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Client: Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness
Team: Anna Mae Green, Erica Green, Breanna Ostrander, Vikashini Savadamuthu, Sarah Schuyler
Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness (SIPCW) works to identify and address emerging health needs on Staten Island. Through partnerships with the Office of the Borough President and myriad community organizations, SIPCW seeks to mobilize an …
Client: Hospital for Special Surgery
Team: Amy Beer, Mariel Carney, Stephanie Chu, Courtney Elms, Lisa Schmutter
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), a division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that aims to help the government and private sector make informed health decisions, recommends interdisciplinary redesign and integrated …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Team: Virginia Bjornton, Billy Faller, Lucia Hu, David Suarez
Affiliated with two Ivy League medical schools, New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) is one of the largest hospitals in New York City. Of NYP’s 44,764 patients discharged from January – May 2015, 3,509 (7.8%) were readmitted within 30 days. Among the …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Team: Regina Mansfield, Yana Schramer, Jo Ellen Stache, Kayann Stephens
New York-Presbyterian (NYP) Hospital is a university hospital in New York City. NYP’s nursing leadership and key stakeholders recognize the importance of providing efficient, safe, and cost effective methods of delivering medications from the point of …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Team: Jill Burton, Kerri Donohoe, Jodi Elkins, Kathleen Schwarz
A leader in medical education, research, and patient-centered care, New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) consists of six core campus sites plus several regional affiliated hospitals. Recently, NYP and five select regional hospitals agreed to change their …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Team: Jennifer Carew, Sarah Flood, Alicia Glavin, Alexandra Grainger, Jodi Kneisel
The effective management of Length of Stay (LOS), or the duration of a single episode of hospitalization, is critical to ensuring positive patient outcomes as well as managing hospital resources effectively. In order to reduce LOS, it is imperative to …
Determine the Long-Term Financial Sustainability of the Emergency Department Care Management Program
Client: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Team: Zachary Kelchner, Sumit Kumar, Kai Tsyr Lee, Bernard Ortega, Emma Zheng
New York City’s integrated health care system, New York City Health and Hospitals (H+H) Corporation, serves approximately 1.4 million New Yorkers annually, 479,000 of whom are uninsured. In September 2014, H+H was awarded a three-year $17.9 million grant …
Client: NYU Langone Medical Center
Team: Bhakti Kanade, Stephanie Ma, Sharon Ramot, Stephanie Stadig, Harrison Wolnick
NYU Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) is a top-tier academic medical center located in New York City, and the hospital has been a member of the U.S. News and World Report hospital honor roll since 2012. NYU Langone Cancer Center is looking to improve its …
Client: NYU Langone Medical Center
Team: Alexandra Berdebes, Steven Bondi, Zeeshan Haque, Tatiana Hryhorowych, Julie Kim
NYU Langone is an academic medical center located in New York City, and the Patient Experience department is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction, identifying unmet needs and values of patients and visitors, and identifying system issues that …
Client: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response
Team: Joshua Choe, Janice McFarlane, Rebecca Park, Anna Rosenblatt, Sasha Walek
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is one of the world’s oldest and largest public health agencies. The mission of the DOHMH Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) is to increase the preparedness of healthcare …
Client: Metropolitan Jewish Health System Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care
Team: Dupe Ajayi, Kristyn Baccaglini, Nick Huober, Fitore Milla, Harshita Ravishankar, Eric Slotsve
A nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the needs of New Yorkers facing life-limiting illnesses, Metropolitan Jewish Health System (MJHS) Hospice and Palliative Care created a community-based palliative care program eight years ago. MJHS’s most …
Client: Montefiore Medical Center
Team: Deirdre Apicello, Estefania Blanco, Taruna Gupta, Garner Michael Smythe, Karen Wu
The Department of Orthopedic Surgery (DOS) at Montefiore Medical Center provides comprehensive care for all orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions. The DOS consists of ten subspecialties and five surgical facilities, treating more than 130,000 patients …
