Contact Our Legal, Donor, or Investment Teams

Office of the General Counsel

Jane Wilton, General Counsel

To contact Jane Wilton, please call (212) 686-2563 or e-mail her at janewilton@nyct-cfi.org.

Jane works with prospective donors and their professional advisors in connection with gifts and bequests. She is also responsible for a broad range of legal issues, including charitable contributions, donor-advised funds, board governance issues, unrelated business income tax, foreign grantmaking, commercial co-ventures, lobbying, and fiduciary duties of trusts and charitable corporations.

Prior to joining The Trust in 1992, she was in private tax practice at a New York City law firm. Jane lectures on various subjects involving charities and planned giving. She received a B.A. from Michigan State University, a J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law, and an LL.M in taxation from New York University School of Law.

Donor Relations

Robert V. Edgar, Vice President of Donor Relations

Gay Young, Director of Donor Relations

To speak with Bob Edgar, please call (212) 686-0010, x373, or for Gay Young, at x377.

Bob Edgar has been at The Trust for twenty-four years, and is the principal contact for donors, helping them to identify and achieve their charitable objectives. He is also involved in The Trust's new business initiatives. He is a board member of the Memton Fund, the Clinton Hall Association, King Manor Museum, and the Kingsborough Community College Foundation, and is a trustee of the Board of Foreign Parishes, an Episcopal foundation that supports several churches in Europe. Bob was also a founding trustee of the Berkshire-Taconic Community Foundation.

Gay Young helps donors manage their funds and make the most of their giving. She received  her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A. from Wellesley College. Prior to joining The New York Community Trust, she worked as a literary agent for six years and before that as corporate counsel at various financial services companies, including Merrill Lynch. She is currently a member of the AdNet Steering Committee (an organization of community foundation development officers) and is on the board of the West Village Houses Tenants Association.

Investment Department

Mary Greenebaum, Chief Investment Officer

To contact Mary Greenebaum, please call (212) 686-0010, x464 or e-mail her at mzg@nyct-cfi.org.

Mary works with The Trust's Investment Committee to implement strategies for the approximately $750 million held in The Trust's nonprofit corporate affiliate, and she monitors an equivalent amount of assets held in trust at 12 New York City banks. Before joining The Trust in 2001, she spent 12 years as investment manager for the family that owns Continental Grain Company. Prior to that she worked as an investment analyst at C.J. Lawrence Management and Brown Brothers Harriman and wrote about investments for Fortune for several years. Mary holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Harvard College.