Meet The Team
A passionate group of activists and change agents committed to building a more peaceful and just world, our team works to inflict long-lasting change by supporting the next generation of civic leaders.
SONIA JARVIS, ESQ. (SHE/HER)
Chair
Professor Sonia R. Jarvis is an accomplished attorney and scholar whose research and teaching have focused on race, politics, and the media. Her legal practice focuses on civil rights, civil liberties, minority businesses and counseling nonprofit organizations. She served as a law clerk for renowned Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. when he was the US District Court Judge for the Middle District of Alabama and also when he was elevated to become a US Circuit Court Judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Jarvis has written several book chapters and papers and is currently focused on voter suppression in a book she is co-authoring entitled "States of Confusion: How New Voter ID Requirements Fail Democracy and What to Do About It" (under contract with NYU Press). An active member of several professional associations and academic organizations, she has served in a variety of administrative positions, including most notably as the Executive Director of the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation, Inc., and Managing Director of the Center for National Policy Review Clinic formerly based at Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.
A frequent commentator on public and political issues, Professor Jarvis has testified before Congress and has been interviewed by almost every major media outlet in the country, such as National Public Radio, the Washington Post, PBS News Hour, and CNN. Prior to joining Baruch College, CUNY, she served as a Senior Consultant for the President’s Initiative on Race in the Clinton White House tasked with drafting its final report and has been invited to teach at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, Georgetown University’s Law Center, and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey’s Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Professor Jarvis has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on race and politics, public policy, intergroup dialogue, communications and media analysis, law and public policy, and women's rights while bringing a wealth of practical and theoretical knowledge to the courses she teaches at Baruch. She first joined Baruch’s Marxe School of Public & International Affairs in 2004 as the Lillian & Nathan Ackerman Visiting Distinguished Associate Professor of Equality and Justice in America and was appointed a Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the Center for Equality, Pluralism and Policy in 2007. Professor Jarvis graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Political Science with Honors and Distinction, and a B.A. in Psychology, followed by a J.D. from Yale University Law School. She was recently acknowledged by Stanford University as its first African American Female Varsity Athlete in university history when she served as Captain of the Stanford Women’s Basketball Team.
CHRISTINA SANDERS (SHE/HER)
Managing Director
Christina Sanders (she/her) is the Founder of the PoliChic Engagement Fund and a seasoned leader in voter engagement and policy advocacy. With a strong background in youth voting, she served as Senior Program Manager at The Andrew Goodman Foundation and State Director at the League of Young Voters Education Fund. Her leadership was crucial in the Texas v. Holder case, which secured voting rights for 700K Texans by challenging the Texas Voter ID Bill.
Christina has also been an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Texas Southern University for over a decade, winning multiple “Professor of the Year” awards. She served on the Texas Advisory Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, co-authoring a notable manuscript on voting rights and disenfranchisement in Texas, published in the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy.
Her work has earned numerous accolades, including the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights “Young Champion of Justice” Award and recognition in Marie Claire as one of the women "changing the face of Texas politics." Christina was also a catalyst candidate for Houston City Council in 2013 and authored Get Your Weight Up: Things We Can All Do To Make America Better in 2015.
Christina holds degrees from Texas Southern University, Georgetown University, and Columbia University, with expertise in public administration, policy leadership, and climate studies. She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
ANDREW TOMBACK, ESQ. (HE/HIM)
Vice Chair
Andrew Tomback is a partner in the Global Commercial Litigation Group and is based in the New York office. He focuses his practice on litigations and investigations involving federal securities laws, complex litigation and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Andrew has over 25 years of experience drawn from business, private practice and government service. He handles a full range of civil and criminal litigation before the courts, US Securities and Exchange Commission and various other regulators.