Client: New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Team: Alice Anigacz, Eduard Cabre Romans, Celeste Hornbach, Kendall Moses, Varun Sanyal
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest municipal housing preservation and development agency in the nation. HPD promotes quality housing and thriving neighborhoods through preservation and development …
Client: Community Access
Team: Baron Aboagye-Frimpong, Galeano Claudia, Dayana Herrera, Ivelisse Vazquez
Community Access is a nonprofit organization committed to helping individuals with mental health issues make the transition from shelters and institutions to independent living. The organization’s Howie the Harp Peer Specialist Training Program (HTH) …
Client: CAMBA
Team: Alixandra Gould, Robert Grabher, Shahela Sajanlal, Amar Shah, Adam Striar
With state and federal dollars, healthcare providers are increasingly incentivized to address the socioeconomic factors leading to poor health through partnerships with community-based social service organizations (CBOs). Yet access to such financial …
Client: DaVita
Team: Jonathan Kalish, Bohwoo Kim, Helen Omuya, Samantha Tran, Charlene Yomtobian
DaVita is one of the major dialysis care providers in the United States and has the largest dialysis chain organization in New York. In addition to providing dialysis care, DaVita takes an active role in educating patients and lobbying for policy reforms …
Client: Station Alliance
Team: Lindsey Grier, Jacqueline Li, Dorottya Miketa, Katerina Radin
The Station Alliance is a nonprofit, privately funded organization established to improve the environment of New York City’s subway stations. The Station Alliance requested a Capstone team to identify ways to upgrade the condition of the stations and …
Client: New Partners for Community Revitalization
Team: Rachel Cohen, Javier Garciadiego, Tyler Gumpright, Sam Levy, Rose Martinez
Brownfield sites occur where soil contaminants exceed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cleanup objectives. Clusters of Brownfields present a challenge to redevelopment, particularly in lower income communities where extrinsic …
Client: Bloomberg Associates
Team: Tricia Dietz, Cammie Flippen, Max Meltzer, Erin Rose, Yufei Yu
Bloomberg Associates is an international consulting service founded by Michael R. Bloomberg in 2014 as a philanthropic venture. Directed by a team of globally recognized practitioners, Bloomberg Associates collaborates directly with mayors to help …
Client: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Headquarters
Team: Daniel Cawley, Julliard Lin, Joy Tsai, Felix (Jianhao) Zhou
Four out of every five New York City rush-hour commuters travel using public transportation, making the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) perhaps the single largest source of greenhouse gas avoidance in the nation. MTA’s …
Client: Bronx Community Board 9
Team: Krystal Gittens, Erin Godwin, William Jett, Bryan Scotland
The largest community board in the Bronx, Bronx Community Board 9 (CB9), serves the communities of Bronx River, Castle Hill, Clason Point, Harding Park, Parkchester, Park Stratton, Soundview/Bruckner, and Unionport. CB9 is currently conducting a long-term …
Client: Sunset Bay Community Services
Team: "Sharone Bloom, Mengyun Ji, Yipeng Su, Lichi Xu "
Sunset Bay Community Services (SBCS) provides early childcare options for Sunset Park, a Brooklyn neighborhood with the highest birth rate in New York City and mainly comprised of new immigrants. SBCS is currently looking to open additional childcare …
Client: Z Street Consulting
Team: Gregory Anderson, Quintin Haynes, Brock McIntosh, Samuel Park, Raquel Reynoso
Based in Washington, D.C., Z Street Consulting is a shared services consulting firm for federal government clients. In an era where federal government agencies face increased demands to do more with less, senior administrators seek to reduce management …
Client: Voya Financial
Team: Rachel Goldrich, Diana Jimenez, Claire Marcus, Brayan Rodriguez, Liz Warden
Voya Financial helps Americans plan, invest, and protect their savings for retirement. An integral part of Voya is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which is carried out through the Voya Foundation. The Voya Foundation reinvests in the community …
Client: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs & New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Team: "Jessalyn Gotsdiner, Jingyi Hu, Lianna Reagan, Rick Suchan, Derek Weng "
