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REVEREND LINDA TARRY-CHARD is the founder and president of Project People Foundation. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She holds a Master of Science in Education from Fordham University and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. She has served as the Minister for Social Justice at Broadway United Church of Christ and as Associate Minister at The Riverside Church in New York City.
Linda Tarry-Chard has been involved in public service for over 40 years. She has held executive positions in voluntary childcare agencies and with the New York City Human Resources Administration. Her career has focused on the welfare of disadvantaged urban children and their families and diversity and social justice issues. In 1995, she broadened the population she serves to include women and children living in the townships and rural areas of South Africa and other countries in Southern Africa. |
THE PPF BOARD
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KENNETH WALKER is the Chair of Project People Foundation. He is an ever-evolving dynamic, visionary dreamer and doer at Per Scholas, where he serves as a champion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and as Special Advisor to the CEO. Ken helped launch Diverse by Design (DxD) in partnership with the Information Technology Senior Management Forum, the nation's most prominent African American senior technology executives association. The DXD platform aims to discover and unleash new ideas and best practices that companies can use today to increase tech workforce diversity and inclusion. Ken also launched Inclusion by Intention (IxI), an internal platform to discuss staff experiences relevant to equity and inclusion and seek improvements with "patient urgency. "
Ken is a technology sector veteran with 30+ years of sales, business development, and non-profit executive experience across the media and entertainment, government, and telecommunications sector and three years in business development at start-up organizations in Silicon Valley, after transitioning from an 18-year career at IBM as a Client Executive in the media sector. Ken loves life, positive energy, the simplicity of decency, and seeing others' humanity. He lives in Manhattan with his spouse of 12 years. |
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JO RENEE FINE, Ph.D. is the former Director of Training and Content Development at Harris, Rothenberg International. She is a trainer and educator with over 35 years of program development and management experience in both the private and nonprofit sectors. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Smith College and a Ph.D. in Human Relations and Social Policy from New York University, where she taught as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education. She is also a published photographer whose work includes the photo-documentary book, The Synagogues of New York’s Lower East Side. Dr. Fine is involved in numerous community activities and currently serves or has served on the Board of Directors of several nonprofit organizations, including the American Jewish Committee and the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY.
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FREDRIC M. SANDERS, Esq. advises individuals and businesses on tax aspects of business deals, estate planning and business succession planning for closely held companies. This has included investments by foreign investors in real estate projects in the United States as well as offshore tax and estate planning. In recent years, Fred has been involved in tax issues concerning Internet and high-tech businesses including those related to venture capital investments and employee compensation. Fred also represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the New York State Tax Commission and the New York City Department of Finance.
Fred is a director and President of the Metropolitan Contemporary Glass Group, a director and member of the Executive Committee of UrbanGlass and a director and member of the Executive Committee of the Penland School of Crafts. He advises private foundations on tax and related matters. |
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RUBY SPROTT is a native New Yorker, a retired Queens elementary school teacher, a SUNY Old Westbury College professor, an Adelphi University professor, and Director of the Langston Hughes Homework Assistance Program. She holds an E.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her work career has spanned over forty years. Currently, she volunteers with social justice programs at The Riverside Church in New York City. At The Riverside Church, she also works on programs related to South Africa, Cuba, and Black Lives Matter. She has one adult son.
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DOROTHY TANANBAUM is the General Planning chair of the UJA Federation of New York, the Board of Governor Member of the Jewish Agency of Israel, and a Board Member of Facing History and Ourselves and The Jewish Funders Network.
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