Next Gen Committee
Hannah Bernard has been involved with ABC since high school, having had the opportunity to volunteer at Echo Park. After college, Hannah spent two years working in ABC’s central office as a development associate. Even though she left ABC to attend law school, she keeps its mission in mind every day, now working to represent Manhattan’s young people in criminal proceedings.
Harmonie Coleman is a cultural worker fostering collective learning, joy, and justice. She specializes in community co-design, coalition building, participatory research, healing-centered practice, and workshop design and facilitation. She first became involved with ABC when she served as the organization's inaugural director of the Dinkins Center for Equity. She currently works at NewComm as their Director of Learning and leads her own community engagement firm, withharmonie studio. Harmonie holds a B.A. in Psychology and Race & Difference Studies from Emory University and a M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum from Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Maggie Andrew Edwards is Director of Social Media at Marta Stewart Magazine and has managed accounts for People, Yahoo, and Team USA. She first got involved with ABC as an attendee and volunteer at Thanks for Giving, and has since helped shape the organization’s social media strategy. Maggie is also an ABC parent whose son currently attends the Graham School.
Will Holtzman began his relationship with ABC as a Merricat’s student over 35 years ago. Since then, he has been involved in the organization in a variety of ways, from visiting his mom (who works at ABC) after school at Merricat’s and Cassidy’s Place, to volunteering with ABC’s afterschool program, to a (brief) stint assisting the IT team at Cassidy’s Place, to now being a member of the NextGen Committee for over ten years. Will is an entertainment attorney and he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their two cats.
Samantha O’Donoghue is a preschool teacher on the Upper East Side. She volunteered at ABC when she was in high school and loved the experience so much that she applied to work there after graduating college. Although Samantha is now working somewhere else, she has stayed involved in the ABC community as a volunteer. This November, she will be running the NYC Marathon for Team ABC.
Yardley Peresman is a Principal at Apollo Global Management on the Private Equity Portfolio Performance Solutions team and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. As native New Yorker, Merricat’s alum, and former Cassidy’s Place volunteer, Yardley is deeply committed to community service and to supporting ABC’s programming. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.
Ana Lorena Ramos is the proud mother of two Cassidy's Place alumni. She currently serves as the Treasurer of ABC’s Policy Council, which gives a voice to parents’ interests and concerns. Professionally, Ana is a private equity investor with over 15 years of experience.
Jamie Shedrofsky has been lucky to be connected to the ABC community since they were a kid and before they lived in New York City. The Next Gen Committee has been a constant as Jamie navigated a big change to becoming a social worker and therapist. Jamie loves working with teens and young adults who want to learn how to love and celebrate their unique minds.
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