Tim Fredrick, PhD
Tim Fredrick, PhD, is the managing director of education programs, leading the team that implements YC’s professional development and curriculum programs. He has been a teacher for over 20 years from kindergarten to graduate school, and everything in between. His dissertation, completed at New York University, focuses on how 9th graders used language to achieve […]
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Janelle Greco
Janelle Greco is the senior director of training at Youth Communication, a role in which she oversees all professional development services at the organization. Prior to joining Youth Communication, Janelle worked as director of the Pre-College Academic Programming Department at LaGuardia Community College and previously served as director of training and advancement at The Doe […]
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Keith Hefner
Keith Hefner founded Youth Communication in 1980. He won a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989, and he was a 1986-87 Charles H. Revson Fellow on the Future of New York City at Columbia University. He is a 2004 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Institute for Non-Profit Management, Executive Level Program. In 1997 […]
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Samantha Lilienfeld
Samantha Lilienfeld is YC’s director of operations where she supports the organization’s internal development and external communications, working in support of the writing program, teen-written story distribution, and education programming. Prior to joining Youth Communication, Samantha worked with the NYC Department of Education’s Office of Community Schools as an AmeriCorps VISTA and Coro NY’s Participatory […]
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