The mission of the New York Junior League’s Community Advisory Council is to identify, analyze, and prioritize community issues that can strategically bolster the NYJL’s achievement of its goals and mission, heighten volunteer impact and to strengthen community relations. The diverse expertise and skills these esteemed professionals bring to the CAC will provide the NYJL with a global view of community affairs, emerging social issues and advocacy on the state and city level.

The CAC is comprised of the following 11 community and civic leaders who will closely collaborate with the NYJL Board of Directors.

Amelia Erwitt
Chief of Staff, NYC Department of Consumer Affairs, Office of Financial Empowerment

Elvy Ickowicz,
MPH, Assistant Deputy Executive Vice President, American Geriatrics Society

Tanya Lewis-Kelly
Regional Director, Volunteer Consulting Group, Inc.

Perri E. Klass, MD
Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University

Dale Lindquist, LCSW, D.Min.
Fordham University, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Bertram M. Beck Institute on Religion and Poverty

Nancy Ploeger
President, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Rosemonde (Rose) Pierre-Louis
Manhattan Deputy Borough President

Daniel Reyes
Yorkville Common Pantry, Director of Programs

Allison Schrager
Economist and contributor to The Economist

Eugenia Siegler, MD, FACP
Medical Director, Geriatrics Inpatient Services, New York Presbyterian/WeillCornell

Silda Wall Spitzer
Founder, Children for Children

For more information about Community Advisory Council Members, click here.