Our Board of Directors

   
Headshot of Board Chair Jamie RubinJames S. Rubin has served actively on Common Ground’s Board of Directors since 2003, and assumed the role of Board President and Chair in 2012. Most recently a Senior Partner at private equity firm BC Partners, James was a founding partner at One Equity Partners from 2001 to 2008. He spent the early part of his career at Allen & Company Incorporated and the Federal Communications Commission. James holds a law degree from Yale University and a degree from Harvard University.

 

Board Officers

James S. Rubin, President/Chair

Ellen Taus, Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer, Rockefeller Foundation

Bruce Angiolillo, Esq., Secretary

Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Board Members

Peter Ezersky

Managing Principal, Quadrangle Group LLC

Michael J. Franco

Executive Vice President, Co-Head of Acquisitions & Capital Markets, Vornado Realty Trust

Christopher P. Frissora

Director, Angelo, Gordon & Co.

Tony Hannigan

Executive Director, Center for Urban Community Services

Brenda Rosen

Executive Director, Common Ground

Robert V. Sideli, M.D.

Chief Information Officer & Associate Professor, Columbia University Medical Center

Naomi Wolfensohn

Trustee, Wolfensohn Family Foundation

Jide J. Zeitlin

President, The Keffi Group