Accomplishments
Upon taking office, she pledged to focus on five main policy areas—hunger, housing, child welfare, education, and women’s issues.
Throughout her career, Betsy Gotbaum has shown commitment to community service. She has served on the boards of innumerable not-for-profit organizations, including the Community Service Society; The Valley Recreation and Youth Development Program in Harlem; Goodwill Industries; and the Municipal Arts Society.
She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation and the Michael Stern Parkinson's Research Foundation. These organizations fund neuroscience research primarily at The Rockefeller University.
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