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Staff

• Katherine Snider

• Executive Director

  Bio

  Katherine joined Baby Buggy as the Deputy Director in 2008 and assumed the role of ED in Feb of 2009, upon the departure of Claudia Fleming (who is now on the Board of Directors). Katherine came to Baby Buggy from the Rockefeller Foundation where she served as an Associate Director, working on portfolios such as the Opportunity NYC program, Climate Change Resilience, a Green Revolution in Africa and the Jane Jacobs Medal.

  Prior to that, Katherine served as the VP of Public Affairs for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum for almost nine years, helping to grow the Museum’s attendance by 100% and raising over $10 Million for the institution. Katherine has her BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia; she is the mother of two boys.

• Laurel Parker West

• Program Director

  Bio

  Laurel was most recently the Executive Director of the Women’s Fund of Long Island, where she helped to identify and raise funds for programs that demonstrated an impact on the lives of girls and women. Before that, she was the Executive Director of the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, where she focused on the long-term economic security of women and their families. Laurel has also held several research positions including Manager of the Center for Justice Research at the University of Wyoming, Strategic Research Coordinator for a statewide health policy initiative at the University of Wyoming and has conducted numerous studies on child care policy, community development, and welfare reform at Emory University.

  Laurel received her Ph.D. and M.A. from Emory University and her B.A. from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. She was selected as a “Woman of Distinction” by the New York State Senate in 2009 and featured as a “40 under 40 Leader” by the Long Island Business News in 2010. She lives in Queens with her husband, a Professor of English at Adelphi University, and their two daughters.

• Stella Domenech

• Development Assistant

• Jeanne Martin

• Volunteer Program Manager

  Bio

  Jeanne Martin first joined Baby Buggy as the Volunteer Program Assistant in April 2011 and became Baby Buggy’s Volunteer Program Manager in June 2012. She helps coordinate and facilitate the groups and individuals who devote their time volunteering with Baby Buggy. Prior to moving to NYC, Jeanne graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Following college graduation, Jeanne spent the greater part of 2010, traveling, working, and volunteering in Southeast Asia before moving to the city to further explore her passions and engage in community outreach programs.

• Rick Justiniano

• Office and Warehouse Manager

• Lisa Kussell

• Director, Strategic Partnerships & Marketing

  Bio

  Lisa Kussell, Baby Buggy’s Director of Strategic Partnerships & Marketing, is responsible for creating and executing collaborations to raise money and awareness for Baby Buggy. She then managing all aspects of the program’s promotion. In addition, Lisa handles corporate sponsorship for all Baby Buggy events. Recent partnerships include the Havaianas for Baby Buggy “Mommy & Me” flip flop line designed by Courteney Cox, Nina Garcia, Rebecca Romijn and Tori Spelling, a collection of birth announcements and thank you cards from Tiny Prints designed by Ali Larter, Catt Sadler, Georgina Chapman and Miranda Kerr, KIND’s “Do The Kind Thing” initiative and Microsoft’s family-friendly game day for Baby Buggy supporters.
  
  Lisa joined Baby Buggy in July, 2010. Prior to coming in-house, Lisa handled Baby Buggy’s PR and corporate outreach for three years at BWR Public Relations. Born & raised in Boston, Lisa graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After beginning her career in the feature film publicity department at Twentieth Century Fox in Los Angeles, she relocated to New York to handle personal publicity at ID PR. After nearly three years, Lisa moved over to BWR where she represented actors, authors, non-profit organizations, events, TV shows, personalities and brands for nearly eight years.

• Belinda Loomis

• Program Coordinator

• Justin Murray

• Statistics and Corporate Donation Manager

  Bio

  Justin Murray is the Statistics and Corporate Donation Manager at Baby Buggy. He tracks the statistics on all of Baby Buggy’s incoming and outgoing donations, compiles data from our recipient sites, and liaises with BB’s corporate donors. Growing up in Iowa City, Iowa, Justin attended the University of Iowa and received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. In 2003, he moved to New York City where he started working towards his Masters degree in Psychology at New York University, graduating in 2006. He has been working at Baby Buggy ever since. When not working at Baby Buggy, Justin is a mond-blowingly talented stand-up comedian.

• Aubree Oakes

• Events Manager

  Bio

  Aubree recently joined Baby Buggy as the Events Manager after working closely with them for a year and a half as their publicist at Sunshine Sachs. At Sunshine Sachs, Aubree focused primarily on press outreach for Baby Buggy and Microsoft, along with managing press for various nonprofit events. Aubree began her career working at an international trade show company, Messe Frankfurt, where she helped organize trade events worldwide. Following her experience with the organization, she moved over to become an associate at Montieth & Co., where she focused on financial and crisis communications with clients such as American Cancer Society and Art Capital Group. Aubree is a graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in International Business and German.

• Erin Berger

• Director of Corporate Product Outreach

• Emily Green

• Program Assistant

• Elizabeth Smith

• Assistant Volunteer Program Manager

  Bio

  Elizabeth Smith joined Baby Buggy in 2007 as a Gift in Kind Assistant, she later went on to become a Program Assistant, and is currently Baby Buggy’s Assistant Volunteer Program Manager. Elizabeth graduated from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2004 with a BA in Theatre Arts and Communications. Upon graduating she joined the Actor’s Equity Association, but her passion for social justice led her into NYC’s non-profit world. Prior to coming to Baby Buggy she worked as the Assistant Program Director at the Bowery Mission Women’s Center, and also spent a year doing HIV testing and counseling in Chicago’s inner city.

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