Board of Directors

The all-volunteer Board of Directors is responsible for New Haven Reads’ overall health and well being, ensuring that it is following its mission and is financially sound.

	Christine Alexander is a graduate of Duke University and worked for a number of years in Maryland as a pediatric nurse. She has had extensive experience in educational programs as a volunteer.		After graduating from Harvard in 2002, Grayson Murphy worked for the State Department before returning to his hometown of New Haven, where he began volunteering at New Haven Reads and started a private investment company with his family.
Christine Alexander, President		Grayson Murphy, Vice President, Treasurer

	Ethel Berger is a graduate of Vassar College with a degree in English. She is an author and illustrator and has illustrated several educational books for children. She has taught and given workshops for elementary school and middle school students.		Peter Goldsmith is a 1955 Yale graduate who then spent two years in the army. Peter followed his service obligation working twenty years in manufacturing and another twenty years in sales. Upon retirement ten years ago, he became involved with Yale Project 55 and Dwight Hall (Yale University’s Community Service organization) and New Haven Reads, as well as a number of other New Haven charities.
Ethel Berger		Peter Goldsmith

	Shana N. Schneider is the Deputy Director of the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute and is a graduate of Yale University. She has also worked in Yale's Office of New Haven & State Affairs and University Properties. Shana has experience in marketing, communications, television production and web development.
Shana N. Schneider