about us
our mission
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund
is the tax-exempt organization of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, incorporated in 1995. NYAGV Education Fund’s mission is to inform the public, particularly youth, about the dangers of gun violence and ways to prevent and reduce gun violence.
meet the team
Our Staff
Rebecca Fischer
Executive Director
Shaina Harrison
Education Director
Frank Teah
Program Director
Andrea Gonzales
Education Specialist
Our Board of Directors
Toni Belafonte
Carolyn Cohen
Vice President & Secretary
Kathryn Coughlin Maggiotto
Denver Edwards
President & Treasurer
William Evans
Janos Marton
Evan Meyerson
Kevin O'Brien
Rachel Peck
Caitlin Semo
Hayley Smith
Our reseach advisory committee
Dr. Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill
Director of Research and Analytics Kings County District Attorney's Office
Dr. Charles Branas
Chair, Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public HealthColumbia University
Dr. Shani Buggs
Assistant Professor Violence Prevention Research Program University of California Davis
Dr. Jeffrey Butts
Research Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York
Tracey Meares, JD
Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Yale Law School
Dr. Andrew V. Papachristos
Professor, Department of Sociology and Institute for Policy Research Northwestern University
Dr. Alex R. Piquero
Department of Sociology Chair Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar University of Miami
Dr. Jesenia Pizarro
Associate Professor School of Criminology & Criminal Justice Arizona State University
Dr. Joseph Richardson, Jr.
Joel and Kim Feller Endowed Professor Department of African American Studies University of Maryland
Dr. Ellen McCann-Sfecla
Alliance for Safety and Justice
Dr. Daniel Webster
DirectorJohns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Prevention & Policy Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University
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