairman of the Board

Shawn serves as the SVP, Strategic Marketing Officer at Liberty Mutual, a premier provider of specialty insurance products and services, distributed through the independent broker network. Shawn holds an M.B.A. from Fordham University. Click to view full title.

Anne Williams-Isom

Vice-Chair

Anne Williams-Isom is the Chief Executive Officer of the Harlem Children’s Zone® (HCZ), a pioneering leader in education, community development, and the fight against poverty. Since joining the organization in 2009, Anne has spearheaded numerous initiatives to further refine and improve program s ervices, delivery, and outcomes for HCZ’s 22,000 children and families. Prior to joining HCZ, Anne worked for 13 years at the New York City Administration for Children Services (ACS), helping protect NYC children from abuse and neglect by creating safe and permanent homes with strong family support. A lifelong advocate for children, Anne is an Annie E. Casey Fellow, a distinguished honor bestowed on professionals who dedicate their careers to large-scale efforts to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families. She also holds a J.D. from Columbia School of Law and graduated with honors from Fordham University with a B.A. in Political Science and Psychology. A native of New York City, she lives in the Harlem area with her husband and three children. Click to view full title.

Andrew M. Wuertele

Treasurer

Andrew Wuertele has been an active volunteer at the Icla da Silva Foundation for more than a decade and currently serves as the Treasurer. He is the Chief Administrative Officer of East River Medical Imaging in New York City, the leader in providing advanced diagnostic imaging services in a compassi onate and comfortable setting. Andy is an active board member or officer of several other organizations that seek to improve healthcare, civic dialog, education, and the arts. He holds a Masters degree in Healthcare Management and Policy from the Milano School, and degrees in Industrial Engineering and Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. Click to view full title.

Kala Maxym, MMus

Secretary

Kala Maxym is the Founder and CEO of LA-based boutique special events company, Five Senses Tastings. Kala's diverse professional background includes working as a Senior Program Analyst with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice', singing opera roles, recitals, and concerts around t he world (and for three Presidents!), and working at a burgeoning tech start-up. Kala holds a BA in Political Science (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Barnard College, Columbia University and a Master's degree in Opera Performance from The Boston Conservatory. She speaks German, French, and Spanish and is a certified Spanish-English translator and Grant Writer. Kala herself was a bone marrow donor. Click to view full title.

Board Members

Rebecca Alper

Rebecca Alper started volunteering with The Icla da Silva Foundation in 2013 when her Brazilian host-sister from her college semester abroad, Carol, was searching for a matching bone marrow donor. Rebecca is a Strategic Sourcing Manager at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), where she leads procur ement of clinical products and services for pharmacies and laboratories across NYP's 11 hospital locations in New York City and Westchester County. Rebecca holds a Masters degree in Healthcare Administration from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and a Bachelors from Washington University in St. Louis. Click to view full title.

Dominic Fonti

Dominic Fonti is currently Director of Development and Construction at Stonehenge Partners. Over his career he has been involved in some of the major building development projects in the city. He has also been involved in projects throughout the United States, Europe and the Far East. Click to view full title.

Olivier Gillier

Olivier Gillier is a Partner of GC Group Capital LLC, specialized in providing global wealth management services to wealthy families. Before joining GC Group, Olivier was a senior vice president at Merrill Lynch International. He also worked at Citigroup in Private Banking and Arthur Andersen Consul ting (Belgium) as a Business Consultant. In parallel to his career in finance, he was also active as a Professor at VLEKHO-Business School (Belgium) where he taught “Portfolio Management and Securities Valuation” and currently holds an Adjunct Professor position at the International University of Monaco. He was nominated for “showing promise and excellence in the economic field” by IoD. Olivier and his wife, Vanessa, are active participants in the HLH Center of Excellence, an organization dedicated to funding research, creating awareness and providing family support for an often fatal childhood illness called HLH. Click to view full title.

Renato M. Tichauer

Renato has over 40 years of experience in the mining and ferroalloys industries. He has held executive positions at the Hochschild Group in Brazil (presently Anglo American do Brazil) and at Hamanna Alloys in New York. He has been president and CEO of Tremond-Shine Group, Inc., since its founding in 1993. Renato holds a Bachelor in Economic Sciences and Business Administration from Faculdade de Ciências Economicas Alvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil. Click to view full title.

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