Board of Directors
David Willis, M.D., FAAP
Karen Howard, J.D.
Sherry Perlstein, MSW
Sherry Perlstein, is a clinical social worker with over 35 years of experience as a mental health clinician and senior manager. She is currently a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City with a focus on trauma and life transitions, and provides executive coaching for senior leaders of non-profit human services agencies.
Rebecca Shahmoon-Shanok, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.
Marianne Barton, Ph.D.
Richard Ostuw, M.S.
Richard Ostuw has been an active volunteer since he retired. In addition to Child First, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, the Board of Commissioners of Charter Oak Communities, and the Human Resources Committee of Building One Community (previously Neighbors Link Stamford). He has also served as a volunteer with Junior Achievement and was on the Board of the Darien/Stamford chapter of the American Red Cross.