Board of Trustees

Mark Johnston (Board Chair) is an investor in and the President of Van Wagner Communications, LLC, the largest private outdoor advertising company in the United States and the dominant provider of scrolling advertising in basketball and baseball venues nationwide.  He has degrees from Princeton University and the Fordham University School of Law.

Barry M. Adams is currently with NEMCO Brokerage. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President at the U.S. Trust headquarters in New York City.  Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 2005, Barry was Director for National Sales at America On Line also in New York.  Formerly, he was Vice President, Relationship Manager at Bankers Trust Company and Director of Marketing for Chemical Bank.  Barry received a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University and M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from Columbia University.

Tony Asnes (Finance Committee Chair) is a Managing Director at Eagle Capital Management, an equity asset management firm.  Previously he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Pseudo Programs, Inc.  He has also held positions as a principal at Trinity Associates, in Greenwich, Connecticut and as a member of the American Stock Exchange.  Tony is a trustee of the Bank Street College of Education and the New York Hall of Science and a member of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Advisory Council.  He holds a MS in Management from MIT and a BA in Computer Science from Yale University.

Jay Bargmann is the Senior Vice President at Rafael Vinoly Architects and manages the firm's 180 architects in offices in New York and London.  He was born in Iowa, raised in Germany and attended college in California and Iowa.  Jay obtained his architectural degree from the University of Pennsylvania.  Upon graduating, he moved to New York City where he has lived for the past 29 years.  Jay and his family currently reside in Pelham, New York.

Pam Clarke is Head of School at Trevor Day School, a N-12 independent school in New York City.  Previously, Pam has held the same position at St. Paul Academy and Summit School in St. Paul, Minnesota and The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York.  Pam's educational credentials include a M. Ed. in counseling and consulting psychology from Harvard University, an M.A. in Classics from Yale, and a B.A. from Vassar in Ancient Greek.

Mary Ganzenmuller was the Founder of Bray Family Academy, an independent non-profit start up school project in New Jersey which is currently hibernated.  She serves on the Board of Trustees of Purnell School in New Jersey and on the Education Committees of several New Jersey organizations.  Mary is a former Chicago Public School teacher and earned her EdM in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University

Hans Hageman is the Executive Director of Boys and Girls Harbor, a 67 year-old youth development organization that serves approximately 4,000 young people a year.  Hans is also the co-founder and former executive director of the East Harlem School at Exodus House, an independent middle school.  He and his wife are the co-founders of the Sulaxmi School for Girls in Lucknow, India.  He is the treasurer of the Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement.  Among his awards are a 2001 Essence Award and a Robin Hood Foundation "Hero Award." Hans is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia University School of Law.

John Schmidlin recently retired as CTO and Managing Director of JP Morgan Chase.  He joined JP Morgan in 1969 and held leadership roles in a variety of banking and technology initiatives including a groundbreaking outsourcing effort with IBM.  John earned a BS from St. John's University and completed the Executive Training Program at Cornell University.

Timothy Speiss (Development Committee Chair), CPA PFS RIA is Partner in Charge of the Private Client Services at Eisner LLP, an independent member of Baker Tilly International. Tim is a member of various academic institutions’ development committees, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Tax Resource Panel. He was cited in 2003 as an Outstanding New York Businessperson by the U.S. Senatorial Committee, and is a former staff assistant to U.S. Congressman Robert W. Edgar. He earned his BS and MST degrees at Widener University and completed post graduate courses at Villanova University School of Law

Mark Tashjian (Committee on Trustees Chair) is Head of Middle School at Collegiate School, a K-12 all-boys school in New York City.  Previously, Mark was Head of School at The Children's Storefront, a K-8 school in Harlem, and he taught math and science at The East Harlem School at Exodus House.  Mark also spent 13 years in business, primarily as a management consultant with Trinity Associates in Greenwich, Connecticut.  He received his BA from Yale University, MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and MEd. from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Alan Washington (Friends of Harlem Academy Chair) is a Business Development Manager at Van Wagner Communications, LLC.  Prior to his tenure at Van Wagner, he acted as an advisor to several education programs and most recently served as the director of Outdoor Leadership Experience, an outdoor education organization designed to teach middle school students self-confidence and leadership skills through challenging outdoor activities.  Alan is an alumnus of Dartmouth College.