Leadership

Working in close partnership with MyGoodDeed as National Program Leaders are the Points of Light Institute/Hands On Network, Corporation for National and Community Service and the 9/11 Memorial. Also supporting the observance are many nationally prominent nonprofit organizations including those listed below: 

AARP

America's Promise Alliance

Be the Change Inc

CauseCast.com

City Year

DoSomething.org

Families of September 11

Greater DC Cares

New York Cares

ServiceNation

StudentPIRGs

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center

United Way of America

Voices of September 11

Youth Service America

Officers of MyGoodDeed.org 

David Paine – Founder and President

david.paine@911day.org

Founder and President of MyGoodDeed.org., the nonprofit group created to establish 9/11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance. David, a former resident of New York City, is senior advisor to PainePR, a national communications firm that specializes in corporate social responsibility and cause related issues, and a 2008 recipient of the nation’s highest civilian volunteer service recognition, The President’s Call to Service Award. To learn more about David, click here.

Jay Winuk – Co-founder and Vice President/Secretary

 jay.winuk@911day.org

Co-founder and vice president/secretary of MyGoodDeed.org, the nonprofit group that led the campaign to establish 9/11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance.  On September 11, Jay’s brother Glenn was killed in the line of duty at The World Trade Center. Inspired by his brother’s devotion to community service, Jay joined David Paine in 2003 as co-founder in helping to build the 9/11 Day of Service initiative, and has become a passionate advocate for volunteering and national service. He is also a recipient of the nation’s highest civilian volunteer service recognition, The President’s Call to Service Award. Click here to learn more about Jay.

Board of Directors of MyGoodDeed.org

Joe Spalluto serves as treasurer of MyGoodDeed.org, having joined the board of directors in 2006. Joe is Executive VP and Managing Director of Keefe, Bruyette and Woods – the nationally respected New York-based investment banking and services firm that lost 67 of its colleagues during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Mr. Spalluto received a BA from Amherst College and a JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Jim Fassel, the new head coach of the Las Vegas UFL team, Jim Fassel joined the MyGoodDeed.org board of directors in 2008. Jim, who began his professional coaching career in 1974, coached the New York Giants from 1997 to 2003, leading the team to the Super Bowl in 2001. While coaching the Giants, Jim witnessed first hand the tragedy of 9/11 and helped organize the team to support the rescue and recovery efforts. After 9/11, he founded the Jim Fassel Foundation, which has raised more than one million dollars to assist the families in the New York Metro area whose lives have been impacted by sudden tragedy or debilitating illness or injury. Jim is also an NFL commentator for Westwood One Radio Network. Click here to learn more about the Jim Fassel Foundation.

Alice Hoagland, today a respected authority on airline safety, is the mother of 9/11 victim Mark Bingham, who along with the other brave passengers of United Flight 93, stormed the cockpit and fought with terrorists for control of the hijacked aircraft.  Although Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, PA, killing all aboard, the efforts of Mark and others heroically prevented the terrorists from striking intended targets in Washington DC.

A partner with the nationally prominent public affairs law firm, Nossaman LLP based in Washington DC. Fred specializes in ethics and election law and he has provided pro bono legislative and public affairs counsel to MyGoodDeed.org since 2004. Fred combines prior expertise as an aid to Commerce and Appropriations Committee members, along with more than a decade of private practice expertise to strategically advise clients on a wide range of public affairs matters.

Ed Moed, Managing Partner, Peppercom 

Ed Moed is one of the original members of the MyGoodDeed.org organizing committee.  As managing partner of Peppercom, a prominent public relations and crisis counseling firm based in New York, with offices in San Francisco and London, Ed has built a national reputation for strategic communications, and has received numerous awards for his work on behalf of Fortune 100 corporate and nonprofit clients.

Edie Lutnick, Executive Director, Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund

Edie Lutnick is a Co-founder, Officer, and the Executive Director of The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, a 501 (c) 3 not for profit charity established September 14, 2001 to address the short and long term needs of victims of terrorism, natural disasters and emergencies.  Under Ms. Lutnick's leadership The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund has raised and distributed over 180 million dollars to over 800 families of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and has been instrumental in assiting them to heal. Ms. Lutnick is also a respected voice on a multitude of 9/11 advisory groups including the September 11th National Memorial and Museum and the Port Authority.

