In addition to Artistic Director Melody Brooks (Secretary), and Catharine Guiher (Treasurer) the following comprise our current Board:

CRYSTAL FIELDS-SAM, Director of Corporate Engagement, YEAR UP.

STEPHEN FOREHT (CHAIR) of Foreht Last Landau & Katz LLP.

DALE JOSEPH has over seventeen years of experience within the not-for-profit sector in various planning, management and consulting capacities. Dale is currently on the Council Partnerships consulting team at Girls Scouts of the USA, where she provides organizational development services to Girl Scouts affiliates throughout the country. Previously, Dale was Managing Director, Community Investment at United Way of New York City. She has led and managed public/private Mayoral partnerships between the City of New York and the non-profit sector for the Agenda for Children Tomorrow and as a Senior Consultant for Dudley Hamilton Associates, she successfully designed and managed organizational change and capacity building programs for local and national not-for-profit and philanthropic organizations.

Dale brings to NPT, skills in strategic planning, organizational development, culture assessment and collaboration building, as well as a passion for helping organizations develop and thrive. She is committed to serving the not-for-profit sector and has been an active volunteer with a number of New York City-based community-based organizations. Dale is a former New Perspectives Theatre Board Chair.

Dale received her Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and her B.A. in Sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She also holds a certification in Human Resources Management from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

MICHELE PANZERI is young professional approaching the non for profit world for the first time. He has been working in the past few years in the finance industry and he is currently affiliated with one of the biggest US banks. Michele is originally from Italy and moved to New York in 2006 after graduating from Tennessee Technological University where he obtained a bachelor degree in Finance. He was also granted a sport scholarship for four years to play tennis and represent the school in numerous tournaments and matches. He was in fact a highly decorated college tennis player and participated in NCAA championships in a various occasions. Michele represents a good fit for the organization, bringing together enthusiasm, skills and a genuine interest for the art and theatre performance.

ELLEN RICHARD became Executive Director of Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre in 2006. In 2005, Ms. Richard concluded her tenure with the Roundabout Theatre Company. The Roundabout that Ms. Richard joined in 1983 was a small non-profit theatre company in bankruptcy. At the time of her departure as Managing Director, the Roundabout had become one of the country's largest and most successful theatre companies of its kind with net assets in excess of $67 million. Ms. Richard was the Director of Design and Construction for the American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54, and the Steinberg Center for the Arts. Prior to the Roundabout, Ms. Richard was the Theatre Manager for the Hartman Theatre Company, Business Manager for the Westport Country Playhouse and Business Manager for Atlas Scenic Studios, a union scenic studio. Ms. Richard began her career in production working as a stagehand, sound designer and scenic artist assistant. She is the recipient of six Tony Awards as producer.

WILLIAM A. THOMAS, III is the President of August Williams, LLC. A seasoned web programmer, William has more than 13 years of experience building web sites and web applications as an employee of government contractors and private internet consulting firms. In the mid-90's, while pursuing a B.S. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, he co-founded Pages Ink, Inc., an internet consulting firm that was instrumental in assisting local, minority-owned businesses understand the power of the internet. One of the firm's greatest achievements was successfully launching a web site for the oldest African-American newspaper in the country, The Philadelphia Tribune.

In the late '90's William took his entrepreneurial experience and collegiate education to corporate America. Working for a government contractor in the Washington, D.C. area, he held a Top Secret security clearance and worked on several groundbreaking projects, including creating a database to store Y2K conversion data for a high-profile system. After moving to New York, William worked as a senior web developer for Proxicom, Inc. creating cross-browser, cross-platform, dynamic web sites using platforms such as BroadVision and ATG Dynamo. While at Proxicom, he worked on projects for clients such as GE, Topps & Cole Haan, as well as several internal prototype mobile and voice-activated web sites.

Most recently William served as the Vice President of Digital Media with Visual Concepts, a video production and web development firm based in Windsor, CT. As a VP, William consulted many clients on web-related issues such as e-mail marketing and social media best practices, in addition to preparing web site analysis and search engine optimization reports. He also managed the multi-talented multimedia department of graphic designers, Flash programmers and front-end/back-end web programmers who won awards for their work on the Spalding, Peter Pan Bus and FRAM/Prestone/Autolite corporate web sites.

New Perspectives is actively seeking additional Board members who are committed to the arts and public service.  Particular areas of expertise needed include: Public Relations and Marketing and Finance/Fundraising.  If you are interested in being considered as a Board candidate, please send an introductory letter outlining your interest and qualifications to the attention of Catharine Guiher, c/o NPT 456 West 37th Street, Ground Floor, NYC, NY  10018, or via email at contact@nptnyc.org.