Leadership & Staff

Gijs deLeede

Chief Financial Officer

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder and President Emerita

Max Lesko

National Executive Director

Mark Publow

Chief Development Officer

Naomi Post

Executive Director, CDF-NY

Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald

Southern Regional Director

Patrick Bresette

Executive Director, CDF-TX

Shimica Gaskins

Executive Director, CDF-CA

Bharti Wahi

Executive Director, CDF-MN

Tracy Nájera

Executive Director, CDF-OH