Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City

In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Kent Coulter was seeing many boys come through his courtroom.

To look after him, to help him do right, to make the little chap feel that there is at least one human being in this great city who takes a personal interest in him, who cares whether he lives or dies.

Coulter's audience, a New York City men's club of business and community leaders, immediately saw the strength of this brave new idea.

[3] With over 25 years of experience leading nonprofit organizations, she previously served as executive director of Part of the Solution, a neighborhood-based comprehensive human services agency.

He was later appointed by New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani to serve as deputy commissioner and chief operating officer of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

Batista also served as executive vice president of the New York Metropolitan Region of the American Cancer Society, where he provided strategic and operational leadership through nearly 200 employees, 2000 volunteers and 12 offices in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Westchester County.

He was a powerful voice in the successful campaign to ban smoking in most New York City restaurants and public places.

He lectured on criminal justice as an adjunct professor at Pace University (1976–94) and was an assistant district attorney for New York County (1969–73).

He worked with the Alcoholism Council of New York, followed by The Institute for the Advancement of Health—focusing on how the mind affects the body, including the benefits experienced by helping others.