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Board of Directors

Steven B. Rissman, Esq., President

Vice President/Associate General Counsel, Philip Morris International Inc.

Laurie Hamano, Vice President

President and Founder of Vocational Management Consultants

Briana Parker, Secretary

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Editor

Yelena Siwinski, Treasurer

NYC Department of Education, CBT Alumni Parent

Geovanni Esté, Member

Former Financial Advisor, VP at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC

Frank Pratt, Member

Retired Morgan Stanley Co-head of global convertible securities

Advisory Board

Lawrence Lam

Retired Business Manager/Administrator, Finance Division SUNY Downstate Medical

Lawrence S. Brandman, Esq.

Managing Director/Head of Bankruptcy Strategic Advisory/Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Reverend Steve M. Schlissel, D.D.

Pastor of Messiah’s Ministries in Brooklyn, NY

CBT Staff

Marla A. Hirokawa

Artistic Director & Resident Choreographer

Caroline Eco

General Manager

Samantha DeBlasi

Fundraising Coordinator

Racially Nondiscriminatory Policy: The Corporation admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color national and ethnic origin in the administration of its education policies, admissions policies, scholarship and other school administered programs.

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