Building Communities, Transforming Lives:
4 Decades of Grassroots Impact
The All Stars Project is a privately funded national 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a 40-year history of grassroots organizing and community building in poor neighborhoods.
Mission:
Through the developmental power of performance we transform the lives of youth from poor and underserved communities in partnership with caring adults, giving everyone the opportunity to grow.
Vision:
All Stars Project is on the forefront of building community by bridging racial, economic and social divisions to develop a caring 21st Century America.
Integrity and trust
Partnership with the poor
Leading in equity
Radically inclusive
Imagining possibility
Improving the world
Recognized as a powerful engine of development, performance is at the heart of everything we do at All Stars, where people of all ages and from all walks of life are supported to step outside their comfort zones, experience new ideas, people and cultures and grow together.
Our programs use performance as a tool for growth, both on stage and in life. All Stars Talent Show Network and Performance Lab utilize our development-through-performance approach, which is now recognized by leading poverty researchers and community advocates as uniquely suited to help all people develop.
Partnership with Caring Adults
All Stars partners with caring adults who help guide and enhance the personal and professional development of young people in programs such as the Development School for Youth (DSY) and Development Coaching. We create community by bringing together caring adults and poor and underserved youth so that they can build something new together.
Bridge Building
Through meaningful workshops and performance activities we bridge racial, economic, and social divisions to build stronger communities. Operation Conversation and Operation Conversation: Cops & Kids are All Stars’ innovative bridge-building initiatives.
Some All Stars
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United by a commitment to build community
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First All Stars talent show is held in the South Bronx.
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Our Leadership Teams
A diverse, talented and imaginative collective, united by a commitment to build community
Christopher H. Street
Chair
Christina DiChiara
Vice President/Office of the President and CEO
Antoine Joyce-Roach
Senior Vice President/City Leader, ASP of Dallas
Jessica Massad
Vice President/Operations
Shadae McDaniel
Senior Vice President/Programs and Strategic Initiatives and Director, ASP of New Jersey
Irina Robin
Chief Financial Officer
Jenny Zak
Chief Development Officer
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Our Board of Directors
A diverse, talented and imaginative collective, united by a commitment to build community
All Stars Project Board of Directors
- Nathaniel H. Christian III (Chair)
- Jessie A. Fields, M.D. (Vice Chair)Mount Sinai Faculty Practice
- Drew Williamson (Vice Chair)Cooley LLP
- Peter A. Langerman (Treasurer)Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC (Retired)
- Marc Ganz (Secretary)EY
- Chris Street, President & CEOAll Stars Project, Inc.
- Arun Abraham-SinghGoldman Sachs
- Kate J. BartonDentons
- Tiffany Brown, Ph.D.California State University, Long Beach
- Valerie BrownThermo Fisher Scientific
- Wadnes CastellyYotpo
- Benaye Wadkins ChambersCrossroads Community Services
- Girish GanesanS&P Global
- Robert GerberNeal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Kim KeslerKPMG
- Gabrielle L. KurlanderAll Stars Project, Inc.
- Joe May, Ed.DDallas College
- Sonia MenonNeal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Lori MesserRBC Capital Markets
- Ken MeyersonCBRE
- Suzu Neithercut
- Benjamin L. NortmanHilco Global
- Joseph C. PeiserAon
- Mitchell Steir
- Blakely Stinebaugh
- Gloria StricklandAll Stars Project, Inc. (Retired)
- Gillian Teichert
- John J. ThurlowRBC Capital Markets
- Amy Weinberg, Ph.D.University of Maryland
New York Advisory Board
Jessie Fields, M.D. (Co-Chair)
Mount Sinai Faculty Practice
Ken Meyerson (Co-Chair)
CBRE
Gary Benerofe
Mu Ventures
Mark Cicirelli
Elliott Management Corporation
Marco Cuoco
Paramount Global
Mark Davidson
Proskauer Rose LLP (Retired)
Jennifer Grazel Rubio
RBC Capital Markets
Avriel Kelly
Bank of America
Rose Lavandero
Independent Consultant
Lisa Lim
EY (Retired)
Lindsay McKenzie
Office of the New York State Attorney General
Audrey Melofchik
VML
Krista Parsons
Deloitte
Joseph C. Peiser
Aon
Yvette Schmitter
Fusion Collective
John Singer
Philanthropist
Blakely Stinebaugh
Philanthropist/Volunteer
Anne Sylvester
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
New Jersey Advisory Board
Peter Langerman (Chair)
Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC (Retired)
Abdul Ajani
EY
David Barnett
D. Barnett Associates
Ruby Brar
RBC Capital Markets
Peter Bronsnick
Cushman and Wakefield
Brian Clark
PSE&G
Christian Correa
Franklin Mutual Series
Carolyn Dorfman
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Academy
Alvester Garnett
Jazz Musician
Michael Heningburg, Jr.
image Dermatology, P.C.
