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Board of Directors

Terms beginning July 2024

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President / Board Chair

Joseph J. Giamboi, Esq.
Joseph J. Giamboi is an attorney and General Counsel to The Zucker Organization, a large NYC developer and owner of luxury apartments in NYC and commercial property around the country.  He is also an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School and New York Law School. Among his pro bono activities is his service on the Board of the New York Memory Center and Progress of Peoples, Inc., a non-profit corporation formed by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Brooklyn to create and manage affordable housing in Brooklyn and Queens.  He lives in Windsor Terrace with his wife and two children.

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Treasurer

Robert Reitman, CPA

Robert is a tax principal and CPA at MGO LLP. Robert works with a wide range of companies, from emerging to well-established entities born here in the U.S. and others coming into the U.S. from elsewhere, helping them with tax planning and compliance. Robert is very knowledgeable about the tax needs of for-profit companies in growth mode or in the midst of other transitions, and those of non-profits. Robert has served on the boards of several literacy organizations located in Bergen County, NJ. Robert also served as a youth coach for baseball, softball, and soccer. Robert is a member of two committees of the NYSSCPA and has chaired two committees for the organization.

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Secretary

Sharon Goldzweig, Esq.

Sharon Goldzweig is Associate Counsel -ERISA at Consolidated Edison Company of New York‚ Inc. in New York City. Ms. Goldzweig is responsible for the legal oversight of the pension‚ profit sharing‚ health and welfare ERISA plans and programs for the active employed management and union workforce and for the retiree population. She provides daily legal counsel to the ERISA fiduciaries‚ in-house subject matter experts‚ public utility regulatory group‚ finance and accounting groups and the benefit administration department. With over 15‚000 actively employed individuals and over 15‚000 retirees and the eligible and covered dependents for the active and retired workforce‚ the ERISA program provides coverage for over 50‚000 lives.

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Jennifer Breznay, MD MPH
 

Photo and bio forthcoming

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Claudia Fine, LCSW, MPH
Claudia Fine, LCSW, MPH has worked in the field of eldercare for over 30 years. A pioneer in the field of geriatric care management, she has served in many industry and community leadership roles. She served as Executive Vice President of SeniorBridge Family Companies and subsequently Chief of Professional Services at Humana At Home after Humana’s acquisition of SeniorBridge in 2012. She was a founding partner of New York City-based Fine & Newcombe Associates, a highly regarded firm in the private eldercare field, and is the former President of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. She also is the recipient of the prestigious Hunter College School of Social Work Award for Outstanding Service to Social Work in Aging. Ms. Fine obtained her BA at Brandeis University and her Master of Social Work at the Hunter College and Master of Public Health from Columbia University. Ms. Fine continues her part time practice consulting with family caregivers of aging individuals with complex chronic illnesses including dementia.

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Kristen Mallon, LCSW
 

Kristen Mallon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with comprehensive experience. Starting her career working with children and families and ultimately finding her passion in the field of geriatrics. For 10 years, Ms. Mallon has been working collaboratively with top geriatric physicians to best serve this population. Ms. Mallon provides therapy, connections to concrete services, and family support/education. At Maimonides Medical Center, Ms. Mallon participated in the Medical Residency Program educating medical residents, specifically around the PCTI approach to care. Ms. Mallon also obtained grant funding for Holocaust Survivor programming, and co-created/directed a socialization program for the seniors of Brooklyn. Ms. Mallon obtained both her BSW and MSW at C.W. Post, Long Island University.

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​Barbara Paris, MD
Barbara Paris has devoted her career to the care of the elderly as a practicing physician, educator and clinical researcher. She is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine and Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and is Vice-Chair of Medicine and Director of Geriatrics at Maimonides Medical Center. She received her medical degree from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 40 years.

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Greg Simons
 

Gregg Simons owns Right at Home of Uptown, NYC. Its mission has always been to improve the quality of life for seniors and adults with disabilities. Prior to opening Right at Home, Gregg Spent 24 years on wall street working in health care and technology capital markets. Gregg’s office of Right at Home earned the certification of Trusted Provider of In-Home Care by Home Care Pulse and was recognized by Caring.com as “A Caring Star” from 2017 to 2025. Besides building a compassionate and caring team to serve his local community, he is also an active member and contributor to numerous charities including the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the UJA Federation of New York, the Securities and Traders Associations, and had served on the New York Board of Summer Search. Gregg is also a Board Member of the New York Memory Center, a certified member of the Home Care Association of America; a member of Elder Care Matters, Aging Life Care (ALCA), Orion Resource Group, Case Management Society of America, the Society of Certified Senior Advisors (CSA). He is a corporate and financial partner of both the Parkinson’s foundation and the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. Gregg lives with his family on the Upper West Side.

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Board President Emeriti

Allan F. Kramer II
Allan F. Kramer II is a Park Slope native who served on the Board of the New York Memory Center beginning in 1992 and as President of the Board from 2010 - 2015. He graduated form the College of the Holy Cross in 1972 and received a graduate degree in 1979 from Pratt Institute with an MS in Information Science. He worked as  Research Manager for Aspen Systems, Corp from 1979 to 1986, and then as a Senior Editor and Senior Research Manager at Lebhar-Friedman/Chain Store Guides. Allan has been active in many Brooklyn organizations including as a volunteer and committee member at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and serving terms on the Board of Directors for agencies including CAMBA, the Montauk Club, the Prospect Park YMCA, and Reel Works: Teen Filmmaking. He is a Life Member of the Society of Old Brooklynites. At the Center's 35th Anniversary Gala in 2018 Allan was honored for his "commitment, dedication and generosity."

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