Before entering private practice, Andrew was deputy general counsel of the Resolution Trust Corporation, where he managed several hundred attorneys handling federal savings and loan resolutions. He also served as senior advisor to the Under Secretary for Enforcement at the US Department of the Treasury. Earlier in his career, he served as an Assistant US Attorney in the criminal division of the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he conducted grand jury investigations and prosecuted criminal cases, concentrating on complex securities frauds, including stock manipulations, insider trading, international tax evasion enterprises and penny stock schemes. He tried 12 cases, all to conviction, and successfully argued over a dozen appeals. Andrew also clerked for the Honorable Stanley Sporkin of the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
Prior to joining McLaughlin & Stern, Andrew was senior vice president and general counsel at Scientific Games Corporation. Andrew also practiced litigation at another global law firm.
DAVID GOODMAN (HE/HIM)
Secretary
David Goodman is the brother of Andrew Goodman and the former Chairman of The Andrew Goodman Foundation's Board of Directors. Professionally, David is a civil engineer and holds an MBA from Stanford University. He was the founder and CEO of United American Energy Corp., an electric generation and power company operating in eight states throughout the U.S. David is a member of the Global Leadership Council of the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), member of U.S. Green Building Council, member of American Solar Energy Society, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, on the Advisory Board of the Natural History Museum of The Adirondacks, on the Advisory Board of the Ruby Bridges Foundation, and a Trustee Emeritus of the Antioch College Board of Trustees. He brings extensive experience in developing, operating, and expanding organizations.
COREY WEISS (HE/HIM)
Treasurer
Corey Weiss has a background in engineering, physics, business management, and philanthropy. He spent the early part of his career in the semiconductor industry in both technical and management positions for a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. In 1998, Mr. Weiss founded Applied Technologies Consulting, a business consultancy that serves clients of technology driven enterprises. Mr. Weiss is also an active investor evaluating, making and monitoring investments across asset classes. He is currently a Board member, advisor and fiduciary to a variety of organizations including the Karan-Weiss Foundation (founded by Donna Karan and Stephan Weiss, founders of the NY based fashion house Donna Karan International) and the Green Meadow Waldorf School, of Chestnut Ridge, NY. Mr. Weiss holds a Masters degree in Applied & Engineering Physics from Cornell University, NY and a BA in Physics and a BS in Electrical Engineering both from Rutgers University, NJ.
FRED FARKOUH, CPA, ESQ. (HE/HIM)
Board Finance
Fred Farkouh is a tax executive with over 40 years of experience in areas of business, financial, and tax consulting. Presently, Mr. Farkouh is a senior partner of Farkouh, Furman & Faccio LLP, a company founded in 1974 that provides tax advisory and compliance services to over 400 companies across multiple industry sectors both domestically and internationally ranging in size from start-up to multi-billion-dollar revenues and market cap.
Mr. Farkouh has also appeared as an expert witness in arbitration hearings as well as in Federal Courts, New York State Courts, Alaska State Court, and New Jersey Courts.
He holds a BBA degree in accounting from the City College of New York as well as a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School.
DALE G. BERGER (SHE/HER)
Board Finance
Dale Berger is a member of Women for Women International’s Global Board of Directors. She currently serves as a member of the Global Revenue & Advancement Committee and the Global Program Committee.
Ms. Berger has a long career as a businesswoman specializing in retail, owning several successful stores in New York City. She most recently worked as a commercial real estate broker, specializing in the leasing of office space and sales of commercial buildings.
Ms. Berger has held numerous leadership roles with various not-for-profit organizations including Her Justice, of which she is a former Board Member, where she founded and organized their successful annual photography auction. She is also a former Board Member of New Alternatives for Children and a Founding Member of the Young Leadership of Israel Bonds. Ms. Berger has counseled City Year New York in their early development.
Ms. Berger holds degrees from Skidmore College and Tufts University. She and her husband, Max W. Berger, have four children and ten grandchildren.
CAROLINE SMITH (SHE/HER)
Director of Programs
Caroline Smith is the Director of Programs at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. Caroline is a proud Jersey girl living in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BA in Sociology and a certificate in Community Action/Public Policy at Connecticut College in 2018. After graduation, she began her organizing career with the Student PIRGs at Rutgers University-Newark, where she trained and mobilized students to run campaigns around voter engagement, affordable textbooks, and environmental issues on campus. She then jumped into national electoral work on Senator Cory Booker's presidential campaign for the 2020 primary cycle. In her third year with AGF, Caroline is excited to continue working with young organizers across the country to institutionalize civic and voter engagement.