Chioma Igwebuike
Goldman Sachs
Jeffrey Kronthal
Roy LaManna
gamma.
Delroy Morgan
Arch Insurance
Courtney Mulligan
Russo Development
Brandon Munroe
EY
Robert Ross
Tier 1 Level Consulting
John Saraceno, Jr.
Onyx Equities, LLC
Ryan Taylor
RBC Capital Markets
Raymond Thek
Lowenstein Sandler PC
Chicago Advisory Board
Sonia Menon, Chair
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Bob Achtstatter
Grant Thornton LLP
Joy Crenshaw
Nuveen
Tanya Foster
Equity Residential
Robert G. Gerber
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Mark Haller
Winnetka Music Festival
Dawn Harris
CIBC
Bevon Joseph
Skillful.ly
Bob Kurinsky
Driehaus Capital Management
Tisa Morris
Cook County States Attorneys Office
Benjamin L. Nortman
Hilco Global
JB Opdycke
Open Primaries
Kenneth Veltri
AMLI Residential
San Francisco Bay Area Advisory Board
Valerie Brown (Chair)
Gilead Sciences
Melissa Bergen
MetLife
James Day
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Daniel Eisen
Bank of America
Timothy Hogan
Avison Young
James Kaltenbach
Wells Fargo
Katherine Ringgold
Spire Animation Studios
Avram Tucker
TM Financial Forensics, an HKA Company
Chip Wadsworth
RBC Capital Markets
Allison Williams
Pacific Fusion
Drew Williamson
Cooley LLP
Dallas Advisory Board
Kim Kesler (Chair)
KPMG, LLP
Hunter L. Hunt (Chair Emeritus)
Hunt Consolidated Energy, LLC
Kathy Acosta (Vice Chair)
Dallas College
Miguel Alvarado
Oncor External Affairs
Taylor Bowen
AMLI Residential Company
Shelia English
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Jay Fenlaw
EY
Gilbert Gerst
Bank of Texas Financial
Harold Ginsburg
Southern Asset Service Corporation
Jason Kurek
Hunt Oil Company
Robert Maddox
RBC Real Estate Capital Partners
Jill Meyer
Westwood Wealth Management
Our Corporate Partners
ASP is privately funded and supported by tens of thousands of individuals that have donated $150 million to our Afterschool Development programs and share their lives, expertise, and workplaces with some of our nation’s most disadvantaged young people.
Senior Vice President, Manager Community Development Banking, Bank of Texas
Head of Quality, Enterprise Learning, EHS for Clinical Research Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Managing Director and U.S. Chief Operating Officer, RBC Capital Markets
Global CEO, AON Commercial Risk
Global CEO, Dentons
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“Everything changed the day I discovered the All Stars Project. At 17, I joined the Development School for Youth (DSY)—a free career development program connecting me to paid internships. It transformed my life!”
Chioma Igwebuike, ASP Alum, Associate- Investment Banking Division Compliance, Goldman Sachs; Board member, ASP of New Jersey
“All Stars pushed me to do uncomfortable things like going downtown in these large glass buildings and having conversations with people who didn't look like me. This gave me the ability to stand in spaces where I had been told that I could not or should not be.”
Cedric Soglohoun, ASP Alum, Machine Operator, Flex
“When I joined ASP, I experienced the power of performance. DSY taught me to perform bigger than I thought possible, and the All Stars Talent Show Network gave me the confidence to uplift other young people like me.”
Dwayne Dixon, ASP Alum, Program Director, ASP of Chicago
“Through All Stars, I learned to perform confidence and step into spaces I never thought I belonged in. That journey brought me to UC Santa Barbara and back to ASP, where I’m now helping youth build their futures.”
Larry Huynh, ASP Alum, Program Associate at ASP of SF Bay Area and Virtual Programs
“I joined DSY during my sophomore year of college, connecting with inspiring leaders and earning my first internship at AIG. Today, I’m proud to work at ASP and give back to the program that launched my career.”
Emily Munguia, ASP Alum, Assistant Director of Development at ASP of New York
“All Stars has given me hope, opportunity, confidence and long-lasting relationships that I still carry with me today. My first DSY internship opened new doors for me professionally and has shaped my trajectory 15 years later. My aspiration through the work of the ALC (Alumni Leadership Council) is to bring the gift of development to as many young people as possible.”
Avriel Kelly, ASP Alum, AVP, Business Support Manager, Bank of America
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