In accordance with the Mayor’s One City: Built to Last climate action plan, New York City aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from city buildings by 80% from 2005 levels by the year 2050. Complying with this plan poses unique challenges to each member …
Client: New York City Department of Transportation
Team: Michael Ariel Cohn-Geltner, Evan Fisher, Asha Jayaraman, Chaoyi Xiong, Weiqi Gloria Zhang
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) works to provide safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods, and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure. Pavement management is a key part of this …
Client: Students for Service
Team: Tori Fenton, Ruchi Hazaray, Lalita Kovvuri, Hassan Naveed, Lui Lisa Ng
By educating and empowering youth, Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ), powered by Students for Service, brings food equity to urban communities where good nutrition and healthy food access are significant challenges. In TFFJ’s unique after-school program, …
Client: Opening Act
Team: Cymone Fuller, Abby Mayerhoff, Zara Nasir, Akshita Patnaik, Adam Sanders
Opening Act (OA) provides free after-school and extracurricular programs to high-need New York City public high schools without theater and arts programs. Founded in 2000, the organization strives to help students develop leadership, commitment, …
Client: New York University Leadership Initiative
Team: Kevin Butrick, Laura Forshay, Michael Kraus, London Reyes, Mikaela Sanders
Created in November 2013 to enhance and coordinate leadership development and national scholarship opportunities across New York University (NYU), the NYU Leadership Initiative works with students, faculty, and administrators on several academic programs. …
Client: Reach the World
Team: Emily Ong, Harlin Singh, Lanthy Truong, Michael Weston-Murphy
Reach the World (RTW) was founded in 1998 to make the benefits of travel and global education accessible to K-12 students in New York City. Partnering with the Gilman and Fulbright Scholarship programs, RTW connects university students and recent …
Client: New York City Department of Probation
Team: Miriam Apter, Desmond Simon, Adam Wexelbaum
The Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON) brings together community organizations, government agencies, local businesses, and community residents to connect probation clients who live in target neighborhoods to opportunities, resources, and services. …
Client: Objectives for CTE Internships for New York City High School Students
Team: Andrew Brown, Melissa Cole, Natalie Garcia de Heer, Stephanie Kaplan, Xue Luo
While leaders across city government have a strong desire to significantly increase the number of internships available to high school students, there are competing views about the specific objectives of these internships. Career and Technical Education …
Client: People with Disabilities Foundation
Team: Ramona Almenana, Sarah Higgins, Kristin Montgomery, Dustin Shryrock
Federal data indicates that almost 20% of the U.S. adult population is living with a mental or emotional disability. People With Disabilities Foundation (PWDF), a San Francisco-based nonprofit, has been providing public education and advocacy services …
Client: New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Team: Alma Esperanza Santa Ana Vara, Ali Simpson, Meghan Patricia Alpert, Ruhi Bengali, Qijun Wen
The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) is a city agency that promotes the well-being of immigrant communities. It aims to ensure that immigrant small business owners are aware of the city services available to them and that these services …
Client: Enterprise Community Partners
Team: Jessica Kalache, Katherine Fitzpatrick, Price Campbell, Rachel Botos, Safina Shao
Enterprise Community Partners (ECP) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending housing insecurity through strategic investment, partnerships, and advocacy for improved housing policies. Considering New York City’s growing senior population …
Client: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies
Team: Nicole Kenny, Di Liu, Melissa Rosenberg, Marissa Semkiw, Alice Wong
Founded in 1886, Johnson & Johnson is one of the world’s oldest and most trusted providers of consumer care products. Over the last decade, however, Johnson & Johnson has faced significant challenges in shaping perceptions of the health, safety, and …
Client: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Team: Cong Cong, Elisabeth Young, Emmanuel Hernandez, Lois Aryee, Marietta Carre
An agency of the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for coordinating the U.S. government’s response to disasters. Its mission is to ensure that the nation is adequately prepared for, protected …
Client: National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
