The Andréa Rizzo Foundation is able to do the work we do because of our passionate leadership team. We simply could not do what we do without the hard work and dedication of our leadership team!
Board of Directors
President – Organizational Founder
Susan Rizzo Vincent
Vice President Donald Mollitor
Vice President Michael Battaglia, Esq.
Secretary Maureen West
Recording Secretary Theresa Schimmel
Treasurer Claudette Downey
Asst. Treasurer Faith MacDonald
Director Laura Harlan
Director Jennifer Whitley
Advisory Board
Dr. Christopher Bentley, O.D.
Marlborough Family Practice
Marlborough, CT
Robyn Flaum Cruz, Ph.D., BC-DMT, LPC
Editor-in-Chief Emerita, The Arts in Psychotherapy
Former President, The American Dance Therapy Association
Professor, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Diane Duggan, Ph.D., BC-DMT
Licensed Psychologist / Registered Dance Therapist
New York City Dept. of Education
Adjunct Asst. Professor
Graduate School of Dance Education & Special Education
New York University, NY
Christopher Gray
Executive Director, Designate A Driver (D-A-D), RI
Simone Zappa, R.N., M.B.A
Director of Medical Affairs
NY Presbyterian Hospital, NY
Rhee Gold
Publisher, Dance Studio Life Magazine
Owner, DanceLife and Rhee Gold Company
Nina Pickett, M.H.A
Administrator, Dept. of Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality
-Warren Bennis