Our Board
Board of Directors
Ben Lerer
Board Chair
Co-Founder & CEO, Group Nine Media
Nicholas R. Williams
Board Secretary
Partner, Clifford Chance
Eric Gioia
Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase
Karthik Krishnan
Treasurer
Global CEO, Britannica Group (Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica Digital Learning, Britannica Knowledge Systems, Merriam-Webster, and Melingo)
Bonnie Bergstein
Vice President for Outreach, JDRF
Elysabeth Kleinhans
Artistic Director, 59E59 Theaters
Suraj Patel
President, Sun Group Companies
Greg Schiefelbein
New York Tri-State Director, Citi Community Development
Jeremy Selman
Chairman Emeritus
Development Director, Sydell Group, Ltd.
Eric Sobotka
Partner, Durational Capital Partners
Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor
Co-Founder & CEO, Urban Upbound
Brad Tully
Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase
Eric Weiss
Strategy Consultant, Accenture
Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union Board of Directors
Bishop Mitchell G. Taylor
Joyce Flannagan
Paul Salas
Lorraine Moore
Chhanda Sutton
Barbara King
Pastor Ron Hamlin
Urban Upbound Federal Credit Union Cooperative Advisory Board
Chhanda Sutton
Barbara King
Traci Stevens
Ben Lerer
Urban Upbound Board President
Ben Lerer is the Co-founder & CEO of Thrillist Media Group and the Managing Director of Lerer Ventures, one of New York’s most active angel funds. He was among Ernst & Young’s 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners, Vanity Fair’s “Next Establishments,” Crain’s “40 under 40,” Forbes list of “Most Powerful CEOs Under 40,” AdWeek’s “Young Influentials,” and Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Top 5 Entrepreneurs of the Year.” Lerer is an active mentor for NYC Venture Fellows, TechStars and E[nstitute].