Staff
Our staff are representative of the constituencies and grantees they serve. We promote gender and race equality inside and outside the foundation. More information on how to contact us, here.
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Blog author, President, StaffPresidentDr. 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.
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StaffSenior Program OfficerHeeten Kalan is Senior Program Officer for the Environmental Health & Justice Fund at The New World Foundation. He is also the part-time director of groundWork USA, the American office of one of South Africa’s strongest environmental justice organizations.
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Blog author, StaffProgram OfficerNoah S. Bernstein is a Program Officer with responsibility for New World’s educational agenda, which aims to connect school reform to community empowerment. He will also grow New World’s Resource Lab to help pioneer alternative revenue development initiatives for community-based organizations. Noah received his undergraduate degree from Wheaton College in Massachusetts and an M.P.A. in Public and Non-Profit Management and Policy at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner School for Public Service.
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StaffGrants ManagerMinnette 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.
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StaffFinanceBeata 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.
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StaffFinanceMira Zalewska is the Bookkeeper of The New World Foundation. She also consults non-profit groups on organizing fundraisers. She is a jewelry designer and artist from Poland.
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StaffAdministrationNubia 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.
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StaffAdministrationAnna Loizeaux is a Program Assistant managing the Civic Opportunities Initiative Network (COIN). She also supports the LIFT Fund and the Environmental Health & Justice Fund. Anna graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Latin American/Latin@ Studies from Fordham University.
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