Our Board of Directors
The America SCORES New York Board of Directors is a group of caring business and community leaders who are committed to seeing soccer, poetry and civic engagement inspire excellence among New York City youth, their schools and their families. Members are advocates for the organization and play an integral role in ASNY’s development and program efforts.
Adam Freeman
Cohesive Capital ASNY Board Chair
Adam is a Partner at Cohesive Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm, where he is responsible for the evaluation, execution, and ongoing monitoring of a portfolio of investments in a variety of industries. Prior to joining Cohesive, Adam worked at Madison Dearborn Partners in Chicago and began his career at UBS Investment Bank in the Global Industrials Group. Adam graduated from Bucknell University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Economics and received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Adam has been an avid fan and recreational player of soccer since he was young, and he previously served on the Board of Directors of America SCORES Chicago prior to moving back to New York.
Dan Cary
Macquarie
Dan is a Vice President at Macquarie Capital’s Green Investment Group, where he focuses on principal investments in the renewable energy space in the Americas. Dan has been with Macquarie Capital across both the London and New York offices, and been part of a number of large-scale acquisitions of Macquarie portfolio companies, and sits on the Board managing two of these currently. Prior to relocating to New York in 2015 Dan lived in the UK, where he earned a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Durham; he is a Fulham supporter and is the proud reigning wooden spoon holder of the America SCORES Winter Cup 2019.
Adam Hankiss
King & Spalding
Adam is a counsel in our Corporate Finance and Investments practice. Adam regularly represents private equity funds, private and public corporate clients, pension plans, family offices and investment banking firms in U.S. and cross-border M&A, private equity, joint venture, venture capital and other complex corporate transactions. He has significant experience in a variety of sectors, with a focus on the energy, infrastructure and natural resources, and the telecommunications, media and technology sectors.
Brian Wieber
Cadiz Capital
Audit Committee Chair
Brian is an experienced non-executive outside Board Director, Qualified Financial Expert, Chief Audit Executive (CAE), Operating Partner, and Senior Advisor with over 35 years of commercial experience leading financial, operational, and information technology risk management. He served in these capacities for some of the largest multi-national and U.S. companies including KKR, Lazard, Morgan Stanley, D&T, and Grant Thornton, encompassing all ownership structures, from public, private, private equity, and nonprofits, as well as start-ups. Brian currently supports Cadiz Capital as an Operating Partner and serves as a Non-Executive Board member across multiple enterprises in the fintech, healthcare, and investment industries.
Valcone Barrett, Jr.
City Year New York
Val is a Community School Director for City Year New York at PS 154. He is also the Owner & Founder of Top of the League Sports Training, Inc. Drawing from a diverse background, that blends his Master’s Degree in Sports Administration and his BA in Business Management, Val brings a unique blend of skills and experiences to the table. A graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), he not only excelled academically, but athletically as well. He played 4 years of Division I soccer, notably winning the Northeast Conference Championship in 2008. He had a brief professional playing stint in England. This experience instilled values of teamwork, discipline, and perseverance into his professional endeavors. These values have led to Val being a huge pillar in his current community (South Bronx, NY) where he provides resources in various ways. Val provides afterschool programming for 100+ students, dental/vision services, mental health services, food/clothing pantry, family workshops, and creates attendance initiatives, just to name a few. Val excels in budget management, project management, and grant writing (secured $1.5M in grants in 2023/24 for PS 154). He picked up these financial skills while working at Chelsea Piers Connecticut for 5 years as a Payroll Manager & Controller. ASNY is a perfect fit for Val because he has 1st hand knowledge of how schools operate daily, but also understands why/how the game of soccer can change a student’s trajectory in life, as he is a living testament to it! Val has worked in the education industry for a total of 12 years and has really honed in on civic engagement the past 7 years.
Favorite Team: Tottenham Hotspur
Favorite Quote: “A closed mouth doesn’t get fed”
Mike Madarasz
Digiday
Mike is Chief Marketing Officer at Digiday Media. He grew up in Smithtown and currently lives on the Upper East Side. "As a former student-athlete, I realize the important lessons that balancing athletics and academics can teach. Teamwork, hard work, leadership. In only a short time with ASNY, I've seen those characteristics come out in spades in the kids and it's amazing."
A favorite soccer memory: "In a playoff game at SUNY Geneseo, my teammate scored a golden goal in overtime. I just remember running on a dead sprint from my own goal to the other side of field. I couldn't get to the celebration fast enough."
Sachin Jadhav
Barclays
Sachin Jadhav is the Head of Servicing Product Technology at Barclays US, responsible for leading the design, build and roll-out of new digital servicing products and features for Barclays Credit Card business. Prior to Barclays, he led product development and product management at American Express for Commercial and Merchant Payments. Sachin is a strategic and thought leader in building solutions for customer and business problems leveraging technologies and people. He holds a M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing fromInstitute of Management Technology, India and B.S. in Commerce from Mumbai University, India. Sachin resides in Chatham, NJ with his wife and two sons. He is passionate about sports and loves traveling with family and friends.
