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Meet Our Board of Directors

Erika Duncan

Founder, Executive & Artistic Director

There has never been a time when Herstory’s founder and artistic director Erika Duncan wasn’t doing what she could to give voice to stories that might not otherwise have been heard...

Erika Duncan

Joseph Page

Secretary

Program Coordinator for Breaking Ground

Joe is connected to Herstory through the late (great!) Amy Hagedorn, president of the Hagedorn Foundation. He managed day-to-day operations for 8 years, until the foundation closed its doors in 2017.

Joseph Page

Jennifer Isik

East Rockaway Schools

Jennifer Isik is a seven-year educator with an undergraduate degree in English Secondary Education from Hofstra University, a Master's Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language from Adelphi University, and a Certificate in School Administration and Leadership...

Jennifer Isik

Carlene Thomas

Bio coming soon!

Carlene Thomas

Ana M. Figueroa

Board Chair & Acting Treasurer

Associate Director of Parent/Community Involvement at LI Head Start

Ana Maria Figueroa was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Ana migrated with her mother and sister to the United States when her mother was recruited...

Ana M. Figueroa

Laurel Janssen Breen

RN, PhD, CNE, Former Assistant Chair, Department of Nursing, St. Joseph's College

Laurel Janssen Breen is recently retired from nursing education. From 1998-2016, she built an academic career at St. Joseph’s...

Laurel Janssen Breen

Heather Pasmore

RN, BSN, CLNC, CCM, CLTC and Financial Mentor

Heather Pasmore has been a Professional Registered Nurse since 1984. Since June 2020 she has been a Healthcare Service ConsuItant to the Medical Service Bureau Division of the Suffolk County...

Heather Pasmore

Jacqueline Thomas

School Transformation Facilitator at Hempstead High School

Jacqueline “Jacqui” Thomas is an educator dedicated to social organization and transformation of challenged schools...

Jacqueline Thomas

Mimi Pierre Johnson

Vice Chair

Community Organizer

Bio coming soon!

Mimi Pierre Johnson

Liena Gurevich

PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology & Criminology Program Director at Hofstra University

Liena Gurevich was born in Moscow, USSR and left Russia as a teen in the late 1970’s. After recovering from the culture shock...

Liena Gurevich

Eileen Ryan, Esq.

Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, PC

Eileen M. Ryan is an associate attorney at Vallely Law, PLLC. Her area of concentration is real estate law.

Eileen, a graduate of Saint John’s University, School of Law, represents mortgage lenders, mortgage servicers...

Eileen Ryan, Esq.

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