Advisory Board
Jordana Sandler Manzano
Chair, Executive Board
Former event planner and hospitality professional, Jordana Sandler Manzano, has been a lay leader for community and social change organizations for over 30 years, from serving on the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan Board to her current roles with ReelAbilities and other organizations. Jordana has been leveraging her culinary degree, and other professional skills, to recently found her company Snugs & Sweets by J.
Battling autoimmune diseases and “hidden” disabilities, Jordana found solace in ReelAbilities films, advocating for breaking stereotypes and embracing our shared humanity.
Battling autoimmune diseases and “hidden” disabilities, Jordana found solace in ReelAbilities films, advocating for breaking stereotypes and embracing our shared humanity.
- Loreen Arbus, writer, producer, author and disability rights activist,
- Wendy Barasch, Bernstein Private Wealth Management
- Lynn Bartner Wiesel (chair, comedy night)
- Steven Bunkin (Opening Night co-chair)
- Victor Calise, Director, Global Culture, Equity and Inclusion at Walmart
- Lawrence Carter Long, Director of Communications, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
- Keely Cat-Wells, Entrepreneur and Disability Rights Activist
- Mark Chessler, Dolby Laboratories
- Sharon Cohen Bunkin (Opening Night co-chair, marketing committee)
- Nancie Collin, Board member, Hearing Loss Association of America
- Michelle Cori (outreach committee)
- Shanon DeVido, Comedian, Performer and Filmmaker
- Barbara Dobkin, Executive Producer, philanthropist
- Ronnie Ellen Raymond, Disability Advocate
- Faye Ginsburg, Council for the Study of Disability, New York University
- Pat Goldman, VP, JE&ZB Butler Foundation
- Elaine Hall, Founder, The Miracle Project
- Elle Hartman, Elle Jones Casting
- Xian Horn, Writer and Activist
- Matt Kaplowitz, Bridge Multimedia
- Elaine Katz, Kessler Foundation
- Emily Ladau, Writer
- Rebecca Lindenbaum, Guide and Board Member of Achilles International
- Chantal Lowe, Senior Director of Partner and Community Engagement, Include NYC
- David Manzano, Managing Director, Golub Capital
- Jonathan Margolis, Marketing Expert (marketing committee)
- Breanne Matloff, Senior Major Gifts Officer at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
- Gregg Mozgala, Dancer and Actor
- Sheila Nevins, Producer and head of MTV Documentary Films
- Andrew Pilkington, Filmmaker
- Jennifer Rawlings, storyteller, writer, filmmaker
- Jay Selman, Professor of Clinical Child Neurology
- Shirley Silver, Board Member, JCC Manhattan
- Pavar Snipe, comedian, writer, actress, and disability advocate
- Steven Verdile, Designer and writer
- Mayer Waxman, Selfhelp Community Services, Inc.
- Steve Way, Actor and Comedian
- Danny Woodburn, Actor, Comedian and Activist
