Director, Administration and Student Programs

Phoebe joined the Foundation staff in 2024 after a long career at the Bronx High School of Science starting as a student teacher with Dr. Carol Nash in 1990. She was a Holocaust Studies teacher, AP American History teacher and the program chair. She became the Assistant Principal of Organization in 2006. During her years there, she worked closely with all members of the Bronx Science community and she continues there part time working closely with the Speech & Debate team.

Raised all around the country, Phoebe moved to New York City in 1983, in time to attend Stuyvesant High School. She attended the University of Chicago for her BA and Fordham University for MA. Her years at Bronx Science were the greatest honor of her life and she is excited to continue to work with Bronx Science alumni!

As the current President of Bronx Science Foundation, Eleanor Coufos brings a unique, visionary perspective. Under her stewardship, the Bronx Science Foundation has transformed from a volunteer organization to a $15 million corporation with the infrastructure necessary to continue to scale rapidly. Eleanor has single-handedly brought significant technology upgrades to build the organization including implementing a CRM, online giving platform, marketing tool, a lockbox service and more. She has established impactful, robust programs that benefit the student body by building strong relationships with key constituencies. She is proud of her work connecting Bronx Science alumni locally, regionally and internationally as well as connecting them with students. Recently, Eleanor secured the largest gift in public school history, to establish the Manne Research Institute – a state of the art science research facility for high school students.

Prior to joining the Bronx Science Foundation, Eleanor worked at American Express and Columbia University. She holds a BA in History from Columbia College, an MA from Teachers College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. 

Director, Major & Planned Giving

Courtney joined the Bronx Science Foundation in 2021 and brings nearly 20 years of fundraising experience to the team. She has gained expertise in annual, major and planned giving, grant writing and capital campaigns through her roles as Director of the Parents Fund at Columbia University, Senior Advancement Officer at Newark Academy and Director of Major Gifts at Abington Friends School. 

Courtney earned her bachelor’s degree in Media & Communications at Muhlenberg College and her master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies.

Courtney is passionate about public school education, as a public school graduate and mother of two children in New Jersey public schools. She is invigorated by the opportunity to raise funds for a public institution as exceptional as Bronx Science and inspired by the incredible students and alumni she meets through her work with the Foundation.

Director, Alumni Outreach and Engagement

Lisa Rocchio '87 joined the Alumni Foundation in 2023 after a long career as a teacher and Assistant Principal at Bronx Science.

Born and raised in the Bronx, Lisa attended public schools in the city in Parkchester and Pelham Bay. She attended Bronx Science from 1983-1987, a period she found personally transformational. She describes her time at Science as her “introduction to the world.” She went on to study Romance Languages and Communications at Fordham University and obtained her Master’s at Hunter College.

She taught thousands of students in both Italian and Latin during her 32-year tenure at the school. Lisa worked in many capacities over the decades, including serving as the first Assistant Administrative Director of the Math/Science Institute (later known at the Specialized High Schools Institute), working as a College Mentor in the school’s College Office and leading more than twenty teachers in the World Language, Music and Art department. In 1999, Lisa earned a Fulbright scholarship in Classics and completed her work in Rome. She also served as the school’s first Equity Ambassador and led the School Leadership Team as Co-Chair for a decade, working closely with all constituencies that make up the Bronx Science Community.  Most recently, she is teaching a Leadership class to incoming 9th graders.

Lisa is using her experience in teaching and learning and team leadership to increase alumni engagement and participation in the Foundation’s myriad activities. She looks forward to expanding the Foundation’s outreach efforts and serving the alumni community.  

Sang Kim is a member of the US Management Committee and the Global Board. He is the Chair of Markets and Sectors, Chair of the Asia Committee and Co-Chair of the Global Tax practice.

Sang concentrates his practice in international tax and operational structuring; global transfer pricing strategy; cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures; post-acquisition integration; and international tax controversy. He frequently serves as the managing international counsel for multijurisdictional and multi-disciplinary matters and transactions.

He has led several hundred global expansion and structuring engagements for companies across a wide spectrum of industries, including technology, consumer products, life sciences, energy, media, services, funds, manufacturing and distribution. 

Within these industries, he has worked extensively with clients in the software, semiconductor, EV, batteries, biotech/pharma, data storage, data security, social/ecommerce, gaming, consumer electronics, retail, medical devices and networking segments. He has also worked closely with numerous clients doing business in China, India, Brazil, Russia and other key emerging economies.

Starting with a strong foundation in finance and accounting, Joan has a record of visionary leadership in the financial services industry with an emphasis on financial, strategic and operational risk management practices.  She currently serves as a Senior Advisor at Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm. She spent majority of her career at Lord, Abbett & Co, serving as Partner, Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer and chair of its audit committee over almost two decades. Prior she worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and at Goldman Sachs.

Joan holds a board role on Sim Corp, an investment management solutions technology company; a board member and governance committee chair of the Greyston Foundation, which supports low income individuals and families as they forge a path to self-sufficiency and community transformation; and as a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Joan graduated from the State University at Binghamton and received her MBA from New York University. Joan is the mother of a grown daughter and stepson. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.

