Staff members and grantees from the U.S. State, New York

Solana Larsen is responsible for the creation and maintenance of The New World Foundation website. She is a Danish-Puerto Rican journalist and activist. She was formerly an editor with openDemocracy.net, and is now managing editor of Global Voices Online.

Dr. Colin Greer has been the President of The New World Foundation since 1985. He was a Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and has written several books. Colin Greer has participated in and directed several studies of U.S. immigration and urban schooling policy and history (at Columbia University and CUNY), and Chairs numerous organizations. See full biography, here.

Adrianne Shropshire is a Senior Program Officer with the New Majority Fund and other special projects. She comes to New World with nearly two decades of community organizing, alliance-building, political organizing, and public policy campaign experience. Adrianne was a community organizer in South Los Angeles, directed a labor/community/faith-based coalition in New York, and trains undergraduate students preparing for careers in public policy.

The New World Foundation supports community activists across America and around the world.

Jonathan Glionna is a Director and senior fixed income research analyst at Barclays Capital, where he is responsible for analyzing the U.S. banking industry. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Project STEP in Boston, a charitable organization that prepares talented music students of color to enter the profession of classical music.

Vincent Warren is the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He spent seven years as national senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where he led national constitutional and impact litigation to advance civil rights and civil liberties. In that capacity, he litigated Gratz v. Bollinger, the companion to the landmark case upholding affirmative action in college admissions. Beyond the courtroom, he is a leading African-American voice for affirmative action

Ann Bastian is a Senior Program Officer with responsibility for Communications and Leadership Development. She came to New World in 1984, having worked as a union organizer, labor educator, and movement activist. Ann is also a college history teacher at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and has been a consultant and writer on education policy issues.

Mira Zalewska is Assistant Bookkeeper of The New World Foundation. She also consults non-profit groups on organizing fundraisers. She is a jewelry designer and artist from Poland.

Nubia Scott-Bennett is the assistant to the President at The New World Foundation. A native of New York City, she is a recent graduate of Hampton University with a degree in journalism and communications.

Anna Levine Fink is a Senior Program Officer with responsibility for COIN and The Phoenix Fund for Workers & Communities The New World Foundation. She previously worked as the coordinator of a grassroots human rights advocacy program in Mexico for the Fund for Global Human Rights. She also served as the co-director of Unite for Dignity for Immigrant Workers Rights in Miami, Florida. Anna holds a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas, Austin.

Marisol Ramos is a Program Associate at the New World Foundation. She works primarily with the Phoenix Fund for Workers and Communities, which provides organizational and development support to grantee immigrant rights organizations in the US and Mexico. Marisol is also a co-founder of the New York State Youth Leadership Council and was previously a youth organizer at Esperanza del Barrio both organizations which campaign actively on behalf of the Dream Act and Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Minnette Coleman is Grants Administrator for The New World Foundation, and manages the partnership between New World and the K.I.D.S. in Distress Situations Foundation. She is an actress, writer and singer raised in Atlanta, GA at the height of the civil rights movement. She has written poems and articles about youth and community service.

Beata Pudelko is the Director for Finance and Administration and Assistant Treasurer at The New World Foundation. She has 16 years experience in non-profit management, finance and accounting. She is Treasurer and Co-Founder of the Children's Smile Foundation. Beata also works with other non-profit organizations advising on finance and management issues. She was born in Poland and has lived in New York since 1980.

David Neubert (Treasurer) has worked in international finance for over 15 years. He developed a methodology while trading index derivatives in Brazil that uses technology and quantitative methods to automate proprietary trading systems. Since leaving the corporate world in 2005, David has dedicated his energies to writing, teaching, and helping foundations understand investments. He also sits on the board of PS122 in New York City.