MICHELE WRIGHT, ED.D. (SHE/HER)
Advisory: Strategic Planning
Michele Wright is an equity-focused leader in non-profit and educational institutions. Michele has developed and implemented strategic initiatives, programs, community partnerships, program evaluation, and organizational change strategies to advance mission and impact. Her work has also centered on equitable opportunities and access to arts education. Michele is a program officer and consultant at GMA Foundations, a philanthropic advisory firm in Boston, MA. She holds an executive doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania, in which her research focused on culture, change, and equity in higher education. She presented a chapter of her dissertation as a case study at the NADOHE International Conference at Coventry University in Coventry, UK: “An Anti-Racism Implementation Plan: A Case Study; How A Decentralized Liberal Arts College Implemented a New Framework for Change.” Michele received a Bachelor of Music from The Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, a Master of Music in Clarinet Performance from The Juilliard School, and an Ed. D in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (PENNGSE).
MO BANKS (THEY/THEM)
Director of Communications
Mo is the Director of Communications at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. With a passion for youth empowerment, civic engagement, and social progress, Mo brings a wealth of experience and creativity to their role, driving the organization's mission and programming to new heights. Collaborating closely with AGF staff, students engaged in the programs, university staff, and fellow nonprofit leaders, Mo fosters a network of change-makers dedicated to promoting youth electoral and civic engagement on university campuses nationwide. Mo is also the host, editor, and producer of the "Live The Legacy Podcast." Through this platform, Mo engages in compelling conversations with influential activists, community leaders, and scholars who share their experiences, expertise, and ideas on various social and political issues.
With over eight years of dedicated service in the progressive movement space, Mo has been a steadfast advocate for positive change and believes a robust digital strategy is a key factor in leveraging progressive wins, increasing accessibility in our movement spaces, and transforming narratives in service of cultural shifts. They spend their free time listening to podcasts, watching basketball, and battling their wife and 4 kids in Mario Kart.
ELBERT GARCIA (HE/HIM)
Board Communications
Born and raised in Washington Heights, New York, Elbert Garcia has spent the last two decades working to lift up the voices and experiences of people of color and immigrants. He currently serves as the Director of Strategic Communications at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), a 45-year old Washington DC-based advocacy group that works with leaders to ensure that grantmakers are transparent with, and accountable to, those with the least wealth, power, and opportunity in American society.
His past work has included everything from digital journalism at The New York Times to serving as senior press staffer for Democratic politicians at the national and state level to consulting on social media and communications strategy with movement groups such as New Florida Majority, the Miami Workers Center and Florida Immigrant Coalition.
The proud father and husband is a first generation Dominican-American alumnus of the Prep for Prep and National Urban Fellows programs and holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Columbia University and a Master’s in Public Administration from CUNY’s Baruch College. When he is not doing the above, he is also helping with community media efforts like Law@theMargins and the Que Lo Que Podcast.
SYLVIA GOLBIN GOODMAN
Advisory: Communications and Programs
Sylvia Golbin Goodman is a member of The Andrew Goodman Foundation's Advisory Board of Directors. She originated the Foundation's Hidden Heroes Awards and the Andrew Goodman Vote Everywhere program. Sylvia served as the Executive Director of AGF from 2007 to 2020 and the President from 2020 to 2021 during which time she oversaw the growth of the organization from a small, family foundation to a public, non-profit charity. Under her guidance, AGF developed its current mission and vision as well as becoming a leader in youth voting rights. Before joining AGF, Sylvia was the Director of Corporate Communications for United American Energy Corp. from 1989 to 2001. She is an experienced educator who served for 13 years as a tenured English teacher, guidance counselor and dean for the NYC Board of Education as well as two years as an Adjunct Professor of English at Bergen Community College. In addition, Sylvia is a trained Life Coach and Earth Wisdom Teacher. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Council for Peace. Sylvia earned a B.A. (English) from Connecticut College in 1967, an M.A. (Education) from Syracuse University in 1968 and an M.S. (Counseling) from Fordham University in 1972.
