Category Archives: Board of Directors

Eugenia Kapsomera Goma, PhD

Although based in Cairo, Egypt, Dr. Zhenya Goma serves on the HEART Board as Secretary of the Buddy Committee, Volunteer Coordinator, and Foreign Language Education Consultant. In 2021, she was elected to HEART’s Board of Directors. Zhenya’s formal education focused on inter-cultural education and multi-media instruction, particularly using the internet for educational purposes. In addition to […]

HEART Board Member Honored

HEART Board Member, Fred Pesce, was recently honored at the Kings of Long Island SCNG Event. The Long Island Press reports:  “SCNG Events, a division of Long Island Press parent company Schneps Community News Group, honored some of the top businessmen from Suffolk and Nassau counties for the work they do in their professions and […]

Schadrac St. Louis, Executive Director

Schadrac, or Shad was born in the town of Sibert, Haiti, quite close to the current location of the HEART school.  His father worked tirelessly throughout Shad’s childhood in the United States to earn enough money to move his wife and children to New York because they feared for their lives during the political turmoil during the 1990’s. […]

John Katzenstein, Treasurer

John Katzenstein is the Treasurer of Heart. His professional background includes thirty years of corporate experience in management and staff positions in finance and education in various locations throughout the country; instructor positions in business and finance in three colleges; and at the present time, he manages the NYS Attorney General’s Westchester Regional Office Consumer […]

Corinne Warren

Corinne Warren served as the Secretary of the HEART Board. Her professional background was rooted in the mental health field, complemented by her roles in various organizations, including Key Club International in high school and the American Heart Association Club during her college years. She brought to the board a Bachelor’s degree in Community Health […]

Nicholaos Papadopoulos, Member

Nicholaos “Coach Nick” Papadopoulos has been a dynamic growth catalyst and senior executive with over 20 years in successfully orchestrating organizational transformations, delivering exceptional customer and employee experiences, creating highly-engaged cultures and driving sustainable growth for organizations. He has been consistently recognized nationally for creative, effective and innovative use of leadership and organizational development programs and solutions. Nick […]

Fred Pesce, Visibility

For the past 15 years, Fred Pesce has been a partner and Creative Director with Vertigo Media Group, a Marketing/Branding/Advertising firm, located on Long Island, New York. Fred, a proud Naval Veteran of Operation Desert Storm also offers over 20 years’ experience in the personal development field through his participation in leadership workshops and classes […]

Kathy McMillen, Board Advisor

Kathy comes from a nonprofit background where she gained experience in all areas of office management, development, member and volunteer care, special events. She has a BA in Art History/Women’s Studies from the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Volunteerism is in her veins and after being introduced to HEART through friends, followed by a trip […]

Barbara Rose, Board Advisor

Barbara B. Rose has more than thirty years experience in management, strategic planning, feasibility studies, development, training, board development, facilitating, writing and fundraising. After eleven years in development at Georgia Tech and four years as Vice President of Development of Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital (now Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta), Rose established New Generation Partnerships, a […]

Donna King, Honorary Board Member

Donna King brings with her several years of experience working on volunteer boards from those focused on students with special needs to breakfast programs and co-operative housing initiatives.  She began working in the developing world in 2007 as the Assistant Director of a foundation that provided public education, testing and counseling to people living with […]