Team: "Lingbo Cai, Hyeyoung Na, Zheng Pan, Qinqi Yao, Mor Zoran "
The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions provides safe and responsible financial services to underserved communities. Since 1974, the Federation has been promoting financial inclusion by organizing, supporting, and investing in …
Client: New York City Administration of Children’s Services
Team: John Vasilios Andreo, Mischa Karplus, Eveline Wong, Zheng Zhong
The Administration of Children’s Services (ACS) is a New York City government agency that ensures children’s safety and well-being, as well as family stability. Among other responsibilities, it ensures child welfare by overseeing services that support …
Client: Habitat for Humanity New York City
Team: Rasheida Alston, Maria Coco Dalmau, Ruoxi Liu, Gabriel Foguel, Ling Ye
Habitat for Humanity New York City (Habitat NYC) serves low- and middle-income working families in New York City by building affordable and quality homes and rebuilding homes devastated by natural disasters. New York City has a long history of providing …
Client: New York Choral Society
Team: Dariana Castro, John Evans, Maria Hermosilla, Pakchanun Rerngprasertvita, Rachel Saxton, Elizabeth O.M. Williams
The New York Choral Society (NYChoral) is a vibrant musical community which believes in the power of music to impact lives and enrich the cultural life of New York and beyond through its world-class and creative performances. Since strategic fundraising …
Client: Citizens Union
Team: Justin Hui, Bryanna O’Malley, Hannah Peterson, James Sowell, Noelle Williams
Citizens Union is one of New York City’s oldest civic watchdog organizations. Since 1897, it has worked to ensure fair and open elections, honest and efficient government, and a civically-engaged public. In 2014, Citizens Union released a blueprint for …
Client: Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York
Team: Michael Czaczkes, Victoria Oyaniran, Kenza Sijelmassi
Representing the outreach arm of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, Episcopal Charities provides grants and support for over 90 program sites in New York City and the Hudson Valley. Programs range from children’s education and skills building to meals …
Client: Legal Services NYC
Team: Sonia Balaram, Andrew Farwell, Kenrick Fraser, Andrew Lease, Debora Aponte Martinez
Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) was established in 1967 to fight poverty and seek racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers. As part of its mission, LSNYC’s Learning Center offers legal education workshops to attorneys, paralegals, and …
Client: Brooklyn Legal Services
Team: Bingyan Fan, Candace Lee, Amber Lynn, Carola Zurob
Since 1967, Legal Services of New York City’s Brooklyn programs have provided legal advocacy and information on a broad range of topics to low-income residents. Working on behalf of both individual clients and client groups, Brooklyn Legal Services (BLS) …
Client: Common Cause NY & Community Votes
Team: Brian Harrison, Alexia Makrigiannis, Michael Manocherian, Ilyssa Meyer
Common Cause NY provides a voice for citizens in support of open, honest, and accountable government at all levels. Community Votes, a nonprofit organization, partners with community-based social service organizations to conduct nonpartisan voter …
Client: Child Center of New York
Team: Stanley Celius, Courtney Heywood, William Karnadi, Christopher Lee
The Child Center of New York’s (CCNY) mission is to support children and families by providing opportunities, training, and the emotional support needed for them to lead happy, healthy, and successful lives. In addition to offering behavioral health and …
Client: Community Resource Exchange
Team: Jennifer April, Sarah Kukin, Marvin Lalin, Richard Laraway, Chelsea Sexton
For over 30 years, Community Resource Exchange (CRE) has provided management consulting services to New York City’s community-based nonprofit organizations with a vision to create a more equitable and livable city for all New Yorkers by reducing poverty …
Client: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Team: Dana Affinito, Lola Ajayi, Viji Alagiri, Jiaxin Li, Henry Wang
When every website requires users to create a different username and password for online access, remembering login information can be challenging. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) believes users should be able to reuse the same …
Client: GallopNYC
Team: Luke Bosher, Jennifer Hur, Zoya Kolkin, Namrata Puri, Asuka Qin
GallopNYC, a nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic horsemanship programs to children and adults with disabilities, has an ambitious plan to expand its programs to serve more people across New York City. This expansion involves setting up new …