William Snipes

Vice Chair

Retired Partner, Sullivan and Cromwell

William Snipes retired as partner at Sullivan and Cromwell. Bill is one of the principal co-founders of the Pipeline Crisis/Winning Strategies Initiative—his innovative brainchild—that was launched in 2006 to marshal private sector leadership, investment, and advocacy to address the social and economic gap between young black men and their peers. The American Lawyer called Bill a lawyer statesman and his initiative “unprecedented,” observing that “historically Wall Street law firms and investment banks have spent little time trying to address the root causes of African American poverty.” Bill serves on the governing boards of the John Jay College Foundation, Center for Employment Opportunities, and The Marshall Project.

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CANY Board Members

Reverend Stephen H. Phelps

William Snipes

Rich Foudy

Kenneth Henderson

Wesley Caines

Martha King

Jessica Charles, PhD

Michelle Daniels

Arti Finn

Jay Wardle

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