Dylan is a Director at Willett Advisors, the family office that manages the philanthropic assets of Michael R. Bloomberg. As a member of the Principal Investments Group, he evaluates private market transactions including growth, buyout and special situation opportunities. Prior, he was an Analyst at UBS covering media and telecom companies in the investment bank.   

Dylan attended Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated with a degree in financial economics. He was an active member of the student government and represented the student body as treasurer. Dylan also worked closely with Professor Steve H. Hanke to conduct research on Prudential Bank Regulations. While in school, he balanced a full-course load with working part-time at JMI Equity, a Baltimore based Private Equity firm for two years.

In high school, Dylan commuted from the Lower West Side to Bronx Science. He was co-captain of the Policy Debate Team where he competed nationally, earning four bids to the Tournament of Champions. He also participated in the math research program and received an award for creating a machine-learning model to predict regional campaign donations.

 He graduated Bronx Science in 2010, following his father’s, Eric Gorman ‘79’s, footsteps nearly 30 years later.

Tim Maliyil is a technology entrepreneur, engineer, and lifelong innovator whose passion for problem-solving was sparked at The Bronx High School of Science. The school’s spirit of curiosity and discovery inspired him to pursue a career at the intersection of technology, business, and impact.

After earning his degree Computer Science from Tufts University, Maliyil founded two successful technology companies: Data Guard Systems, a retail SaaS platform that served thousands of businesses across North America, and AlertBoot Data Security, a global cybersecurity firm protecting over a million users daily with enterprise-grade encryption and compliance solutions.

Today, Maliyil serves as the CEO of PerkyPet AI, an emerging leader in pet wellness technology that uses artificial intelligence to bridge the gap between veterinary care and everyday pet parenting. He also advises startups and executives worldwide on technology strategy, cybersecurity, and AI adoption, drawing on more than three decades of leadership across the tech industry.

Maliyil’s work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and SC Magazine, and he has been recognized as an industry thought leader.

Paritosh Batra, Director of Research and Analyst, joined Anchor Bolt at its inception and ten years of investing experience on the buy side, all focused in the Industrials Sector. Prior to joining Anchor Bolt Capital, Paritosh was an analyst at SAC Capital in New York focused on the Capital Goods and Transportation Sectors. Prior to SAC, Paritosh worked with Robert Polak at Citadel Investment Group for five years and helped to manage the Capital Goods Portfolio. Paritosh has also held roles at Morgan Stanley and Alderman & Company.

Paritosh holds a BA in Finance and Accounting from NYU Stern School of Business where he graduated Magna Cum Lauder. He was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and the Stern Scholars Program as well as the recipient of the Honor Key and the Stern Hall of Fame.

Regina is a Managing Director and Financial Advisor at UBS Private Wealth Management. She specializes in providing personalized investment advice and comprehensive wealth management solutions to ultra-high-net-worth families, Family Offices, and not-for-profit organizations. With close to 30 years of experience in financial services, Regina collaborates with clients to understand their goals and craft integrated solutions across investing, trust & estate structuring, philanthropy, and borrowing.

Before joining UBS in 2024, Regina spent a decade at Goldman Sachs in Private Wealth Management, where she co-led a nationally recognized team. Regina served on Goldman’s Advisors Council and oversaw training and mentorship programs for new advisors. 

Prior to Goldman Sachs, Regina was a Senior Private Banker in the Financial Sponsors Group at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, managing some of the most strategic clients at the firm. Previously, Regina led Strategic Relationship Management for Bank of America, advising investment banking clients on wealth management issues related to their corporate transactions. She began her career in Mergers & Acquisitions at Goldman Sachs. 

Regina was born in Kishenev, Moldova, immigrating to New York City when she was six. She resides in Montclair, NJ, with her husband, Bill, their children, Miles (18) and James (16), and their Goldendoodle, Roxy (7). Outside her professional pursuits, Regina enjoys ice hockey, reading fiction, boating, and traveling.

Regina graduated from Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Sociology, earning Phi Beta Kappa membership. She holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, graduating Cum Laude.

Committed to expanding opportunities for underprivileged youth, Regina serves on the board of trustees for The Bronx Science Foundation, her high school alma mater.

Humphrey Chen is currently the Head of Amazon Web Services Machine Learning - Deep Learning Rekognition (Computer Vision). A corporatized entrepreneur, Chen knows how to take an idea and make it real not only in the startup world but also inside of big companies.

Chen used to lead New Technologies in Verizon Wireless during the launch of the nation's largest 4G LTE network. Prior to that Chen led Unified Communications at Avaya where he acquired and successfully integrated a bay area startup. Before that Chen was at Microsoft and developed partnerships with large Global System Integrators and enabled their field sales to compete within the Office Live Meeting/Communicator/Lync/Skype team against IBM and WebEx. After doing big company stuff for a decade Chen went back to the startup world in the world of B2B white label wholesale mobile banking and then most recently at a pragmatic AI startup based in New York City.

