APHRODITE THEVOS TSAIRIS

Co-Founder and mother of Alexia Tsairis

Former teacher, editor and administrator turned political activist since the terrorist attack that took the life of her 20 year old daughter in 1988. As chairman of the largest group of survivor families, she spent many days lobbying and testifying on Capitol Hill, traveling to Scotland, the Netherlands and Britain for high level meetings seeking justice in the then, largest American mass murder case in the skies.

PETER TSAIRIS, MD

Co-Founder and father of Alexia Tsairis

Retired Attending Neurologist and Director Emeritus of Neurology at The Hospital for Special Surgery, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology Weill-Cornell medical center in New York City. Currently, he is working as a part-time neurology consultant in Morristown, New Jersey. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and has published extensively in the scientific literature.

GEORGE A. TSAiRIS

Co-Founder and brother of Alexia

Licensed Architect and Builder earned a BA from Hamilton College in 1988 and a Masters of Architecture from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1993. A member of the American Institute of Architects, he  has owned and operated his own architectural and building firm since 1996. 

ARIADNE TSAIRIS COUSOULAS PA-C

Co-Founder and sister of Alexia

Earned a BA from Colgate University and a Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Seton Hall University. She is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the New Jersey State Society of PA’s. She has made a reputation for herself as a specialist in Family Practice.

RICHARD KRIM

Chairman, Board of Trustees

Richard is a principal of Krim Associates, which provides wealth management and estate planning to business owners and professionals. He is a Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, and Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy. He is a regular contributor to a variety of publications and has been advising the Alexia Foundation for many years.

DAVID SUTHERLAND

Acting Alexia Tsairis Chair for Documentary Photography at S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University

David Sutherland was Alexia Foundation administrator for its first 20 years and the Alexia Chair at Syracuse University from 2007-2010. He has taught photojournalism at SU since 1979.

HOWARD COWAN

Trustee

Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant; Founder and President of Cowan Financial Group; awarded Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company's National Chairman’s Trophy. Board member of USTA Serves; Board Member of The American College in Bryn Mawr, PA.

ELLEN TOLMIE

Trustee

Ellen has been UNICEF’s Senior Photography Editor since 1992, contracting photographers worldwide to document the situation of children; promoting appropriate use of images of children; and collaborating on varied international photography projects. Prior to joining UNICEF, she worked as an editorial and documentary photographer in Toronto, New York and Bogotá.

ANDREW REGENSTREICH

Trustee

After eight months in Israel, Andrew began working for Community Asset Preservation Corporation as a Project Manager. Andrew has a Master's in Public and Nonprofit Management from NYU’s Wagner School. He has been a Community Development Fellow with Jersey City’s Department of Housing, Economic Development and Commerce and a Mayor's Public Service Fellow in New York City. 

MICKEY OSTERREICHER

Trustee

A photographer for four decades, and now a lawyer, Mickey serves as General Counsel of the National Press Photographers Association, working diligently to protect First Amendment rights, intellectual property rights, and serving as a vigorous advocate for the rights and livelihood of photographers and visual journalists.

JIM DOOLEY

Executive Administrator Alexia Foundation; retired Director of Photography, Newsday;  Assistant Director of Photography, Los Angeles Times; Fulbright Specialist Grant MA Program Dalian, China; judge POYI, 1st China International Press Photo competition; curator at Pingyao, China Photo Festival.

BRIAN STORM

Brian Storm is founder and executive producer of the award-winning multimedia production studio MediaStorm based in Brooklyn, New York.  www.mediastorm.com  @BrianStorm

AMI VITALE

Alexia Grant winner in 2000, Vitale's photographs have been exhibited around the world in museums/galleries and published in many international magazines. She is currently a contract photographer with National Geographic Magazine and frequently teaches workshops.  www.amivitale.com  @amivee

ED KASHI

Ed Kashi is a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. As a member of VII Photo Agency, Kashi has been recognized for his complex imagery and its compelling rendering of the human condition. www.edkashi.com  @edkashi

PAMELA CHEN

Award-winning producer, editor, photographer, and
sound designer Pamela Chen is a senior photo editor for National Geographic Magazine. www.pamelachen.com  @pc

HUANG WEN

Wen Huang, PhD, Director of the International Business Development Division at the News and Information Center of China's National Press Agency, Xinhua News Agency. World Press Photo Contest Jury member in 2006 and 2007. Jury member of POYi in 2008 and Walkley Prize in Australia in 2009.

PIM VAN HEMMEN

The former assistant managing editor for photography at the Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ, where he built the award-winning photo and video departments.  In 2006, he served as an Alexia Foundation judge. www.pimvanhemmen.net

BESS GREENBERG

Bess Greenberg is a photographer, curator and the founding director of 25CPW and Red Roots Gallery, two artist run galleries on New York City’s Central Park West. As a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, Greenberg completed a combined study MFA in documentary and fine art photography at the International Center of Photography-Bard College. www.bessgreenberg.com

WHITNEY JOHNSON

Director of Photography at The New Yorker where she oversees the photographic vision for the print magazine, the iPad, and website. She contributes regularly to the magazine’s photography blog, Photo Booth, and is an adjunct professor at New York University. Previously, she worked at the Open Society Foundations, coordinating a grant competition for photographers and the Moving Walls exhibition. 

LACY AUSTIN

Arts education and advocacy are the heart of Lacy Austin’s personal and professional work. Lacy has been the Director of Community Programs at the International Center of Photography in New York for the past ten years, focusing on photography education as a way to foster self-esteem and community empowerment. 

AIDAN SULLIVAN

He joined The Sunday Times of London as deputy picture editor; soon becoming the youngest picture editor in Fleet Street and subsequently joined the Sunday Times Magazine as Director of Photography and Assistant Editor responsible for all photography at the magazine for eight years. Currently Vice President of Photo Assignments for Getty Images UK and USA.

WHITNEY JOHNSON

Grant Competition Judge

Director of Photography at The New Yorker where she oversees the photographic vision for the print magazine, the iPad, and website. She contributes regularly to the magazine’s photography blog, Photo Booth, and is an adjunct professor at New York University. Previously, she worked at the Open Society Foundations, coordinating a grant competition for photographers and the Moving Walls exhibition. 

KIRA POLLACK

Grant Competition Judge

As Director of Photography at TIME Magazine, Pollack oversees the photographic vision of TIME, TIME.com and all digital media. In October  2011, she was named the photo editor of the year at the Lucie Awards. She established TIME’s photography site LightBox, which is dedicated to the culture of images and provides a forum for conversation on photography.

MAGGIE STEBER

Grant Competition Judge

Contract photographer for Newsweek Magazine, photo editor for Associated Press in New York, and Asst. Managing Editor of Photography at the Miami Herald, where the photo staff became Pulitzer Prize winners for coverage of the Elian Gonzalez story. In 2007 she received a grant from the Knight Foundation to design a new newspaper prototype at the University of Miami.