Coro New York is committed to cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with corporate and community partners across the city. Here are just a few ways to get involved with Coro:

Placement Hosts

A key component to the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs and the Exploring Leadership program, field placements give Fellows real world experience in various sectors and the high school Youth Ambassadors first-hand insight into education-related organizations. For more information, please contact Aditi Chakravarty at achakravarty@coronewyork.org.

2008-2009 Placement Hosting Organizations
Achievement First
The After-School Corporation
Generation Schools
Harlem Education Activities Fund, Inc.
Literacy Assistance Center
Make the Road New York
Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence
Mayor's Office for the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination
NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund
New Leaders for New Schools
NYC Administration for Children's Services
NYC Council, District 7
NYC Department of Education
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
NYC Department of Transportation
NYC Fire Department
Office of the Brooklyn Borough President

See the full list of 2007-2008 Placement Hosts (pdf) »

Interview Guests

Experts in media, finance, education, criminal justice, public health, economic development, arts & culture, and more are interviewed by our program participants. Contact Aditi Chakravarty at achakravarty@coronewyork.org to be an interview guest.

2007-2008 Interview Guests
Erin Einhorn, Education Reporter, NY Daily News
Donald Levy, Director of Polling, Siena Research Institute
Eric Schneiderman, New York State Senator
Julius Spiegel, Brooklyn Borough Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Claire Sylvan, Executive Director, the International Network for Public Schools

See the full list of 2007-2008 Interview Guests (pdf) »

Leadership Breakfast Hosts

Through these closed-door sessions with prominent NYC leaders, the Coro Fellows learn about the challenges and opportunities within each sector and gain important insight into how key decisions are made in the public affairs arena. For more information on Leadership Breakfasts, please contact Jennifer Gibson at jgibson@coronewyork.org.

2007-2008 Leadership Breakfasts
Ann Beeson, Director of U.S. Programs, Open Society Institute
Carla Harris, Managing Director of Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley
Stephen B. Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Christina Norman, President, MTV Networks
Jonelle Procope, President and CEO, Apollo Theatre Foundation
Anthony D. Romero, President, American Civil Liberties Union
Kathryn S. Wylde, President and CEO, Partnership for New York City
Fareed Zakaria, Editor of the International Edition, Newsweek Magazine

See the full list of Leadership Breakfasts in 2007-2008 (pdf) »

Lewis Rudin Awards Dinner Sponsors

Since 2002, Coro New York has bestowed the Lewis Rudin Medal for Civic Leadership on individuals who share Coro’s commitment to promoting civic participation and who have made outstanding contributions to civic life in the five boroughs. This is Coro’s major event for the year. Our top sponsors from the 2008 Rudin dinner included:

Visionary Leaders
Citi
Judy and Ken Weinstein
News Corporation
Jonathan Plutzik and Lesley Goldwasser
Syms Corp

Partners
American Express Company
JPMorganChase
Morgan Stanley
New York Life Insurance Company
Anne F. Pollack
Union Square Hospitality Group

Colleagues
Bloomberg
Cablevision
May and Samuel Rudin Foundation
Deborah F. Scott
Joseph and Diane Steinberg Family Fund
Solebury Capital Group

Sponsors
BDO Seidman, LLP
Blue Ridge Foundation New York
Richard A. Caccappolo
The Community Preservation Corporation
Matt Fassler and Mandy Greenfield
Moody's Corporation
Katharine and Kenneth Mountcastle
Peter C. Neger
Peter G. Peterson
Lief D. Rosenblatt
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Alan Steckler
U.S. Trust
WABC TV
Nancy Youman

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