After graduating Harvard Business School Chen co-founded a VC backed startup which was the precursor to Shazam. It allowed people to identify the name of the song and purchase the CD album for any song played on good old fashion radio using feature phones from the pre-smartphone era.

Between the first and second year of business school Chen worked for the U.S. Government’s Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) Wireless Bureau during the PCS C-block auctions.  There he served as a Senior Policy and Business Advisor to Chairman Reed Hundt in the area of Low-Earth Orbit, Medium-Earth Orbit and Geostationary-Earth Orbit satellite systems.

Chen’s cross-industry experience spans banking while at Morgan Stanley, management consulting while at Price Waterhouse and the Consumer Packaged goods industry while atInformation Resources (IRI) when he consulted for Proctor & Gamble/Unilever, etc. after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Chen swims every day, enjoys spending time with his wife and 15 year old son, and serves on the Board of Advisors for a few VC-backed startups in addition to being on the Board of Directors for the HBS Angels of Greater NYC and the MIT Angels of NYC.

Jonathan Freedman is an alumnus of Bronx High School of Science (Class of 1974), Columbia University (College Class of 1978, B.A. in History), Georgetown University Law Center (Class of 1981, J.D.), and Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Class of 2023, M.A. in American Studies/American History). He practiced corporate law for forty years, first at Dewey Ballantine LLP and then at Sidley Austin LLP. He served as co-leader of Sidley’s Insurance practice in New York. His practice focused on transactional matters in the insurance industry, including capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and securitizations involving insurance companies. Jonathan was recognized by Chambers USA as a “very smart, practical and analytically acute,” transactional lawyer. He was recognized by The Legal 500 US, IFLR 1000 and was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of insurance.

Jonathan currently sits on the Steering Committee of the Board of Visitors of the Columbia University Department of History, the Board of Visitors of the Columbia University Center for American Studies, and the Board of the Library of the New York Historical Society. His son William also graduated from Bronx High School of Science, (Class of 2021).

Ji is a retired finance professional with over two decades worth of experience in international finance, primarily in Asia and in the field of private equity. From 2003 to 2013, Ji was a Partner based in Hong Kong at Citi Venture Capital International (CVCI), a global emerging market private equity fund with over $7bn in assets. During that time, the last four years as the head of the Asia Pacific region, Ji has led or co-led transactions in a variety of industries including financial, industrial, energy, technology, power, IT services, retail and cable.

Prior to joining CVCl, Ji spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs in the Fixed Income, Investment Banking and Private Equity divisions. During his time at Goldman, he worked in various offices including New York, Seoul and Hong Kong where he led and executed a number of M&A and financing transactions.

In addition to the Bronx Science Foundation, Ji is currently a board member of Zwift, a leading e-fitness company, and the Autism Partnership Foundation, a Hong Kong based charity helping families with children with autism. Previously, Ji was on the board of numerous companies in various countries and industries.

Ji lives in Hong Kong with his wife Soojin and his four sons, Eliot, Henry, Teddy and Alex. Ji received his MBA from Columbia Business School and BA from Harvard College.

Ann-Drea Small is a performance engineer with extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector. She focused on how companies can support users by implementing cost-effective, innovative technology that exceeds an organization’s needs without sacrificing the bottom line. She was most recently a Performance Engineering Consultant at UNICEF.

Currently, Ann-Drea is at work writing her first novel and exploring options for a screenplay.

She holds a Bachelors Degree from Duke in Mathematics, Cultural Anthropology, Information Science and Information Studies. Ann-Drea also has a Masters of Science in Quantitative Methods and Modeling from Baruch University.

While at Bronx Science, Ann-Drea was an active member of the girls basketball team and eagerly looks forward to playing in alumni basketball games!

Rodney is the US Chief Risk Officer for OKX, the global cryptocurrency exchange. He has come “full-circle”, as his very first job was as a Mathematician Cryptanalyst at The National Security Agency (NSA). 

Most recently, Rodney helped Customers Bank develop their Financial Risk Management department.  He's served as CRO for Celsius Network and for Morgan Stanley’s Broker Dealer and Swap Dealers.   Prior to that he worked as a senior risk manager at Merrill Lynch and Bankers Trust, and began his financial career at Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies. 

 Rodney teaches grad-level classes at Columbia University (Corporate Finance and Investment Banking), and at NYU’s Courant Institute (Risk Management and Modeling of Bonds and Securitized Products). He has an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, and an A.B. from Harvard College.

Maulin is an accomplished finance executive who most recently was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Millennium Management and Citadel LLC, where he managed multi-billion dollar Global Event Driven & Risk Arbitrage funds. His previous positions include Managing Director & Global Investment Committee member at Perry Capital and Portfolio Manager, Head of Event Driven Strategy at Shumway Capital. He started his career as an investment banker at UBS within its Leveraged Finance and Global Industrials groups.

Maulin has been an active member of the Fundraising Taskforce and the Entrepreneurship Taskforce.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University where he doubled majored in Finance & Information Systems.