Yvonne O'Neal

After a successful career as a Financial Consultant, Yvonne O’Neal now spends her time as an advocate for social justice. She serves as the Overseas Program Officer of Africa Development Interchange Network (ADIN), a non-governmental organization (NGO) out of Cameroon with special status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. She served as a member of the Advisory Council of the Anglican Communion Office at the United Nations to which she was appointed by the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury.

Yvonne is a member of the Executive Committee of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women and was the Co-Chair of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development–NY. She is active in New York City for CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women), working to develop a bill of rights, the goal of which is to end all forms of discrimination against women. In 2018, Yvonne was awarded a Citation by the Council of the City of Philadelphia “for her commitment to the advancement of women and girls in the United States and abroad.”

Yvonne is serving her first term on The Church Pension Fund Board of Trustees and The Church Club of New York Board of Trustees. In the Diocese of New York, Yvonne is a member of the Diocesan Council and the Task Forces Against Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence. She chaired the Companion Diocese Committee for nine years and the Global Mission Commission for six. She is a Warden at Holy Trinity in New York City and a Verger at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, where she officiates at Morning Prayer on Fridays. She is the Lay Representative to the Province II Council.

Yvonne previously served on the American College of Financial Services Board of Trustees, as a Trustee of The Cathedral School of Saint John the Divine, on the Board of Directors of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, the Diocesan Episcopal Church Women, and the Standing Committee.

She was awarded the Society of Financial Service Professionals’ Paul S. Mills Scholarship, recognizing her lifelong commitment to education, voluntarism, and ethics. She holds more than half a dozen professional designations and also held FINRA Series 6, 7, 63, and 65 licenses. She completed the Women’s Leadership Institute certificate program at the Hartford Seminary and the Education for Ministry (EfM) certificate from the School of Theology, The University of the South.

She received an MA from the New School University and a BS from the University of Puerto Rico.