William Henry :
Leading New York Together (LNYT) brought a diverse group of New York nonprofit executives together for a high-level leadership experience designed to strengthen the city’s civic and community-serving institutions.
The program, organized by UJA-Federation of New York (UJA) and the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) in conjunction with Columbia Business School’s Tamer Institute Executive Education, focused on preparing senior nonprofit leaders to meet complex challenges facing communities across New York City, Long Island, and Westchester.
The participant roster included 40 leaders from a wide range of organizations. Among them were Muhammad Shahidullah, CEO of Save the People; Dan Lehman, President and CEO of HELP USA; Sabrina Lippman, CEO of Habitat for Humanity NYC & Westchester; Blondel Pinnock, President & CEO of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation; Eric Rosenbaum, President and Chief Executive Officer of Project Renewal, Inc.; and Shakeema North-Albert, Chief Executive Officer of Covenant House New York.
Other participants included Shani Adess, Army Armstead, Nechama Bakst, Raye Barbieri, Georgia Boothe, Jessica Brenner, Rosa Chang, Jose Cotto, Allison Deal, Suzanne DeLasho, Tara Gardner, Cassaundra Howell, Trevor John, Dominique Jones, Kim Kaplan, Vidhya Kelly, Deborah Kirschner, Lorena Kourousias, Laura Lazarus, Shalima McCants, Hannah Moore, Regina Myer, Richard Nightingale, Jenny Notis Lyss, Alexis Offen, Jonathan Oliver, Tracey Onyeuche, Danielle Palmisano, Mark Parauda, Nicole Perry, Monae Priolenau-Jones, Kerri Smith, Nikki Thompson, and Ian Wilder.
The institute was guided by distinguished faculty and civic leaders, including Joel Brockner, Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School; Modupe Akinola, Sanford C. Bernstein Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics; Paul Ingram, Kravis Professor of Business; Bruce Usher, Professor of Professional Practice and co-director of the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change; and Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City.
Through sessions on values-based leadership, organizational culture, inclusive leadership, negotiation, equity, strategic communication, and difficult conversations, LNYT emphasized practical tools for leading people and institutions with clarity and purpose.
For New York’s nonprofit sector, the program’s impact goes beyond professional development. By connecting executives across missions and communities, LNYT helped build a stronger leadership network prepared to respond to public needs with collaboration, resilience, and vision.
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