Erica is a tri-sector executive with over two decades of experience serving as a Strategic Advisor, C-Level Leader, Grantmaker, and Executive Coach in the non-profit, private, and academic sectors.

As a member of the Institute’s Leadership Team, Erica offers strategic counsel and work to launch responsive, high quality programming in new markets across the country. Erica started with the Institute as a New York City Launch Committee member and has also served on the National Advisory Board. She played a major role in the expansion to New York, where she was the lead faculty member for the city’s inaugural Community Fellows Program. She will also teach the city’s inaugural Core Program launching in Fall 2020.

Previously, she served as Principal at Arbor Brothers, providing financial capital, advisory services, and coaching to social entrepreneurs addressing root causes of poverty. As the Executive Director and Vice President of City Year New York, Erica oversaw a $12M+ budget and led 50+ staff members to recruit, train, and manage over 250 AmeriCorps Members working in New York City public schools. She also held leadership roles at several other nonprofits including Prep for Prep, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, iMentor, and the Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship.

Erica spent nearly a decade in the private sector at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup leading teams and overseeing projects in the US and abroad. During this time, she created and implemented leadership development programs, diversity and inclusion strategies, and critical business initiatives.

She currently serves on the faculty at NYU Steinhardt and is the Founder and Director of the Women’s Leadership Council. She is also a Board Member at Arbor Brothers and is a member of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Advisory Council.

Erica received her MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, her MPA from the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and her BA from Harvard.