Our Leadership & Staff
The Chick Mission creates real-time impact and inspires systemic change with the help of many passionate peeps behind the mission. Get to know our flock!
Executive Board
Get to know our Executive Board!
- Emily Fritz, LibreMax Capital
- Laurie Katz, Grayscale
- Dr. Jaime Knopman, CCRM Fertility New York
- Samantha Levenstein, Beach Point Capital Management
- Jamie Parrot, The Chick Mission
- Dana Petitto, Brookfield Asset Management
- Jane Rice, The Chick Mission*
- Amy Schneidkraut Kessler, Centerbridge Partners
- Dr. Rohini Singh, Merck & Co
- Lindsey VanEgmond, Investor
- Tracy Weiss, The Chick Mission*
- Naomi Wender Leslie, Goldman Sachs
(*) Board Emerita
Staff
- Amanda Rice, Founder & CEO | amanda@thechickmission.org
- Tracy Weiss, Chief Communications Officer | tracy@thechickmission.org
- Jackie Alm, Director of Individual Giving | jackie.alm@thechickmission.org
- Vanesalyn Davis, Hope Grant Program Coordinator | v.davis@thechickmission.org
- Camryn More, Advocacy & Education Program Associate | camryn.more@thechickmission.org
- Emma Rohrbacher, Executive Assistant | emma.rohrbacher@thechickmission.org
- Izzi Wayner, Director of Development | izzi.wayner@thechickmission.org
- Mary Lynn Wentway, Director of Operations | marylynn.wentway@thechickmission.org
- Jodie Winters, Hope Grant Program Manager | jodie.winters@thechickmission.org
Medical Advisory Board
Get to know our Medical Advisory Board!
- Dr. Asima Ahmad, Carrot Fertility
- Meryl Arenstein, RMA of New Jersey (Retired)
- Dr. Janet Bruno-Gaston, Shady Grove Fertility Houston
- Dr. Janet Choi, Progyny
- Lily Leibner, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Dr. Callum Potts, CCRM Fertility Miami
- Dr. Lucky Sekhon, RMA of New York
- Rosemary Semler, NYU Langone
- Jennifer Straub, CCRM Fertility Houston
- Dr. Stephanie Thompson, CCRM Fertility IRMS
- Virginia Wettlaufer, Survivor & Advocate
Peeps Committee
- Elaine Asher, Eve Wealth
- Katie Asher, Barrow Neurological Institute
- Remy Auger, Chick Champion
- Ryan Beauregard, 400 Capital Management
- Carsyn Belanger, Brown Advisory
- Samantha Berlin, DoorDash
- Katherine Brewster, BC Partners Credit
- Liberty Buttenwieser, Cocoon
- Jessica Carps, Skyline Construction Enterprises
- Abby Castaldi, Amis Patel & Brewer LLP
- Julia Dworkin, Jefferies
- Alisia Escobar, Wharton School of Business
- Nneka Etoniru, Avenue Z
- Jessica Gavarkovs, ITE
- Emma Giancarlo, AOA Dx
- Rebecca Gigliotti, Real Estate Attorney
- Sophia Guinchard, Serhant
- Kate Hartmann, BNY
- Claudia Hatef, SUNY Downstate
- Emily Hazel, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Lexi Henkel, Maverick Ventures
- Emily Hiles, BBR Partners
- Darcy Horn, 154 Partners
- Kylie Jordan, Halo
- Roshni Kamta, TOGETHXR
- Cameron Klein, Oliver Wyman
- Melissa Knight, Chick Champion
- Julia Lamorelle, Malk Partners
- Katrina Lawson, Chick Champion
- Meghan Leddy, Cinven
- Emily Leder, SPMB
- Jenni Leong, DFJ Growth
- Gabrielle Lewis, Morgan Stanley
- Hilary Lowitz, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Maria Liberopoulos, Alston & Bird
- Jennifer Mann, Jennifer Mann Therapy
- Lauren Marsala, Freelance Publicist
- Liana Maza, Columbia University Fertility Center
- Andrea Mazzocchi, Play Health
- Courtney Mehrotra, Stellex Capital Management
- Sarah Mellor, Brookfield Asset Management
- Isabella Orus, Mastercard
- Aarya Patel, Warburg Pincus
- Ali Pruzan, Carnegie Hill OBGYN
- Shelley Rosensweig, Haynes Boone
- Lauren Sachs, Chick Champion
- Jaci Schoeder, Pinnacle Partners
- Ruby Sklar, Morgan Stanley
- Isabelle Stone, Warburg Pincus
- Katie Sudduth, Chick Champion
- Julia Thaler, RMA of NY
- Ava Thomas, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Investments Office
- Liz Timmons, J. Wood Capital Advisors
- Beini Yin, Columbia Business School
- Alison Zerbib, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Reach out to Jackie Alm, Director of Individual Giving at jackie.alm@thechickmission.org to learn more about our Peeps Committee and other ways to get involved. Contact Izzi Wayner, Director of Development at izzi.wayner@thechickmission.org to learn more about Board leadership roles and employment opportunities. We’re always eager to connect with other passionate peeps who are interested in joining the flock!
*Listings as of June 2025