ACT Oversight; Finance; Audit
Board member since 2022
Ms. Economou is a recently retired partner in Ernst & Young LLP’s Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) practice where she advised global organizations on the impact of regulatory and transformational change on the accounting and financial reporting function and related processes. Anastasia has over 35 years of experience. In her role as the Americas Accounting Change Leader for Leases, Anastasia coordinated advisory, assurance, and tax partners, and professionals in the development and delivery of innovative services to assist companies in the adoption and ongoing reporting under the new lease standards. Anastasia previously served as the Northeast Area Control and Methodology Leader. In this role, she led the implementation efforts of the region related to the Sarbanes Oxley Act’s requirements regarding internal controls and continues to provide the “audit lens” on transformation projects. Anastasia is a CPA and a member of the AICPA. She received her BS in Accounting and MBA in Finance from New York University. Anastasia is a member of the advisory council of Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Metropolis of New Jersey. She previously served on the boards of the Cosmetic Executive Women and St. Michael’s Home for the Aged.
International School Oversight; Institutional Advancement; Finance
Board member since 2022
Caroline Bissell joins the Board having served on the Finance committee since 2017. Throughout her career, Caroline focused primarily on the nonprofit sector, providing financing and expertise to large educational, healthcare, and arts institutions. Professionally she served as Assistant Vice-President at Harris Bank in Chicago as well as holding various positions at Bank of America before becoming the Assistant Vice President for their Not-for-Profit and Healthcare Group. She also held positions at the Illinois Development Finance Authority, the American Library Association, and Berman Lloyd & Associates in Chicago. She received her BA in Asian History from Barnard College, Columbia University (1984) and after years of working in Advertising returned to school to earn a Masters of Management with a concentration in public/nonprofit management and finance at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1994). While at Kellogg, she also served as Women in Management’s representative to the Committee on Diversity. She served on the Environmental Advisory Council in the City of Easton, PA, for ten years where she helped write and get passed a solar ordinance as well as the development and implementation of an invasive species management plan for the local waterways. She was chair of the Moravian Academy Library Guild in Bethlehem, PA. She has been involved with educational activities both in the US and in Tanzania and has volunteered in her community as a Judge of Election since 2009.
