Angela Cooley has been with TGF for 24 years. As the Director of Fundraising, she handles all donations, donor contacts and reconciliations. She is also responsible for all CRM matters, i.e. data entry, reports and upkeep of major gifts. Fun Fact: "I love to travel to exotic places, but I don't like to fly."
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Nilda Richards
Nilda Richards has been with TGF for 23 years. As the Comptroller, she handles all accounting functions including payroll, all bills and invoices and anything else dealing with company finances. Fun Fact: "I love to travel and be exposed to different cultures; I love the beach and palm trees."
Salvatore P. Ciampo
Salvatore P. Ciampo is Vice President of Facilities Management at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the Bronx, New York. He has been in the higher education facilities and construction field for over 30 years. Before coming to Einstein, he was Vice President of Health Care and Education for a real estate and construction consulting firm,
James P. Digan
James Digan, named Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Baylor College of Medicine in 2018, has more than 25 years of experience in academic and hospital fundraising. He comes to Baylor after serving as director of the Zweig Foundation, a private family foundation established to improve society by supporting the areas of environment, education and health care. Previously Digan
David Fellows
David has more than 40 years of experience in various leadership roles within the ophthalmic pharmaceutical industry and is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Beacon Therapeutics, Board Chairman of Oxular and a Board member of the Glaucoma Foundation. He was previously CEO of Nightstar Therapeutics, a private biopharmaceutical company specialising in developing ocular gene therapies for patients with inherited
Barry S. Friedberg
Mr. Friedberg is Co-Chairman of the Board of the New York Private Bank & Trust Company. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of FriedbergMilstein, LLC, an independent investment management firm, an Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee. He was responsible for management of the Investment Banking
Ilene Giaquinta
Ms. Giaquinta has been a seasoned executive and accomplished professional in the fields of banking and finance. Her specialties are new business development and mortgage lending in the residential arena. During her financial career,she worked at Manhattan Savings Bank and Republic National Bank of New York. She is a graduate of Finch College and holds a master’s degree from Teacher's
Kumar Mahadeva
Wijeyaraj (Kumar) Mahadeva , founder of Cognizant Technology Solutions in 1994, and Chairman and CEO until 2004, was the driving force behind one of the fastest-growing technology services companies in the world. Following Cognizant, Kumar founded Kubera Partners, a publicly traded private equity fund investing in businesses that operate in the US-India corridor and is a managing partner with the
Kenneth Mortenson
Kenneth Mortenson retired in 2000 from Oppenheimer Capital, where he was a Managing Director. A graduate of Carleton College with an MBA from the University of Michigan, Mr. Mortenson began his career at Comerica Bank in Detroit, where he worked for 12 years before moving to New York and joining Oppenheimer Capital in 1981. In addition to parents with glaucoma,
Sheldon M. Siegel
Mr. Siegel is the former Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Oppenheimer Capital. He joined Oppenheimer Capital in 1980 after spending twelve years as Assistant Controller of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. Mr. Siegel started his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1964. He is a graduate of Hofstra University and is a Certified Public Accountant.