Our Leadership
Executive Team
Dave Isay
Founder & President
Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody Awards and a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. He is the author/editor of numerous books that grew out of his public radio documentary work, including the New York Times best sellers: Listening Is an Act of Love (2007), Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps, All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps (2012), and Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude From the First Ten Years of StoryCorps (2013) and Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work (2016). In 2015, Dave was recognized with the TED Prize, awarded annually to one exceptional individual with a creative, bold vision to spark global change. For speaking engagement inquiries, Dave is represented by The Tuesday Agency.
Robin Sparkman
Chief Executive Officer
Robin Sparkman joined StoryCorps as its first CEO in January 2014. The national nonprofit’s fundraising, programs, marketing, finance, and digital teams report to her. During her tenure she has focused on creating and developing StoryCorps’ first app; growing and expanding its national board; bringing in an experienced senior management team; creating the organization’s strategic plan; re-energizing its earned income business, and helping StoryCorps grow its creative offerings.
Before coming to StoryCorps, Robin spent 20 years as a journalist. Most recently, she was the editor in chief of The American Lawyer, where she oversaw several of the company’s print and digital national publications and led the team that uncovered the fraud at the former law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. Under her leadership, The American Lawyer won six Jesse Neal awards for journalism. Before joining The American Lawyer Robin spent five years as an editor for the business and opinion sections of MSNBC.com. She was one of the founding members of the site. Robin is also a former reporter for Newsweek, covering terrorism, the United Nations, and politics.
She is a magna cum laude graduate of Wellesley College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Robin sits on the board of the Union Settlement Association of East Harlem (finance and development committees) and serves on the Wellesley Business Leadership Council. She lives in New York City with her family.
Lisa V. Gale
Chief Program Officer
Lisa V. Gale came to StoryCorps in 2017. She has more than 25 years of experience in the administration and management of nonprofit organizations in the fields of adult education and community development. Prior to joining StoryCorps, she served as Deputy Commissioner, Employment Services, for the Human Resources Administration of the City of New York, a $200 million employment services division, offering city programs such as Back2Work, Business Link, Training Assistance Group, and more.
Before her position with the City, Lisa managed a portfolio of workforce development programs funded by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation; she worked as the Deputy Executive Director for the Literacy Assistance Center; and held various senior leadership positions at nonprofits focused on adult literacy and community and economic development. Lisa holds a PhD in Social Welfare from The CUNY Graduate Center and an MSW from the Hunter College School of Social Work.
Jaime Greenberg
Chief Development Officer
Jaime Greenberg joined StoryCorps in September 2018. She has more than 25 years experience in development, external affairs, and non-profit management, and has helped the organizations she’s served raise over $100 million. Previous roles have included Vice President, External Affairs with New Visions for Public Schools, a public education fund serving 50,000 New York City public school students; Vice President, Philanthropic Development at Sesame Workshop, a global production company and producer of Sesame Street; and Deputy Director of Development, Thirteen/WNET. Jaime is a member of Association of Fundraising Professionals, and a member of Women in Development NY, where she has also served on the board. She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, and has a master’s degree in Arts Administration from Columbia University.
Lisa Stein
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
Lisa Stein joined StoryCorps in September 2019. She has over 20 years’ experience in various local and national organizations that share a common mission to empower people disenfranchised due to poverty, race, disability, or other barriers, and to assist them to achieve greater self-sufficiency. Prior to StoryCorps, Lisa was the COO at Lantern Community Services where she managed finance, human resources, IT, program operations, and security. She is a graduate of Brandeis University and earned her master’s degree in Business Administration with a certificate in Nonprofit and Public Management at Boston University.
Kathrina Proscia
Director, Executive Office
Kathrina Proscia began working at StoryCorps in 2006. With over 25 years’ experience in supporting C-level executives, she has held positions in the industries of advertising, import/export, and airline catering services. Kathrina is a graduate of Empire State College with a major in historical studies. A native New Yorker, born in Brooklyn, she resides in Queens, New York, with her husband, daughter, and the cutest chihuahua ever.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Chair
Gara LaMarche
President, Democracy Alliance
Vice Chair & Treasurer
Dane E. Holmes
CEO and Co-Founder, Eskalera
Vice Chair
Michael Shuman
Founder and Principal, MASdesign
Secretary
Adelaide K. Jones
Principal, Phillips Oppenheim
Finance Committee Chair
Jim Moore
Operating Partner, TDR Capital, London
Founder & President
Dave Isay
Chief Executive Officer
Robin Sparkman
DIRECTORS
Audrey Choi
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg
Feinberg Strategies LLC
Giovanna Gray Lockhart
Anne Herbert Mai
Marta Elisa Moret
President, Urban Policy Strategies, LLC
Blythe Haaga Parker
Independent Writer and Producer
Vic Parker
Managing Director, Spectrum Equity
James Ransom
Kim Rubey
Head of Global Communications and Strategic Engagement, Airbnb
Jill Schlesinger, CFP®
CBS News Business Analyst
Vanessa Toussaint
Emergency Medicine Physicians (Physician)
David Wadhwani
Venture Partner, Greylock
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Former Senator Bill Bradley
Managing Director, Allen & Company LLC
Jane Phillips Donaldson
Co-Founder and Principal, Phillips Oppenheim
Kevin Klose
President Emeritus of National Public Radio
Professor, University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Deborah Leff
Former President, Public Welfare Foundation and The Joyce Foundation
Thomas A. Moore
President and CEO, LifeCuff Technologies, Inc.
Murray Sinclaire, Jr.
President and CEO (Co-Owner), Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC
In memory of Woody Wickham (1942-2009), founding Board Chair of StoryCorps.