Leadership
Interim Director
Abigail Martin
Abigail Martin, Eleanor’s Legacy’s Interim Director, began her career in advocacy social work in the Bronx Family Court, where she witnessed the impact governmental policy has on families. Martin also taught social work at Columbia University, Fordham University, and Montclair State University. Inspired by the governmental response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in her neighborhood, Martin began a career transition that led her to run for New York City Council in 2021 and District Leader in 2022. At The New Majority NYC, Abigail drove the candidate endorsement process and founded its Young Leadership Council. Most recently, Abigail served as the organization’s Interim Director. In 2022 Abigail joined Eleanor’s Legacy as the Political Director. A working mom of three, Martin is committed to preserving democracy and the reproductive freedoms of future generations of women. Originally from Maine, Abigail has lived in New York since 1999, when she enrolled at Skidmore College. Abigail currently resides in the northwest Bronx, with her children and spouse.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Antonia Stolper
Chair
Kris Kohler
1st Vice Chair
Hon. Joanne Dittes Yepsen
2nd Vice Chair
Hon. Martha Robertson
Secretary
Sarah Russell
Treasurer
Hon. Judith Hope
Founder & Ex-Officio
Donna Zaccaro
Ex-Officio
Tracey Brooks
Ex-Officio
Therese Daly, Pat Reilly
Co-Chairs, Endorsement Committee
Sylvia Stein
Chair, Marketing & Communications Committee
Karen Alford, Hon. Joanne Dittes Yepsen
Co-Chairs, Search & Nominating Committee
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Claire Ackerman
Karen Alford
Hon. Dorcey Applyrs (on leave)
Hon. Gale Brewer
Leslie Chervokas
Marjorie Culver
Elizabeth Da Trindade Asher
Therese Daly
Rob Dyson
Linda Filardi
Lucia Gomez
Lisa Hofflich
Kris Kohler
Rachel Lavine
Hon. Carolyn Maloney
Gloria Middleton
Amy Peckham
Lily Patricof
Bianca Rajpersaud
Pat Reilly
Hon. Martha Robertson
Sarah Russell
Hon. Rebecca Seawright
Onika Shepherd-Bernabe
Sylvia Stein
Emily Steinman
Antonia Stolper
Odetty Tineo
Hon. Joanne Dittes Yepsen
INNOVATION COUNCIL
The Eleanor’s Legacy Innovation Council is a small group of committed young professionals and volunteers determined to amplify the mission of recruiting, training, and supporting pro-choice Democratic women throughout the state of New York.
“For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt