Ms. Slutsky has been the President of New York Community Trust since 1990. She began at the Trust as a grant-writer focusing on education, housing, neighborhood revitalization, and government and urban affairs. She moved to the position of Vice President in 1987, taking responsibility for strategic planning, personnel, budget management, and departmental oversight. Since becoming President, she has worked endlessly to fund nonprofits in New York City which implement programming for low-income families. In addition to her work at New York Community Trust, Ms. Slutsky serves on the Chief Judge’s Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services in New York State, and is a chair on the Task Force’s RFP Work Group. Additionally, she is a board member of the Independent Sector and co-chairs its Panel on the Nonprofit Sector. Ms. Slutsky received her Bachelors of the Arts from Colgate University and her Masters of the Arts from The New School.