History and Mission

Wildcat Service Corporation has integrated workforce and economic development objectives since 1972. Originally a spin-off of the Vera Institute of Justice, Wildcat was the first organization in the United States to design and implement a transitional work program for unemployed persons with criminal convictions. We have continued to work with ex-offenders throughout our history, and we have added programs to address the needs of many additional populations throughout the City. In 2008, Wildcat will touch almost 17,000 individuals through a mixture of twelve innovative youth and adult programs.

Our mission is to provide comprehensive creative workforce development services to undereducated, unemployed, underemployed, low income residents of New York City to assure their self-sufficiency.

Historical Highlights

1972

First Decade

Second Decade

Third Decade

Recent History

Board of Directors
Officers

Peter G. Samuels, Chairman
Proskauer Rose LLP

Cheryl Cohen Effron, Vice Chair

Michael L. Ryan, Secretary
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP

Hiwot Nega, Treasurer
Solera Capital LLC

Directors

Neil Barsky
Alson Capital Partners, LLC

Mary Ellen Boyd
Wildcat Service Corporation

Chiara Coletti
Consultant

W. Bowman Cutter
Warburg, Pincus & Co, LLC

Dawn Dover
Kekst and Company

Laya Khadjavi
Morgan Stanley

Jay L. Kriegel
The Related Companies LP

Marty Linsky
Consultant

Michael E. Schlein
Citi

Janice K. Smith
Overseas Shipholding Group,Inc.

Richard J. Tofel
ProPublica

Anne C. Vladeck
Vladeck, Waldman, Elias, and Engelhard,PC

Carl Weisbrod
Trinity Real Estate

Leadership Staff

Mary Ellen Boyd
President

Adam Barshak
Chief Operating Officer

Ben Rodriguez
Chief Administrative Officer

Directors

Tim Cantrell
Director of Strategic Operations

Warren Marchany
Director of Business Development

Nadene McPherson-Lee
Director of Learning To Work
Director of Summer Youth Employment Program

Titilayo Odion
Director of the Bronx Workforce1 Career Center

Rick Pennington
Director of Alternatives To Incarceration
Director of Back to Work
Director of Non-Custodial Parents

Melvin Quiñones
Director of Transitional Employment

Vivian Rivera
Director of Young Adult Internship Program

Stephanie Small
Director of Training
FSET Coordinator

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