Bottom row: The Rev. DeForest L. Raphael and Nicola Standard
Joining the Westhab Board of Directors are: Betsy Hills Bush, James Foy, Al Gutierrez, Daniella Jackson, The Rev. DeForest L. Raphael and Nicola Standard. “It is a privilege to add the talents and energy of this incredible group. They join a strong and engaged board and will help lead Westhab into our 40th year of service and beyond,” said Richard Nightingale, Westhab”™s president and CEO.
Yonkers-based Westhab Inc. is Westchester”™s largest provider of housing and services for the homeless and its largest nonprofit developer of affordable and supportive housing.
Bush of Scarsdale has a long history of nonprofit sector involvement. In 2015, she was on the committee of the Hudson River Presbytery charged with deciding the fate of the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Yonkers, which is now Westhab”™s Dayspring Community Center. Bush was also an adjunct professor in the Master of Public Administration Program at Pace University.
Foy of Dobbs Ferry is the principal of FoyAdvisors, a consulting firm that focuses on providing innovative solutions to problems in the health care sector and identifying new opportunities for investment. Previously, he had a long career in hospital administration, culminating with 17 years as the President and CEO of St. Johns Riverside Hospital in Yonkers.
Gutierrez of White Plains has 25-plus years in commercial real estate and is currently a managing director at JLL Commercial Real Estate. He currently serves as board chairman of Latino U College Access and is a former president of the Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Building Owners and Managers Association of Westchester County (BOMA)..
Jackson of Mount Vernon is the chief of planning, research and staff development for the Westchester County Department of Probation, where she has been since 2009. She was previously the research and grants administrator for Mount Vernon and has served on Westhab board in Mount Vernon.
Raphael of Yonkers has been the pastor at the A.M.E. Zion Church on the Hill in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City for 10 years. Before that, he worked for 12 years for the city of Yonkers as director of Community Services, the executive director of the Office of Human Rights, and the director of the Film Office. He has a Master of Divinity from the Union Theological Seminary.
Standard of White Plains is vice president and branch manager at Apple Bank”™s Bronxville location. A native of Jamaica, she earned a BBA in economics from Baruch College and has worked in the banking industry for more than 15 years. She has taught financial literacy programs at Westchester Community College and is a board member for the Friends of White Plains Youth Bureau.
