Board of Directors
Lee Perlman
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, GNYHA Management Corporation
Mr. Perlman oversees GNYHA’s corporate finance and administration, which includes his passion for growing and mentoring GNYHA’s workforce. A leader in promoting diversity in health care leadership, Mr. Perlman founded the GNYHA Summer Enrichment Program, which has placed more than 300 diverse students in summer internships. Mr. Perlman received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Binghamton University and his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Sloan Program at Cornell University.
SCott Farber
Serial Entrepreneur
Scott co-founded A-List Education with a mission of leveling the playing field for all students. Growing from just a handful of students in 2005, A-List now serves more than 75,000 students across the US and around the world. The company works with more than 700 high schools and nonprofit organizations, including KIPP, the Harlem Children’s Zone, the Fulbright Commission, and Year Up (where Scott currently serves on the NY Leadership Council) – providing everything from professional development and direct instruction to sophisticated assessment platforms and curriculum alignment. Scott has more than 12,000 hours of instructional experience, working with thousands of students and teachers to improve post secondary outcomes.
Scott was lucky enough to attend Harvard University on a scholarship, and then serve as CFO of a development project in Ecuador funded by the British Embassy. These experiences left him with a deep appreciation for education not just as what traditionally happens in the four walls of a classroom but as a set of skills necessary to succeed in the wider world. This philosophy of college and career readiness has been central to A-List’s success; as a result Scott has been asked to be a frequent presenter at education conferences, and has been featured on Bloomberg, NBC, CBS, Fox and CNN to comment on developments in the education space.
Most recently, Scott led the management team of a mental health care startup and has founded his own venture seeking to increase access and improve outcomes in behavioral health.
Evelina Eskenazi
Project manager at echo100plus
Evelina is a project manager for the NGO Echo100Plus that operates on the Greek island of Leros and Athens. Its main focus is education and integration through community centres for refugees, with the aim to create a welcoming environment where people can feel empowered, learn, grow, prepare for the future and feel safe. Previously she was responsible for sports when coordinating the ECHO100plus project in the refugee camp of Ritsona and continues to develop football plans for Leros and Athens.
Italian by birth and heart, grew up in England, Evelina went to culinary school and worked in the food industry as a chef and caterer for six years. Her heritage means from an early age football was part of her culture and made her understand the intrinsic connectivity that sport provides and its ability to carry that along to unite people through cultures and situations!
Robert Steinberg
Attorney at Steinberg & Gruber
Robert Steinberg is a coach, a volunteer firefighter and an attorney living in Oceanside, New York. He received his undergraduate education at Penn State University, where he wrestled and played rugby before attending Brooklyn Law School. Robert is an avid fan of the Allman Brothers and the New York Jets. In his free time, Robert enjoys spending time with his family, studying foreign languages and cooking.
JASON STEINBERG, EX OFFICIO
Founder, Executive Director
(Learn about Jason In our Core Team section)
