PROFILE
Marilyn Gelber
Marilyn Gelber
Marilyn Gelber is the president of the Brooklyn Community Foundation. She was the founding Executive Director of the Independence Community Foundation, and established it as Brooklyn’s leading philanthropy; she then led its transformation into the Brooklyn Community Foundation. A lifelong New Yorker and current resident of Boerum Hill, Ms. Gelber served 28 years in NYC’s public sector, including positions as Commissioner of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, Executive Assistant to the Brooklyn Borough President, and Director of Neighborhood Strategy Planning for the NYC Department of City Planning. Marilyn serves on various public and private nonprofit boards and has received several awards and honorary degrees from Brooklyn institutions.
- Brooklyn's Boom Leaves Many Behind
Posted on March 07, 2011 - Time for Brooklyn (and its Fans) to Go Beyond the Brand
Posted on January 06, 2012 - Brooklyn's Got Change. Now It Needs Progress.
Posted on February 16, 2012 - Two Sides of the Green Story
Posted on March 16, 2012
ARCHIVES
VIEW FULL ARCHIVE- Improving Policing and Care for the Disabled
Posted on May 11, 2012 - Are Bad Rules Making Bad Cities?
Posted on April 30, 2012 - The Risks of Lien Sales
Posted on April 27, 2012 - Myths of the Minimum Wage
Posted on April 25, 2012 - Immigration and NYC's Resurgence
Posted on April 09, 2012
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CURRENT TOPICS
- Improving Policing and Care for the Disabled
- Are Bad Rules Making Bad Cities?
- The Risks of Lien Sales
- Myths of the Minimum Wage
- Immigration and NYC's Resurgence
- Time for Mandatory Paid Sick Leave in New York City?
- School Testing Drama: Are Students Center-Stage or a Sideshow?
- The GED: Private Property, Public Good
- Toward a Greener Brooklyn: Has Gov't Helped?
- Toward a Greener Brooklyn: Go Green, Fight Poverty
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- Tamara Steckler
- Suleiman Osman
- Steve Lilienthal
- Shaun Donovan
- Sarah Crean
- Samuel I. Schwartz
- Ron Dembo
- Roberta Brandes Gratz
- Robert Walsh
- Robert Jackson
- Robert Doar
- Richard Lipsky
- Ralph da Costa Nunez
- Pedro Noguera
- Norman Oder
- Mustafa Sullivan
- Moises Perez
- Michelle Holder
- Melissa Mark-Viverito
- Matthew Goldstein
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