Fern Schair serves as the chair of the Center’s advisory board. The advisory board helps guide program development at the Center. Advisory board members include the following individuals:
•Sheila Birnbaum, Esq. – Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
•Honorable Denny Chin – United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Kevin J. Curnin, Esq. – Partner and Director of the Public Service Project, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
• Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq. – Managing Partner and Founder, The Feinberg Group LLP
• Evie Ferris – community volunteer, Atherton, California; former corporate executive
• James F. Gill, Esq. – Partner, Bryan Cave LLP; Chairman, Battery Park City Authority
• Bruce A. Green (Ex Officio) – Louis Stein Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law; Director, Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, Fordham University School of Law
• Peggy A. Healy, Esq. – Senior Vice President, Covenant House
• Constantine N. Katsoris, Wilkinson Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
• Mary Ellen Kris, Esq. – former Assistant Deputy Commissioner, New York State Office of Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation
• Daniel Kronenfeld – Senior Fellow, Fund for the City of New York; former Director, Henry Street Settlement
• Peter J. Madonia – Chief Operating Officer, The Rockefeller Foundation
• Gail B. Nayowith – Executive Director, SCO Family of Services
• Jacqueline Nolan-Haley (Ex Officio) – Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law; Director, Fordham ADR & Conflict Resolution Program
• Rev. Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J. – President Emeritus, Fordham University
• Carlos G. Ortiz, Esq. – General Counsel, Goya Foods, Inc.
• Florence M. Peterson, Esq. – former General Counsel, American Arbitration Association; Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law
• Robert C. Sheehan, Esq. - Pro Bono Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
• Herbert Sturz – Trustee, The Open Society Institute; Founding Chairman, The After-School Corp.
• Honorable George Bundy Smith – Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP; former Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals
• Georgene Vairo – Professor of Law and William M. Raines Fellow, Loyola Law School; former Associate Dean, Fordham University School of Law
• Peter B. Vaughan, Ph.D. – Dean, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service; former Associate Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work
