Jennifer March, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Jennifer March became CCC’s Executive Director in 2007 after 15 years in the public sector including senior positions at the Finance Division of the New York City Council and guiding research and advocacy at CCC as the agency’s Associate Executive Dire …
Raysa S. Rodriguez, MSW
Associate Executive Director for Policy & Advocacy
As Associate Executive Director for Policy & Advocacy, Raysa leads and coordinates CCC’s government relations and advocacy efforts focused on budget, policy, and legislation at the state and city level that impact New York’s children and their fami …
Gregory Klemens
Associate Executive Director for Development, Marketing and New Media
Gregory Klemens oversees CCC’s fundraising, marketing and online activities. He attended Sarah Lawrence College and began working at CCC in 1992 as Development Assistant, became Director of Development in 1995 and Associate Executive Director in 2005. …
Elysia Murphy
Associate Executive Director for Communications and Civic Engagement
Elysia Murphy is responsible for CCC’s communications and community engagement activities, including managing efforts to expand CCC’s presence in the media, web and social media and supervising staff managing the adult and youth Community Leadership Co …
Bijan Kimiagar, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director for Research
Bijan Kimiagar leads the research and data analysis unit, which produces data driven reports, maintains the Keeping Track of New York City’s Children database, and conducts community-based assessment projects to better understand both welcomed and worr …
Julio Minaya
Director of Administration and Finance
Julio’s work encompasses managing the organization’s fiscal operations, human resources, office management, IT support, database management, and assisting with the coordination of CCC’s special events . He began working at CCC in 1993 as a student inte …
Laura Jankstrom, LMSW
Director of Civic Engagement Programs
Laura Jankstrom is responsible for CCC’s civic engagement programs, which educate and mobilize New Yorkers around our priorities for children. These programs provide participants with information about public programs and policies and give them the too …
David Mutton
Director of Institutional Giving
David is responsible for CCC’s foundation and corporate giving. Prior to CCC, he worked for nine years at The Moth, a non-profit arts organization, where he helped exponentially increase the organization’s contributed income streams and contributed to …
Alice Bufkin, MPAff
Director of Policy for Child and Adolescent Health
Alice Bufkin manages CCC’s policy and advocacy work related to child and adolescent health. Her work focuses on improving outcomes for children in areas including mental health, school readiness, and young child and maternal health. Prior to joining CC …
Marija Drobnjak, M.S.
Senior Research Associate for Data Resources
Marija Drobnjak is a member of CCC’s Research and Data team. She is responsible for leading and supporting the development of several CCC data resources and publications, including the biennial Keeping Track data book, as well as continually improving …
Robert Guttersohn
Communications Associate
Robert Guttersohn is a member of CCC’s Communications and Civic Engagement team. He is responsible for supporting the organization’s digital marketing campaigns, content strategies and all other communication outreach efforts. In his role, Robert helps …
Sophia Halkitis
Data Analyst
Sophia Halkitis is a member of CCC’s Research and Data team, and is primarily responsible for maintaining and updating the data in the Keeping Track Online tool. In conjunction with this work, she assists with CCC’s own data collection efforts. Sophia …
Daryl Hornick-Becker
Policy and Advocacy Associate
Daryl is a member of CCC’s Policy and Advocacy team. His work focuses on education issues in New York City. Prior to joining CCC, Daryl served as an Analyst on the Education Task Force at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, where he worked …
Meryleen Mena, Ph.D.
Policy & Advocacy Analyst
Meryleen Mena is a Mellon/ACLS Public Service Fellow and works on the Policy & Advocacy team as a Policy & Advocacy Analyst. In this role, she will educate, engage, and mobilize New Yorkers and build a groundswell of public support for budgetary alloca …
Jack Mullan
Research Associate
Jack Mullan is a member of CCC’s Research and Data team. He is mainly responsible for the collection and analysis of census, administrative, and community-based data that goes into CCC’s research products and publications. As a research associate, Jack …
Elcoma Nichols
Office Assistant
Elcoma helps to keep CCC office running by answering phones, managing AV equipment, welcoming visitors to CCC and assisting on special events. Before joining CCC, he worked for Ronald McDonald House Charities as an Office Clerk. He is currently enrolle …
Carlos Rosales
Community Outreach & Engagement Associate
Carlos Rosales joined CCC as the Community Outreach & Engagement Associate to focus on cultivating and strengthening relationships with CCC’s community-based partners, child and family service providers, neighborhood alliances, faith-based organiza …
Lorraine Tate
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
Lorraine is responsible for managing the Board calendar, assisting the Executive Director with all communications, assisting with our Community Leadership Course, staffing CCC’s nominating committee, answering CCC’s phones, and keeping everyone at CCC …
