Jonathan Malawer
Jonathan Malawer joined the board in January 2020. He wanted to become involved with a charitable organization that he found meaningful. He immediately connected with Friends of Karen. He found the organization’s work and contribution to the community incredible and personally related having lost his childhood friend Brian in 2010 to Leukemia.
Louis Meltzer
With over a decade of real estate experience, Louis Meltzer is the principal of LEM Equities, LLC a real estate investment and management company based in Westport, CT. Prior to starting his own company, Louis was Vice President at Four Springs Capital Trust, a private net lease REIT.
Chris Nay
Chris Nay is the Head of Investments for the Financial Institutions Group at the J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2006, Chris worked at Goldman Sachs in the Equities Division. He holds a B.S. from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Mike Nieves
Mike Nieves is the SVP, Finance and Treasurer at Penn Entertainment. He previously worked as a real estate investment banker at JLL and Citigroup, advising clients on strategic transactions. Prior to this he worked as a corporate associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
Katonah Connect, The Meaningful Connections Issue November / December 2023
When you walk up to the doors of Friends of Karen headquarters in North Salem, the first thing you might notice is their walkway – a “path of compassion” filled with several hundred dedicated bricks featuring loving messages and tributes from supporters. It demonstrates how this local organization has changed the lives of thousands by providing customized support for over 550 sick children and their families annually. Friends of Karen began in 1978 by Sheila Petersen, a friend of the MacInnes family whose 16-year-old daughter Karen was suffering from a rare genetic disorder.
Dr. Sarah Norris
Sarah Norris is the Director of the Quality in Life Team and the Director of Pediatric Palliative Care at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. When not at the hospital you can find Sarah running on the trails or reading a good book.
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