Liz Axelrod serves as the Grants Administrator for the Hagedorn Foundation. She is a Port Washington resident, transplanted from the West Village in New York City. Liz is a former Parent Resource Center Board Member, Music Promoter, Publicist, and Real Estate Agent. Along with her background in promotion and administration, Liz brings knowledge of community affairs, family, children & youth and environmental issues to her position at the foundation. Liz is currently pursuing a Creative Writing Degree in the Riggio Writing & Democracy Honors Program at The New School in NYC. She is also Managing Editor of 12th Street, the undergraduate literary journal.
Sandra Dunn is the Program Officer for the Immigration Portfolio at the Hagedorn Foundation. She holds a PhD in Spanish Literature from Cornell University and spent many years in higher education before starting her own business providing translation and writing services to clients throughout Suffolk County. A community advocate who has worked closely with immigrants through her business and her leadership roles in non-profit organizations based on the South Fork, Sandra currently serves on the Ethics Board and the Anti-Bias Task Force of Southampton Town. She lives in Hampton Bays with her family.
Lynda Parmely serves as the Program Director of the Families, Children and Youth funding initiative. She grew up on Long Island, graduating from Nassau Community College and continued her education at Queens College, where she earned a degree in Urban Studies. For over 20 years she has worked in the nonprofit sector as an organizer, child care assistant, trainer, program assistant, capacity building consultant and most recently as the Program Officer for the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation. Lynda brings her passion for social justice issues to the Hagedorn Foundation and is the proud mom of Marley Atticus.
Darren Sandow is the Executive Director of the Hagedorn Foundation. Using Long Island as its starting point, the Foundation seeks to support and promote social equity. He is a graduate of the Master's Program for Nonprofit Management at New School for Social Research. His background is diverse, beginning as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica, later working at the Health and Welfare Council of Nassau County, and as the CFO for the People's Firehouse in Brooklyn. Until 2005, Darren served as the Program Director for the Long Island Community Foundation and the Long Island Unitarian Universalist Fund (LIUUF). He came to the Hagedorn Foundation in August of 2005.
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