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Families with Children from China Greater New York
Profiles of 2011 Board Members
MARY NEALON is Co-president of FCC and is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and currently the Coordinator of Student Health at The School at Columbia University, a position which includes responsibilities in the areas of student health, faculty/staff health, health education, school-wide safety and parent and staff education. Mary has created and teaches The School's Gender and Sexuality curriculum (grades 4-8) and the Middle School Life Skills curriculum. Prior to working at The School since its opening in 2003, Mary was a Columbia University officer of clinical instruction in the department of pediatric neurology caring for children with epilepsy and their families, as well as a pediatric nurse at Hackensack Hospital and Rodeph Sholom School (nursery – 8th grade). Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, Mary worked on and off-broadway, managing and producing theatrical shows and not-for-profit fundraising events for 15 years. As part of her past charitable work, Mary served on the Board of Directors of GLAAD for 6 years, during which time she served as co-chair for 3 years. She has also helped create and organize educational symposiums and workshops for students, parents and teachers on bullying, adolescent and pre-teen development, gender and sexuality education and family diversity. Mary is the proud parent of 2 daughters, Cece (17) and Gabie (9), who were both adopted from China, as well as partner for 22 years with Vivian Shapiro. Mary is honored to serve as co-president of FCC-NY's Board of Directors, an organization that has been an invaluable resource and network for Mary and Vivian in raising their 2 daughters.
BARRY RADICK is Co-president of FCC and Counsel to the Board. Barry re-wrote the by-laws of FCC-NY and is actively involved in organizational, policy, and legal issues. He and his wife, Sloane Elman, and their daughters Julia and Olivia (Shanggao, Jiangxi Province, Sept., 1995) live in Manhattan. Barry, who also has 2 sons, retired from the active practice of law in 1999 and currently is a partner in a business consulting firm. Among his other activities, he is the Managing Director of Children of China Pediatrics Foundation, which sponsors the trips of teams of U.S. surgeons and medical personnel to China to care for orphanage children, and is a Director of Doctors of the World-USA, Inc., the U.S. affiliate of an intl. organization that works at the intersection of health care and human rights.
MARY SELLNER, the Secretary of FCC, comes to FCCNY with nonprofit management, marketing and fundraising experience. Mary currently works as the director of development with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Prior to AALDEF, Mary was director of development for FilmAid International and executive director of the Worldwide Orphans Foundation. She started her career at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization helping nationals of developing countries attract foreign investment. She has worked for the City of New York in economic policy and marketing and also spent time in the private sector as marketing director with Standard & Poor’s. Mary has an M.B.A. in International Finance and lived in Hong Kong for two years. Her daughter, Julie Tai, is twelve years old and attends the United Nations International School in Manhattan. Julie was born in Jiangxi Province and became a family with Mary and Paul when she seven months old.
TIM STOENNER is the Treasurer of FCC and has been an active member of FCCNY since 1995 when he and his wife Kathy Urbina returned from Wuhan with their daughter Zoe. He held the position of treasurer on the initial board of directors from 1995 until 2000 and returned to the board in 2004. Tim also served on the Board of Also-Known-as, an organization formed by international adoptees. He has been involved in the work of FCC’s Charitable Initiatives Committee from the outset, and has helped to organize the database, financial structure, and the web site to continually upgrade the information and resources available to members. As a member of the Brooklyn regional group, Tim and his wife, Kathy Urbina have organized many local events and waiting family potlucks. He holds a BFA from Hampshire College and is an account executive for Coloredge Visual, a graphics firm involved in printing and displays.
AMANDA BADEN
received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Michigan
State University in 1999. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Counseling, Human Development, and Educational Leadership at
Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey where she teaches
masters students in the counseling program. In 1969 Amanda was adopted from
Hong Kong and raised in a transracially adoptive family. Her experiences
both personally and professionally have lead her to focus her research and
clinical practice on adoption triad members, transracial/international
adoption issues, racial and cultural identity, and multicultural counseling
competence. Her clinical specializations include counseling adoption triad
members, transracial adoptees, and individuals having multiracial
backgrounds. She lives in New York City and is a licensed psychologist with
a clinical practice in Manhattan. More information about Amanda is available
on her website www.transracialadoption.net.
MARJORIE BERMAN is a past President of FCC and joined the Board in the Spring of 2003. Her daughter, Sophia Robbie Ji Kosman, was born in Jiangxi Province on June 1, 1997. Marjorie has been involved with FCC since before Sophia was adopted in 1998. She has been active in providing legal information related to adoption to FCC members and a member of her local Westchester Chapter. Since 2000, Marjorie has been involved in the planning and administration of FCCNY's Culture Day, serving as a Co-Coordinator of the event in 2002 and the Coordinator in 2003. Marjorie holds a B.A. from Brown University (1983) and a J.D. from Columbia University (1989). She is a civil litigation and employment law partner in her firm Krantz & Berman LLP, located in New York City. Marjorie lives in Ardsley, New York located in Westchester County.
LILY CARDLIN joined the board in 2005. She became an adoptive parent, along with her husband Nick, in August, 2003. Her daughter Ani was born in Yi Yang, Hunan, and was adopted through Children's Hope International. Lily is first generation Chinese American, born and raised in Queens. She works full-time for Fidelity Personal Investments. She acts as Children's Hope International's Long Island contact and resource for pre-and post adoption
support. Lily also volunteers for the Make-a-Wish Foundation as a Wish Coordinator.
JUDY FIORINI has been a member of FCC since 1999. She is the mother of two daughters from China, ages 6 and 9, from Guangxi and Jiangxi provinces and is a tax attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in Manhattan. In the past she has been active in the Brooklyn and Hudson Valley chapters of FCC and has recently been hosting and coordinating events for families in the Warren and Sussex County NJ area. She lives with her husband, Steven Bogedgal and her two daughters in Blairstown, New Jersey.
TIMOTHY HELCK, married to Patricia Helck for 25 years, is father to three biological children and three girls adopted from China. Since 2000, he has been working in the software industry and currently works at the New York Times. Previously, he had worked in the horse industry for approximately 20 years. A member of FCC since 1997, Tim has been involved with the Charitable Initiatives Committee, Culture Day, Arts and Crafts at various events and the FCC Website. His other interests include Art, Music, Reading and History. Tim has expressed interest in working on updating and revamping FCC’s website.
ROSS LEWIS is an installation artist and arts educator. He received a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Oberlin College and an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College. His study of Chinese landscape painting, calligraphy and the Mandarin language in China and Taiwan over a ten year period has had a lasting influence on all of his artistic endeavors. Public art works in NYC include: "Parallel Motion", a 96-foot long mural, based on Chinese calligraphy and dance, PS/IS 89, Battery Park City and "Roto-Sphere", a 22 foot kinetic steel sculpture, New York Hall of Science. He has lectured and conducted workshops on Chinese calligraphy and landscape painting at such cultural institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, China Institute, and public and private schools in the tri-state area. An FCC board member since 2002, he and his partner, Peter Herbert, are the proud parents of Anwen (born 1998), from Chuzhou, Anhui, China and Lilah(born 2001), from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
GARY MATLES joined the board of FCCNY in 2010 with a particular interest in promoting the organization’s charitable initiatives. Gary, and his wife Eve Cohen, are the proud parents of 5 year old Micaela who was adopted from Jiangxi Province in 2006; the family resides in South Orange, NJ. Gary holds an MBA in Marketing from Baruch College as well as a Professional Certificate in Fundraising and Development from NYU. Gary currently works as an independent consultant specializing in the development of business conferences, meetings, special events, and fund raising initiatives.
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