Nicole Murakami
Frontier Communications
ASNY Board Vice Chair
Nicole is a Senior Manager on the integrated marketing team at Samsung. She focuses on consumer marketing for home electronics, specifically responsible for home audio and memory lines of business. Nicole graduated from Colby College in Maine with a double major in Philosophy and English. At Colby, she learned the beauty and power of poetry, which led her to America SCORES. Nicole has been involved with America SCORES New York since 2015, when she led the establishment of the ASNY Junior Board.
Liz Desio
Fiverr
ASNY Board Secretary
Liz grew up in Alexandria, VA and has been a proud Brooklyn resident since 2015.
"I have been a member of the Junior Board for two years, and a poetry coach for one! I love America SCORES New York because it allows me to combine my two favorite things -- performance poetry, and working with kids."
A favorite line from a favorite poem: “What my country / does for me is enter / me like a room, becomes the furniture,/ the wall, the painting on the wall, / the white spot where painting used to sing” (Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night by Morgan Parker)
Adrienne Reininga
PS 241
Development Committee Chair
Prior to becoming the Assistant Principal at PS 241 in Harlem, Adrienne was a 3rd grade math teacher at PS 325 in West Harlem from 2007 to 2016. After starting there as a Teach For America corps member, she taught grades 1-4 and served as an Instructional Coach for teachers in grades K-2. Adrienne has a Masters in Childhood Special and General Education from Bank Street College of Education, as well as an accelerated Masters in Educational Leadership from Fordham University, earning her School Building Leader license. Adrienne has been involved in America SCORES New York since 2009 as a Board Member, Educational Liaison and soccer coach (Go Grasskickers!!).
Julian Daniels
KraneShares
Julian is a Managing Director at KraneShares. He is a member of the Alumni Council at Portledge School, a college preparatory school in New York. Julian attended Northeastern University where he was a member of the Men’s Varsity Soccer team and graduated with a BA in History and Political Science. Although he has played soccer his whole life, he now spends most of his time at the field coaching his children. Julian lives on Long Island with his wife and three daughters.
Pamela Price
Former principal of PSMS 161
As the daughter of an immigrant mother, Pamela Price was instilled from an early age on the value, the joy and the necessity of a rigorous education, a curious mind, and a solid foundation of empathy and support for those navigating the waters of growth in America. For 35 years, after graduating with a Masters of Science in Education from CCNY, she has guided and developed the path of one of Harlem’s Finest K-8 schools. Rising from the ranks of the teacher to Assistant Principal and for 8 years as Principal, she was the foundation for creating an academic treasure amidst the people of the Harlem community. It is her experience as a first-generation-born American that makes her believe the best way for society to prepare all their citizens for life is a thorough public education. “A great society that wants to have a legacy that leaves a profound imprint on the arts, medicine, science, academia, must strive to educate all of its citizens.” After close to four decades as an educator and an administrator, Pamela Price has been driven both personally and professionally to answer the question, “What does high quality, academically rigorous education look like, feel like, and sound like in classrooms, irrespective of class, ethnicity, or zip code?” Even though Ms. Price has retired her work on behalf of children in under-resourced communities continues. She strives to make a good education an expectation for these communities not a wish for in the future.
Christa Stephens
Sotheby’s
Governance Committee Chair
Christa works in Client Services at Sotheby’s. In addition to other roles in the art world at the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christa worked in broadcast media at CNN, NBC, and WNYC. Christa received her master’s degree from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University and holds a BA in Spanish and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and son and is a soccer mom who can be found on weekends cheering on her son’s travel team. She is also the founder and owner of a nut-free cookie company, Happily Nut-Free.
Delia McGee
SOL Group
Delia McGee is a Senior Consultant for media companies at SOL Group. Prior to joining SOL, Delia spent a few years at NBC Universal, first as a Senior Business Analyst at Peacock and then as a Business Technology Manager for NBCU's Operations & Technology team. Delia spent her early career at HBO in technical and tactical project management, working in Media & Technology Operations. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.S. degree in Engineering Science and from the Emma Bowen Foundation Fellowship. She is passionate about helping students of diverse backgrounds, and mentoring within her community. She volunteers for various organizations, sits on 3 non-profit boards, and is a soccer coach as well as an active soccer player.
Phil Hayes
Square One Risk
Phillip is a seasoned corporate governance, risk management, and compliance executive. He is the founder and Managing Director of Square One Risk, a Dallas-based risk management advisory firm. Prior to Square One, Phillip served as Chief Audit Executive for Vanguard (the world’s 2nd largest asset manager with ~$7T in managed assets) and held executive risk management positions with Comcast Corporation. He began his career as a consultant with PwC, Protiviti, and Arthur Andersen. Phillip is passionate about being of service to the greatest number of people and actively supports causes creating equitable opportunity for under-served communities in the areas of organizational leadership, affordable housing, and access to quality education.