Staff & Board
SAY is led by a dedicated and passionate team.
Your SAY Team
Board of Trustees
Justin Waller – Chair
CMO & SVP Operations, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Taro Alexander
Actor, Teacher, Founder of SAY
Lackland H. Bloom, III
Managing Partner, Veritec Capital Partners
Everett Bradley
Musician, Performer & Musical Director, SAY
Will Edwards
Global Quantitative Strategies, Citadel
Noah Cornman
Chief Advancement Officer, Hackley School
David Friedman (Treasurer)
Vice President, Penmark Realty
Jamal Douglas
Actor, Teaching Artist
Kimberly Garvin
SAY Parent, Author
Jonathan Greig
SAY Alum, Journalist
Brandon K. Guidry (Secretary)
Legal Assistant, Office of Cabot J. Marks, Esq.
Charles E. Helme (Chair Emeritus)
Managing Director, BH Asset Management, LLC
Jeffrey Hurwitz
Partner, Chief Risk Officer, Davidson Kempner
Danielle Leneé
Actor, Teaching Artist
A.J. Melaragno
Founder & President, Singola Consulting
David Nachman
SAY Alum, Software Engineer, Bridgewater & Associates
Claudia Negron
SAY Parent
Clifford Perlman, Esq.
Partner, Perlman & Perlman, LLP & SAY Parent
Travis Robertson
SAY’s Artistic Director
Judah Rosenberg
Greystone & Co.
Paul Rudd
Actor
Shachar G. Scott (Chair Emeritus)
Chief Marketing Officer, Sunbit
Liz Tuccillo
Writer
Marc Vetri
Founder Vetri Family of Restaurants
Marcia Withers
VP/General Manager, Mattie Music Group
Budd Mayer (1918 – 2016)
Chair Emeritus
Advisory Board
Tessa Blake
Director
Peter Bonerz
Actor & Director
Tara Bracco
Writer & Founder of Poetic People Power
Donisha Brown
Actor
Brenda Buksha
SAY Parent
Lindsey Campbell
SAY Alumni & First SAY Participant
Fergie Cantos
MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD-BE, Speech-Language Pathologist
Dave Chappelle
Comedian, Actor & Writer
Arnold J. Civins
CPA & Partner, Citrin Cooperman & Company LLP
Rich Ferraro
Founder & CEO, Compello Partners
Jill Garland
Development, Public Theater
Jackie Green
Publicist, Boneau/Bryan-Brown
Barry T. Gurland
CPA, Madison Family Office Services, LLC
Julianne Hoffenberg
Producer
Frankie Jones
Performer & Writer
Thomas Kail
Director
Bettina & Michael Klein
SAY Parent & Entrepreneur/CEO, Littlejohn & Co., LLC
Judith Kuster
Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Jay Lambert
Designer
Aaron Marshall
Advertising Creative, BBDO, Person Who Stutters & SAY Mentor
Jesse L. Martin
Actor
Kelli O’Hara
Actor
Robert Pelletier
President & CEO, Pacific Hardwood
Austin Pendleton
Actor, Writer & Director
Leigh Pennebaker
Co-Founder of SAY: DC
Tim Ransom
Actor & Apple Computer Consultant
Susan Roth
Speech-Language Pathologist
Karin Schall
Development, Lincoln Center Theater
Dr. Phil Schneider
Associate Professor Emeritus, Queens College & Speech-Language Pathologist at Schneider Speech
Jodi Schoenbrun Carter
Managing Partner, 1022m
Yona Serota
SAY Parent
Andy Shallal
Artist & Restaurateur
Michael Sugarman
Co-Founder & Former Executive Director, National Stuttering Association, Vice CHair of ISA & Chair of IFA Support Group & Consumer Affairs Committee
John Van Riper
Son of Speech-Language Pathologist, Charles Van Riper
Tim Viola
Executive Director, Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids
Karin Wexler, Ph.D.
Board Certified Stuttering Specialist & Professor, T.C., Columbia University