CARA partners with a host of government, university, and community-based organizations to develop and implement programming.
Organizational Partnerships
American Council of Learned Societies
Brown University’s Careers in the Common Good
CUNY Central Office of Student Affairs
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
Foundation for Tacoma Students
NYC Public Schools’ College & Career Planning Team
Newark City of Learning Collaborative
School of Professional Studies Youth Studies Program
Student Success Center Coalition
Advisory Board
CARA’s Advisory Board plays a critical role in CARA’s long-term planning. Our Board reflects the diversity of CARA’s work and includes school and community-based practitioners, policymakers, academics, funders, and young people impacted by CARA’s programs.
Advisory Board members include:
- Cass Conrad: Executive Director, Carroll & Milton Petrie Foundation
- Lisa Cowan: Vice President of Programs, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
- Greg Darnieder: Senior Advisor, Steans Family Foundation & Chair, National Postsecondary Strategy Institute
- Michelle Fine: Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center
- David Fischer: Principal, Altior Policy Solutions
- Angie Kamath: Dean, NYU School of Professional Studies
- Pamela Vasquez: SSC College Counselor, Make the Road NY
- Bennett Lieberman: Principal, Jackson Hole High School
- Allison Palmer:Senior Program Manager, Charles Hayden Foundation
- Edgar Rodriguez: Vice President of School Support, New Visions for Public Schools
- Mandy Savitz-Romer: Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Carei Thomas: Director of Academic Advisement & Transfer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Emily Van Ingen: Deputy Director, Cypress Hills LDC
Program Partners
