Board President

Donald Maldari is a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).  He has mainly been engaged in higher education and in pastoral work.  In addition to over twenty-five years of teaching in the United States, he has also worked in Mexico, Haiti, and most recently Fiji.  He started learning communities at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., ran a service-learning program in the Commonwealth of Dominica, and designed a program by which economically-challenged students could be recipients of scholarships while engaged in internships.  He is currently employed at Le Moyne College, where he administers a prison education program and teaches in the religious studies department.

He has published two books: The Creed.  The Faith That Moves Evolution (Lectio Publishing) and Christian Ministry in the Divine Milieu (Orbis Press), in addition to numerous articles. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Donald Maldari has been a member of the Board of Trustees since the inception of the Foundation in 2014.

Board Treasurer

Joseph Cosenza is the Co-Founder and Director of Financial Planning at LCJ Associates, a comprehensive wealth management firm based in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

With over 35 years of experience, Joseph utilizes his time-tested experience to advise his clients on an array of complex, custom financial solutions. He specializes in premium financing, trust/estate planning, retirement planning, and employee benefit strategies.

Joseph is a Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor (CPFA®) and Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®) professional. He received his MBA from Pace University and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Brooklyn’s St. Francis College.

Joseph Cosenza has been a member of the Board of Trustees since the inception of the Foundation in 2014.

Board Member

Bob Hayes is the President and CEO of Community Healthcare Network, a system of 14 health centers serving over 80,000 patients annually throughout New York City. It provides integrated primary and behavioral healthcare and turns no one away.

Bob founded and led the National and New York Coalitions for the Homeless, winning the nation’s first right to shelter court ruling and battling to remedy many of the upstream causes of homelessness . These included the shortage of supportive housing for people with mental illness, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and families in need of preventive services. Bob later served as the president of the Medicare Rights Center, a non-profit organization supporting consumer interests over issues of healthcare and aging.

An attorney, Bob has practiced law with firms in New York and Maine, including Sullivan & Cromwell and O’Melveny & Myers. He is a MacArthur Foundation fellow and has been awarded honorary degrees by 11 colleges and universities. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the New York University School of Law.

Robert Hayes joined the Board of Trustees in 2015.

Board Member

Tim O’Connor retired from Deloitte LLP as a Managing Director and Associate General Counsel after a 32-year career practicing accounting malpractice and employment law. Earlier Tim engaged in criminal trial and appellate work as a state prosecutor and handled securities and business cases as a litigation associate at a large New York law firm.

For over 30 years Tim has been involved in various ways (Board member, finance and/or development committee member, ESL volunteer teacher) with a South Bronx-based nonprofit in the nation’s poorest Congressional District. This community resource serves predominantly low-income, immigrant men, women and families through education, family, civics, social and economic programs with a spirit of hospitality, respect, and equity.

For many years Tim has participated in alumni-related activities at his Jesuit high school, e.g., fundraising, reunion planning, admission interviews. A long-time parishioner at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Manhattan, Tim has volunteered his time in various ways, including as a Finance Council member and a Racial Justice Group member.

From 1970 to 1973 Tim served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in South Korea teaching English at a Seoul university. He is a graduate of Boston College and the New York University School of Law.

Timothy O’Connor joined the Board of Trustees in 2018.

Board Member

Joseph G. Davis is a partner in Willkie’s Litigation Department. He focuses on complex litigation and corporate compliance matters. Joe regularly represents U.S. and non-U.S. corporations and individuals in proceedings before federal and state courts, bankruptcy courts and other tribunals; conducts internal investigations; and provides litigation and litigation risk counseling.

Joe has litigated numerous commercial matters, including contract claims, alter ego and successor liability claims, fraudulent transfer claims, securities claims, professional malpractice claims, insurance coverage actions, antitrust claims, environmental claims and RICO claims. He has represented U.S. and non-U.S. clients in enforcement actions conducted by the United States Department of Justice, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and other enforcement and regulatory agencies, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters. He has led corporate internal investigations in industries such as securities and asset management, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. He regularly counsels clients on litigation risk issues, particularly in the insurance and accounting industries. Joe speaks Russian and has particular experience concerning matters related to Russia. He also has an active and varied pro bono practice.

Joseph Davis joined the Board of Trustees in 2022.