William Weisberg

Bill Weisberg, PhD has worked in the fields of youth services and international conflict resolution since 1981 motivated by the conviction that children deserve to flourish free from the obstacles of poverty and war. He is currently Executive Director of Forestdale, Inc, a leading family service organization in Queens, New York. He is working with the Forestdale team to continue to develop wrap-around supports that help families in distress create the conditions for their children to thrive, from evidence-based treatments increasing secure attachment in children to prevention programs that promote the long-term growth of families to internship programs that place young people on a path to adult success. Prior to Forestdale, he was with The Children’s Aid Society (CAS), where he held a variety of positions, including Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer. He developed two strategic plans while at CAS to reshape its services into a cradle-through-college continuum of services in 4 distressed communities. He worked to bring the full-service community school strategy to scale, to create a state-of-the-art service center for young people who are out-of-work and out-of-school, to develop the African American Male Initiative, and to implement new family asset-building cash transfer and college savings initiatives. He helped to design and implement a collective impact strategy, building a cradle through college pathway for children living in poverty. In international affairs, Bill has been a facilitator of multi-party talks to address conflicts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, the Haitian Diaspora, and the Mohawk Nation. His manuscripts on ethnic relations appear in three books. Dr. Weisberg graduated from PS 7-8 in downtown Brooklyn, JHS 104 in lower Manhattan, LaGuardia High School. SUNY Binghamton (BA, Psychology), and Harvard University (MA, PhD, Social Psychology).