Jodi Carey
Director of Wellness Programs
A world-renowned yoga instructor and somatic healing practitioner working at the intersection of elite performance and trauma-informed care. She trains professional athletes and has delivered trauma-informed programming for Camp Lejeune veterans, and her conviction that these tools can change a child's trajectory shapes the Foundation's wellness programming.
Carmen Mercadante
Director of Sports & Recreation
Carmen Mercadante brings more than 30 years in wrestling and a 2000 US Olympic Trials qualification to the Foundation's athletics program. He has coached state champions and High School All-Americans and placed athletes into Division I, II, and III programs, from Penn State and Cornell to Ohio State. He is the founder of Alpha Dawgz Wrestling Club and will lead Mountain Forge sports & recreation programming.
Mark Low has spent more than 40 years in employee benefits and financial planning, including Vice President of Health and Welfare Plans at Omnicom Group and Director of Employee Benefits at Time Warner. A Columbia MBA who began his career in audit and tax at Ernst & Young, he serves as the Foundation's Treasurer, bringing the financial oversight and fiscal discipline that long-term institutions are built on.
Galia Galansky
Director of Operations & Equity
Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources at the City University of New York, with a career in operations, employee relations, and equity across some of the city's largest public institutions. She gives the Foundation the operational backbone and equity lens that keep good intentions accountable.
Gina Carey
Director of Community Engagement
A Senior Court Analyst with the New York State Unified Court System, Gina spends her days helping the public navigate a system that was not built with them in mind. She opens doors and acts as a liaison, and she brings that same role to the Foundation: meeting families where they are and connecting them to what they need.
Jade Diaz
Director of Community & Education
A school principal in the Bronx, leading a campus in one of the highest-performing charter networks serving low-income families in New York City. She brings a working educator's view of what whole-child support looks like once it reaches a real school.
Kara Adamik
Director of Whole Child Programs
A special education teacher in the New York City public schools, working daily with the children whose needs are easiest for systems to overlook. She knows what it takes to meet a child where they are, and what becomes possible when the adults around them are equipped to help.
Marc Brisebois
Director of Facilities, Mountain Rise
Leads facilities and event logistics for the Foundation, turning programs on paper into rooms with the lights on and families through the door. He runs the ground operations behind Mountain Rise, from venues and equipment to the day-of details that decide whether an event works.
