Coro Alumni News

If you have alumni news to share with the Coro community please e-mail Jeff Yurcan:jyurcan@coronewyork.org

This week Jonathan Plutzik stepped down as Board Chair of the Coro New York Leadership Center. Jonathan has served in this role for the past 10 years and under his leadership Coro has grown in size and impact: from three programs to seven; from 80 annual participants in Coro programs to 225; from a budget of $800,000 to one of $2.2 million. Under his leadership, Coro has become the city's premiere civic leadership organization. All of us in the Coro community are grateful for his service and commitment. He will be missed. Peter Neger, Board Secretary, is now Board Chair and Andrew Kimball (Fellows 1990) is now Vice Chair. Under their leadership, Coro will continue to thrive as we work to build the leadership community of New York.    

Raquel Batista ICLP 2005 is running for New York City Council in District 15. You can read more about her candidacy here.

Mariscelle Bautista LNY 23 recently gave birth to a daughter, Felicity Ava Bautista.

Jack Kupferman and Josh Sirefman LNY 6 classmates, while delivering food to senior citizens for Meals on Wheels were able top provide assistance to an elderly woman who had injured himself. Their quick thinking and and initiative saved the woman's life.

Jill Eisenhard LNY 21 and Lisa Cowan Fellows 1998 and their organization The Red Hook Initiative won the Gold Prize in the 2012 Nonprofit Excellence Awards, you can read more about the award here.

Rachel Cytron LNY 21 and her organization Harlem RBI won the Silver Prize. You can read more about the award here.

Exploring Leadership Youth Ambassadors recently shared their thoughts on the recently released school progress reports with SchoolBook. You can read the story here.

Bobby Digi ICLP 2011 was recently profiled in The Jamaica News Gleaner. You can read the article here.

Gregg Bishop LNY 21 was recently interviewed by The Network Journal about the work the Department of Small Business Services did to support small businesses in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. You can read the interview here.

Kemi Ilesanmi LNY 21 is now the Executive Director for The Laundromat Project. You can read more about her organization here.