Yvette Baez and Michael Finn Join the Board of Directors at Junior Achievement of New York

NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Junior Achievement of New York (JA New York) announced that two new members were elected to its Board of Directors. JA New York officially welcomed Yvette Baez, VP Integrated Marketing, Partner Solutions, Univision and Michael Finn, Senior EVP and Chief Risk Officer, Sterling National Bank. Since 1929, JA New York has worked to provide K-12 students from New York City, Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley with the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices.

Yvette Baez is a VP, Integrated Marketing, Partner Solutions Team at Univision. She leads a team dedicated to thought leadership in the development of insight-based integration and Branded Entertainment solutions for clients. Yvette received her MBA in Marketing from Clark Atlanta University and has over 15 years of Consumer Packaged Goods experience.

Michael Finn serves a Senior EVP and Chief Risk Officer for Sterling Bancorp and Sterling National Bank, a $30 billion regional bank serving the NY metropolitan area. Sterling has 2,000 colleagues serving its commercial and consumer banking clients across over 100 financial centers. He has served on Junior Achievement's Lower Hudson Valley Advisory Board since 2016.

"Our board has grown to reflect the wide range of sectors that will employ young people in the future," said Joseph A. Peri, President of JA New York. He added, "Yvette and Mike's energy and enthusiasm for the JA mission, as well as strategic expertise, will help us to better position and strengthen our brand in a competitive educational marketplace."

ABOUT JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW YORK

Junior Achievement of New York is the local affiliate of Junior Achievement USA, the nation's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. We recruit, train, and mobilize more than 7,200 corporate and community volunteers to provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. Today, JA New York delivers more than 90,000 student experiences per year to 300 NYC, Long Island and Lower Hudson Valley schools. Visit www.jany.org for more information.

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Stephanie Zlotnick
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 212-907-0046

SOURCE Junior Achievement of New York

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