2006-2008 Foundation Fellow Named

Emily A. Carrabine-Amato, a special education teacher in the New York City schools, has been selected as the 2006 George Gund Foundation Fellow.

The George Gund Foundation Fellows program, started in 2004, provides an opportunity for promising young professionals to work inside the Foundation, an organization that plays an active role in supporting the civic life of Greater Cleveland and in various national policy deliberations that impact our community. Each fellow, selected from a nationwide pool of applicants, works at the Foundation for two years.

Carrabine-Amato received her undergraduate degree in sociology and psychology from Cleveland State University and has a masters degree in public administration from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a masters degree in education from the Hunter College School of Education.

She has worked for United Cerebral Palsy of New York City and the New York University Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and as a consultant for the New York City Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services.