Leadership

Our Leadership Team

Executive Director – Riel Peerbooms, MSW
Director of Operations – Steve Bates
Development and Communications Officer – Tiffany Caton
Program Director – Kelly Oberndorf

Make a Difference through Board Leadership

The Trail Blazer Board of Trustees is instrumental in ensuring Trail Blazers’ day-to-day operation as well as its long term prosperity. If you are interested in exploring a Board position or getting involved with one of our task forces or committees, reach out to Executive Director, Riel Peerbooms at 212-529-5113 or rpeerbooms@trailblazers.org.

Trail Blazers is pleased to be included in the GuideStar network. Visit GuideStar to view our most recent IRS Form990.

You may also download our most recent financial statements here.

Trail Blazers Board of Trustees

Arthur Fishelman, Co- Chairman, Trade Winds Lake Camp
Marc Hyman, Co-Chairman, Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach, LLP
George Kunath, CPA, Vice Chairman, Former McKinsey & Company – retired
Leslie Ballantyne, Secretary, Sloan-Kettering
Louis Milea, CPA, Treasurer, DeGraw Tompkins Solutions

Hugh Babowal, Wells Fargo
Neil Benedict, FTI Consulting
Sandra N. Benjamin, Paul Hastings LLP
Brooke S. Borner, Barclays Capital
William D. Bouw, CPA, Alumnus
Napoleon Georgatos, Deloitte Consulting
Susan Harte, Location Incentive Group, LLC
Karl Hersch, Deloitte Consulting
Anna Krassy, Alumna
Jonathan Peris, Merrill Lynch, former TBC Mentor
Erica Rients, JP Morgan
Scott Napolitano, PJ Solomon

Catherine Smorto (Honorary Trustee, Alumna)
Eli Wallach (Honorary Trustee, Alumnus)

Important Downloads:

Trail Blazers Summary