National Advisors

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) 

In 2004, Senator "Chuck" Schumer authored the very first Congressional resolution which called upon the President of the United States to proclaim 9/11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance.  The resolution passed the U.S. Congress unanimously in 2004 as H. Con. Res 473.  Joining as co-sponsors in the Senate were then U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT), Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).  Senator Schumer has been a steadfast supporter of the rights of 9/11 victims and their families, and has continued to fight for the post 9/11 medical needs of those impacted by rescue and recovery effort.

U.S. Representative Peter King (R-Long Island)

Rep. Pete King is the ranking member on the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee.  Rep. King joined with Senator Schumer as original co-authors of the successful H. Con. Res. 473, securing unanimous passage of the resolution in the House of Representatives.  He has continued to serve with great distinction and compassion the interests and needs of 9/11 victims, families and rescue and recovery workers.

After founding City Year and serving as its CEO for more than 20 years, Alan Khazei founded Be the Change Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to promoting and connecting service policy development and advocacy. In 2008, Alan spearheaded the formation of ServiceNation, a dynamic coalition uniting the leaders of more than 200 service organizations that collectively reach 100 million Americans. ServiceNation’s goal is to educate and inspire political and community leaders to expand meaningful service opportunities for Americans of all ages and to help address some of our nation's most important challenges.

Michelle Nunn leads the Points of Light Institute, the largest volunteer network in the country created by the merger in 2007 of the Points of Light Foundation and HandsOn Network where she was co-founder and president. Today, the Points of Light Institute includes more than 250 HandsOn Action Centers throughout the U.S. and in nine other countries around the world. Through her passion to community service, Michelle plays a vital role in advocating for public policies that enhance public service and volunteering.

Michael Brown leads City Year, the nonprofit organization built on the belief that young people can change the world for the better. City Year unites young people of all ages and backgrounds for a year of full-time service, helping to transform schools and neighborhoods throughout the U.S. and South Africa. Over than 11,400 City Year corps members have contributed more than 18 million service hours as tutors, mentors and role models to more than one million children.

John Bridgeland heads Civic Enterprises, the highly respected Washington, DC public policy firm. Previously, John served as Assistant to the President of the United States, as well as the first Director of USA Freedom Corps, overseeing the White House Office of Volunteerism. John's analysis of the rising high school dropout rate in America sparked the Time magazine cover story, "Dropout Nation," and prompted two shows dedicated to the topic by Oprah Winfrey.

Gary Sinise has been an advisor to MyGoodDeed.org since 2004. He helped produce and narrate the organization's first television and radio public service announcements, which began airing nationally in 2005. Gary is an active supporter of the U.S. armed services and currently serves as spokesperson for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial Foundation. He is also a founder of Operation Iraqi Children, which helps to bring school supplies and other services to schools in Iraq. Gary currently stars in the award-winning CBS television series CSI: New York.

Joe Daniels serves as the President and CEO of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc. As head of the organization dedicated to building a memorial and museum to honor the victims of September 11, 2001, Mr. Daniels directs planning, construction, and development. He has led the foundation to many accomplishments, including a twenty-seven city national tour, an initial capital fundraising campaign totaling over of 350 million dollars, and the opening of the Preview Site on August 26, 2009. Prior to his work with the Memorial & Museum, Mr. Daniels was employed with the Robin Hood Foundation.

9/11 Advisory Board

The mission and objectives of 911day.org are fully supported by the 9/11 community including the following prominent 9/11 leaders:

Mary Fetchet, Founder, Voices of September 11

Monica Iken, Founder, September's Mission

Dennis McKeon, Founder, Where-To-Turn

Lee Ielpi and Jennifer Adams, Founders, WTC Tribute Center

Nancy Aronson, Treasurer, Families of September 11

Terry Sears, Tuesday's Children

Anthony Gardner, September 11 Education Trust/WTC United Family Group

Bill Doyle and Patricia Reilly, Coalition of 9/11 Families

Marianne Scott, Our Voices Together

Lisa Orloff, World Cares Center/September Space

Arnie Korotkin, 9/11 List-Serv

Sally Regenhard, Skyscraper Safety Council

Rosemary Dillard, Pentagon Memorial Fund

John Feal, Feal Good Foundation

Liz and Steve Alderman, Peter Alderman Foundation

Jeff Parness, New York Says Thank You

Sol Moglen, Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance

Diane and Kurt Horning, Families for a Proper Burial