About Sanctuary for Families: mission statement

WHO WE ARE

SENIOR STAFF

Laurel W. Eisner, JD, MSW

Executive Director

Dorchen A. Leidholdt, Esq.

Director, Center for Battered Women’s

Legal Services

Jill Fernandez

Director of Human Resources

Linda Lopez, Esq.

Deputy Director, Center for Battered

Women’s Legal Services

Shelly B. Rose, CSW

Director of Operations and Transitional Shelter

Tatyana Kopyt

Controller

Catherine Shugrue dos Santos, MSW

Assistant Clinical Director

Lisa Mueller

Director of Development & Communication

Beth Silverman-Yam, DSW, LCSW

Clinical Director

Ted McCourtney

Family Services Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Loretta McCarthy President
Michael A. Green, Esq. Susan Puder, Esq. Vice Presidents
Lynn F. Beller, Esq. Secretary
Theresa Ann Havell Treasurer

Tara Acharya, PhD, MPH	Camilla Jenkins
Nicole Shepard Andrews	Anita Kawatra
Astrid R. Baumgardner, Esq.	Toby Koren, RN
Melissa Berger	Stephen M. Kotran, Esq.
Jane G. Blumenfeld	Holly Lipton
Kerry Carr	Denis J. McInerney, Esq.
Belle Burden Davis, Esq.	Courtney Wilson Monahan, Esq.
Mary Fielding Edlow, PhD	Judith D. Moran, Esq.
Diane Bennett Eidman	Barry R. Ostrager, Esq.
Deborah L. Evangelakos	Alice Peterson
Jodie Freeman	Gregory P. Pressman. Esq.
William F. Gorin, Esq.	Donna Bonem Rich, CFRE
Marilyn Duffy Grande	Barbara Stimmel, PhD
Carole Hochman

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL

Stephanie Schwartz Ferdman, Esq. Chair

Claire G. Behar	John R. Horan, Esq.
Hadassah Brooks Morgan, MD	Jeanne M. Luboja, Esq.
James E. Brumm, Esq.	Mary Ann Mailman
Gilman S. Burke, Esq.	Leslie Perkins
Sarah C. Burke (1936-2006)	Karenna Gore Schiff, Esq.
Nina Kressner Cobb, PhD	Susan Sokol
Susan Heath	David T. Washburn
Rita A. Hernandez, Esq.	Audrey Y. Zucker
Dane E. Holmes

IN MEMORIAM

Sarah C. Burke (1936-2006)

On December 9, 2006, Sanctuary for Families lost a dear friend. Sarah Burke was a founding board member of Sanctuary and its second Board Chair and worked tirelessly up until her death for the agency – and the clients – she loved. Under her visionary leadership, Sanctuary became a model agency serving the multiple needs of domestic violence victims and a leading voice advocating for the rights of domestic violence victims and their children everywhere.

In 1992, in recognition of her years of dedication to Sanctuary for Families, the Board of Directors named Sanctuary’s large transitional shelter in the Bronx after her. Sarah Burke House, which houses up to 56 families each night in fully equipped and safe apartments, has set the standard for shelters serving domestic violence victims, just as Sarah Burke herself set the standard for dedication to the cause of domestic violence and to the clients she loved. She will be sorely missed.