Board Members
Board of Trustees
Ralph Singh, Chair and CEO
Robert J. Serafini, First Vice President, Operations and Strategic Planning
Jeffery Shaw, Second Vice President, Marketing
Joginder Kaur Rakieten, Secretary-Treasurer, spiritual counselor
David A. Holstein, JD; Green and Seifter, Counsel
Mary Ann Winters, CPA; Sirchia and Cuomo, Accountant
Advisory Council:
Jean Armour Polly – Children’s web specialist and librarian
Dr. Saundra Barnett Reyes, M.D. – Leading psychiatrist and community leader
Rev. Robin Blair – Common Good Radio – United Methodist Pastor
Dr. Christopher Dunford, CEO Freedom from Hunger Foundation
Dr. Diana Eck – Director, Harvard Pluralism Project
Kitty Ferguson – Science Author, Professional Musician
Rev. Robert Hanson – Lutheran Pastor; Buddhist Practitioner; Community organizer
Dr. Suzanne Gilmour – Chair, Department of Educational , LeMoyne College
Dr. Joseph Julian, J.D., Ph.D.– Chairman, Maxwell School, Joint Eastern Europe Center for Democratic Education and Governance
Dr. Frank Kaufmann – Founder and President, Filial Projects
Rabbi Irwin Kula – President, Clal – National Jewish Center for Leadership and Learning
Dr. Nina Meyerhof – Founder and CEO, Children of the Earth
Iya Aimebel Olatunji – African American Community Matriarch, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Francis Parks, Adjunct Professor, Storytelling, Syracuse University; Founder, Sojourner Storyteller Festival
Lawrence Polly – IT consultant, Syracuse, N.Y.
Rev. Nelson Price – Former President and CEO of the Odyssey Television Channel
Rev. William Redfield – Chair, Rel. Leaders Roundtable, Interfaith Works; Episcopal Priest
Dr. Virginia Satterfield – Private School Educator
Diane Schenandoah, (Noted) Native American artist and Wolf Clan Faith Keeper
Thomas W. Schneider – President and CEO, Pathfinder Bank; community leader – Oswego, N.Y.
Dr. Scott Shablak – the RED Group, Director, office of Professional Research and Development, Syracuse University
Jay S. Sidhu – Former Chairman and CEO, Sovereign BankCorp – Chair and CEO Customers Bank
Rev. Dr. Harvey Sindima – Distinguished, Prof. of Religion, Colgate University
Dr. Kirpal Singh, noted psychiatrist and philanthropist
Dr. Naresh Singh – Fmr. Exec. Director, UNDP High Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, currently Director General, Canadian Partnership Branch, CIDA
Dr. David Streight – Exec. Director, Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
Thomas Thorkelson – Business Leader – Former LDS Bishop; Interfaith leader