AUSTIN BORAL (HE/HIM)
Board Communications
Austin Boral is joining AGF's Board of Directors after three years as co-chair of the Associate Board. He is passionate about civic engagement, economic inclusion, and democratic reform. Austin brings perspective from federal and state government as a policy analyst, from local government as an economic development strategist, and from the private sector as a management consultant.
Most recently, Austin worked on the Strategy team at New York City Economic Development Corporation - a quasi-governmental agency that serves as the city's primary vehicle for promoting economic growth. Prior to joining NYCEDC, Austin spent three years in the public and social sector practice at McKinsey & Company where he served federal government agencies in capability building and organizational transformation, while also leading pro bono projects with the office's Social Impact Group. Previously, he interned for the Office of Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand on Capitol Hill, the Office of President William J. Clinton in Harlem, and the White House Office of Public Engagement & Intergovernmental Affairs.
Originally from Long Island, Austin graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Geography and Public Policy. He is currently pursuing an MBA at Harvard Business School and MPP at Harvard Kennedy School.
EVAN MALBROUGH (HE/HIM)
Program Manager for Impact
Evan Malbrough is a native of Smyrna, Georgia. He is a 2020 graduate of Georgia State University with a degree in Public Policy, a minor in Cello Performance, and an inductee to Georgia State University’s 2022 40 under 40 class. At GSU, Evan was a founding member of his Vote Everywhere, where he led civic engagement programming on campus. While pursuing his undergraduate studies, Evan served as a Summer Research Fellow at the United States Department of Defense, serving at the Pentagon. At the Pentagon, Evan worked in legislative affairs and worked to supported the DOD Office of General Counsel. Upon graduating, Evan became a 2020 Puffin Fellow with the Andrew Goodman Foundation. Evan founded the Georgia Youth Poll Worker Project, recruiting 1,000 poll workers for the 2020 general election and 2021 runoff. The ACLU of Georgia officially acquired the Georgia Youth Poll Worker Project in December 2021, naming him a Voter Access Project Fellow between December 2021 and September 2023. As a fellow, Evan worked to protect on-campus early voting centers in Atlanta and supported ACLU GA's legislative initiatives. Evan is a writer who has published in publications such as Forbes, Teen Vogue, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. After leaving the ACLU of Georgia, Evan served as the Managing Organizer of Georgia for Our Turn, where he worked with APS students to create a student mental health community board district-wide. During the 2024 election season, Evan worked as a VoteFlare Associate at the Shorenstein Center for Media and Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School and as the Religious Outreach advisor for Congresswoman Lucy McBath's Campaign. Evan served as the Senior Economic Policy Advisor at the Netherlands Consulate in Atlanta. Finally, Evan works as the Program Manager for Impact with the Andrew Goodman Foundation and the Atlanta
Liaison for StartAruba.
WASHINGTON CUZCO (HE/HIM)
Operations and Development Associate
Washington Cuzco is the Operations and Development Associate at The Andrew Goodman Foundation. Born in Ecuador and raised in the Bronx, Washington always found ways to become involved within his community — working for the local food pantry, volunteering at animal rescues, and tutoring GED students. Following some educational challenges that left him questioning his academic trajectory, Washington found solace in high school completion programs and college access programs that provided the support and encouragement he needed to go far in life. Washington is now a proud holder of a B.B.A in Finance from Baruch College and is currently pursuing an MBA at the same institution. Washington has diverse experiences, previously serving in roles such as Administrative Assistant, Finance Administrator, and Staff Accountant at non-profit organizations centered on college access, community services, and medical research. During his free time, Washington likes to be outdoors with his two dogs — Slinky and Pepper — and his fiance, Gina.