The June Board of Trustees meeting will take place June 25 at 5:30pm via videoconference. All members of the public are welcome to attend:
June Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, June 25 · 5:30 – 6:30pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/dat-xyug-rwi
Or dial: (US) +1 443-489-6388 PIN: 705 760 460#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/dat-xyug-rwi?pin=8866360321320
The below trustees will be participating via videoconference from the below addresses. The public are welcome to join:
Board meetings take place at 198 Varet Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (or via Google Meets when allowed to by law).
Members of the public are welcome. If you plan to attend, please contact us at least 24 hours in advance so your name may be added to the security list at the front desk.
A copy of each meeting’s agenda is available for download here. Please contact Katie Manion at kmanion@thewcs.org if you would like a copy of the materials distributed at one of the board meetings, or view archived materials from prior academic years.
Parents and other members of the community are always welcome to bring any concerns to the Board. Please email the Board Chair, Lourdes Rivera-Putz, at uwsofny@aol.com.
Ellen Eagen
ellen@ekelawfirm.com
Charles Hobson, Former Board Secretary
Charles Hobson headed Vanguard Documentaries, a production company known for its successful collaborations with PBS and the BBC, among others.Hobson’s most recent PBS co-production, Treasures of New York: The Flatiron Building, aired in April 2014 and commemorates the 110th anniversary of the world famous structure. His acclaimed four-decade career has included films such as Harlem in Montmarte, (Arte, PBS), Porgy and Bess: An American Voice (PBS), Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant” (FOX), Jump Street: The History of Black Music (PBS), Negroes with Guns (PBS) and Like It Is (ABC-TV). Hobson’s awards include an Emmy, a Fulbright (Germany), The Japan Prize (Special Citation), CINE “Golden Eagle,” and the Best Documentary Prize at the 2010 International Pan African Film Festival, 7th Edition, in Cannes. He has taught at SUNY, NYU Tisch School for the Arts, Vassar, and lectured at Harvard, Yale, and Columbia. In 2010, Hobson was Artist in Residence at Art Workshop International, in Assisi, Italy. He had recently expanded his scope of work to include film for corporations and non-profits, such as Verizon Wireless, New York University Medical Center, and Broadway Housing Communities.
He was a consultant for the Museum of Modern Art and was featured at the Lincoln Center for his groundbreaking work on the television programs Inside Bed-Stuy and Black Journal.
To contact the WCHS Board of Trustees, please email boardchair@thewcs.org. Please feel free to provide thoughts and feedback using the form below as well.
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