GREGG FISHER, Art Start Trustee since 2005
GREGG is President and Chief Investment Officer of Gerstein Fisher, an independent full-service financial advisory firm that he founded in 1993. Mr. Fisher was a pioneer in introducing fee-based planning and asset class investing to individuals, believing that they deserved the same caliber of investment advice, products, and services historically afforded only to ultra-high net worth investors and large institutions. In addition to his work with clients, Mr. Fisher routinely offers expert commentary on financial planning and investing to the media, professional organizations, and community groups. He is widely quoted in the financial press, including Investor’s Business Daily, Wealth Manager, Business Week, and the Journal of Financial Planning. He has also appeared as an industry expert on various television networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and CNN-fn. Mr. Fisher is a Certified Financial Planner® and a CFA charterholder.
REBECCA HARVEY, President of the Board & Art Start Trustee since 2005
REBECCA has worked in the financial services sector for over 20 years having held a variety of management positions in investment banking. Ms. Harvey is presently the owner of The Wall Group, LLC, a business management firm in Branford, CT.
ELAINE LAPERSONERIE, Art Start Trustee since 2011
ELAINE is founder and CEO of Wink Public Relations, a New York-based full-service strategy firm specializing in publicity, marketing, branding, special events management and design. In addition to over ten years as a leader in the public relations industry, Elaine has dedicated herself to spreading philanthropic awareness about arts education for children.
MARK NADLER, Art Start Trustee since 2010
MARK has been with Art Start since January of 2009. He volunteers weekly teaching piano at one of Art Start’s shelter music nights, and served on the Junior Board for a year before becoming a Trustee. Mark is a multi-award winning entertainer, arranger and director. Specializing in the popular music of the first half of the 20th Century, this pianist/singer/tap dancer has appeared regularly at New York’s famed Algonquin Hotel and as a soloist with the New York Pops Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, as well as with many prominent Symphony Orchestras around the world. Mark has played principal roles on Broadway and has made numerous guest television appearances.
SCOTT ROSENBERG, Founder & Art Start Trustee since 2005
SCOTT studied film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (BFA, 1987) where he graduated as a University Honors Scholar. He has been a teaching artist for the Museum of the City of New York, Studio in a School, and directed the Media Works Project, a filmmaking and media literacy program he created for “last chance” high school students in New York City. In 1991, he founded Art Start to help homeless and at-risk youth transform their lives through the creative process. In 1997, Scott was presented with the President’s Service Award, the nation’s highest honor for community service, and in 2000 his work with the kids of Art Start was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. In 2001, Scott began developing the major motion picture documentary about Art Start, The Hip Hop Project. It was released nationwide in 2007.
DAVID SOLOMONS, Art Start Trustee since 2012
David is the ultimate insurance professional, taking the concept of customer service to new heights. The major part of his 20-year career to date was spent with Wells Fargo Insurance Services and its predecessor companies, where his most recent role was Senior Vice President. In late 2009, he founded MAX Total Benefit Solutions, Inc., a boutique employee benefits brokerage firm, working with client companies from 10 to 8,000 employees, viewed by most as a virtual member of their human resources team. David is a graduate of Syracuse University with a BA in Political Science and is the father of two daughters.
