Leadership Categories: Trustees

Laurel Dugan

Laurel Rom Dugan is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received a dual masters from NYU Steinhardt for childhood and special education. She taught at PS 183 on the upper east side for several years and at a school in Boca, Florida. Laurel is currently a full time mom and volunteer. She lives in Tribeca with her husband, Josh and their children Jude and Rosie.

Shayna Glaser**

Shayna Glaser was born in Toronto and studied English and Marketing at York University. She moved to New York City in 2012 and for the past decade has worked in all aspects of the real estate industry. Her career began at a boutique Upper East Side firm where she focused on residential sales and investments. From there, Shayna began working on the corporate side of the business at Realogy, where she covered title insurance sales for all of the Manhattan Corcoran, and Citi Habitats offices. She then went on to join the team at Royal Abstract, the City’s leading commercial real estate title company, where she led their Residential Division in marketing and sales. After becoming a mom, Shayna found her calling back in residential sales at Compass. Shayna moved to Tribeca in 2016 with her husband Dan and has two daughters, Zoe and Olivia. Her daughter, Zoe, started in the Apple Room in 2021-2022 and Shayna was on the benefit committee that same year and was class parent 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. This year she co chaired the events committee and benefit committee.

Manda Greenblatt**

Manda moved from London with her young family to Tribeca, NYC in the summer of 2019. Manda holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology & Counselling. Before becoming a mother, Manda worked with children with Special Needs in both educational and recreational settings and counseled young people who were experiencing social and emotional challenges. Latterly Manda was a full time Yoga Teacher.

Nikki Hertzberg

Nikki Hertzberg is a graduate of the University of Virginia and spent her career working in Development and Fundraising at non-profit organizations including the 92nd Street Y and Facing History and Ourselves. Nikki is now a full time mother and volunteer living in Chinatown with her husband, Jim, and two children, Ari and Theo.

Sandy Lavipour***

Sandy is currently the Chief of Staff and Head of Strategy at Betterment, a leading technology-driven financial services company. Prior to Betterment, Sandy spent nearly 15 years at Paramount Global (formerly Viacom) in a variety of roles, including serving as the SVP of Strategy for Nickelodeon. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, she now lives in Tribeca with her husband and two sons.

Erica Marks

Erica Marks is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, holding a BS in Consumer Journalism. She has held various communication roles, including public relations, television media buying, ad sales marketing and events, and television marketing, and was even a personal shopper! Additionally, Erica graduated from the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) Culinary Arts and Business Management programs.

 

With over 10 years at JCP, she has served on the board for three years and participated on numerous committees, including multiple terms as JCP Benefit Chair. Erica runs Freshly Baked by Erica, a made-to-order baking business. She and her husband, Brian, have lived in Tribeca for over 13 years with their two children, Lila and Jordan, and Cavapoo, Cooper.

Sasha Martinez

Sasha Martinez graduated from Skidmore College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a minor in Art History. She started her career in fashion working for luxury brands, Louis Vuitton and Prada and went on to fashion strategy at IMG Fashion running strategic partnerships for global fashion weeks. Sasha now resides in Tribeca with her husband, Andrew and 4 children.

Shira Oberlander

Shira Oberlander (LMSW) is a Psychotherapist with a keen interest in complex and developmental trauma, utilizing both psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches to healing. She works at the Fifth Avenue Counseling Center, a mental health clinic which has been providing care to New Yorkers for over 50 years.

Formerly, Shira was a Social Impact leader with 15+ years of experience building and managing philanthropy, employee engagement, cause and sustainability programs. Shira served as Vice President of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs and Head of Community TeamWorks, the firm’s signature global volunteering initiative. In this capacity, she led international employee community engagement, overseeing 1,800 service projects with more than 900 nonprofits each year. Previously, Shira was Vice President of Social Impact at 21st Century Fox, where her team developed and launched programs, partnerships, and multi-platform campaigns to drive positive change while delivering business value. Early in her career, Shira was a Human Resources Consultant at Fidelity Investments, working in program implementation, change management, and organizational development.

Shira holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of Wisconsin, a Masters in Social Work from NYU, and lives in downtown New York City with her family.