Stephanie Palmer
Executive Director
Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo
Special Assistant to Executive Director
Melissa Moorer-Nobles
Director of Human Resources
Maria Orengo
Associate Executive Director, Planning
Sharada Singh
Director of Finance and Administration
Carl Sylvestre
Director of Development and Communications
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Meet Stephanie Palmer,
New York City Mission Society’s Executive Director
Stephanie Palmer has served as executive director of New York City Mission Society since 1996. As the first female executive, she has led New York City Mission Society to create a range of new initiatives, including its after-school programs, foster care and pregnancy prevention programs, the Learning to Work programs, and the Amachi/NY mentoring program for children with incarcerated parents, among others. During her tenure, she has established a robust fundraising infrastructure and tripled the organization’s budget.
From 1992 to 1996, Ms. Palmer served as executive director for the Human Services Council (HSC) of New York City, a membership organization of over two hundred nonprofit human service agencies. With HSC having been created just a year before her arrival, Ms. Palmer helped it become an established organization. Ms. Palmer expanded agency membership; increased board participation by establishing formal committee structures; advocated for government policies addressing the needs of the urban poor; and negotiated the establishment of a Human Services Action Group consisting of for-profit, nonprofit, and government representatives. She now serves on the HSC board.
Ms. Palmer is a founding member of the Black Women for Black Girls Giving Circle, which helps support organizations committed to the empowerment of black girls in New York City. She is a board member of Black Agency Executives, from which she received an award in 2010 for excellence in her past service as president. She also serves on the board of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York.
Ms. Palmer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College and a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Temple University.
