Caryl M. Stern is an activist, executive, author and public speaker who has dedicated her career to making a difference for others. By rolling up her sleeves and leading with courage and compassion, she built a career path from College Dean, to Senior Associate National Director of the ADL, to President and CEO of UNICEF USA, to Executive Director of the Walton Family Foundation, and today she serves as Chief Impact Officer at LionTree.
LionTree is an independent investment and merchant bank for creativity, community and capital, with a strong commitment to purpose.
Under Caryl’s leadership, The Walton Family Foundation awarded several billion in grants in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in its home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta.
Under Stern’s leadership, UNICEF USA more than doubled its fundraising revenue, secured multi-million-dollar commitments and launched innovative programs to support the world’s most vulnerable children. Prior to joining UNICEF USA, Stern was an executive at the Anti-Defamation League, the founding director of its A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute, and the Dean of Students at Polytechnic University.
Stern serves on the boards of directors of The Container Store and the We Are Family Foundation. In addition, Caryl is a member of Advisory Board of Gucci’s Chime for Change. Caryl is the author of “I Believe in ZERO: Learning from the World’s Children,” (about her travels to more than 30 countries to put children first), and “Hate Hurts,” a handbook for adults and children on confronting and conquering bias.
Josie Sandler, CEO and Founder of Sandler Search, has nearly two decades of executive search experience and nonprofit management. Her expertise is in partnering with CEOs, boards of directors and search committees to recruit senior executives for leading nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and philanthropies in New York City, across the United States, nationally and internationally.
Josie founded Sandler Search in 2010 following successful tenures at Korn/Ferry International and Heidrick & Struggles. She has completed more than 120 assignments for senior executives across the nonprofit, educational and philanthropic sectors in addition to searches for other mission-related organizations.
Before entering the search profession, Josie served as Associate Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Prudential Securities and as Manager of Corporate Fund Raising for New York Cares. She began her career at R.H. Macy’s in their retail executive management program.
A native New Yorker, Josie earned an MPA degree from NYU Wagner School of Public Service and a BA from Dartmouth College. She is a recent member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. Josie serves on the Board of Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel and participated in the Maccabiah Games in Israel and Argentina. She has run in the New York City Marathon twice.
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