Our Team

George Weiss

Founder
George A. Weiss is Chief Executive Officer of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, the money management firm he founded in Hartford, CT, in 1978. Mr.... (more)

Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey

President
Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey is President of Say Yes to Education, Inc. (Say Yes), a national non-profit foundation committed to changing the lives of... (more)

Eugene Chasin

Chief Operating Officer
Gene Chasin is the Chief Operating Officer of Say Yes to Education. In this role he leads the foundation's academic efforts in Hartford,... (more)

Sonia Drohojowska

Manager of External Affairs
Sonia Drohojowska is the Manager of External Affairs for Say Yes to Education. In this role, she assists in managing the business, communications,... (more)

Krysta Aulito

Senior Accountant
Krysta Aulito is the Senior Accountant for Say Yes to Education. In this role, she contributes in the process of essential accounting functions that... (more)

Koray Gurz

Controller
Koray Gurz is the Controller of Say Yes to Education, Inc. Prior to coming to Say Yes to Education, Koray worked as a senior auditor at Blum Shapiro... (more)

Hasoni Pratts

Senior Consultant for Public Policy and Strategic Planning
Hasoni Pratts began her career as a tax accountant working for Deloitte in New York City. She spent more than five years working for the Big Four... (more)

Rachel Flax

Director Special Projects
Rachel Flax has long believed that a child's education is the door to their happiness. As a young child she aspired to be a teacher and spent many... (more)

Erin Corbett

National Scholarship Director
Erin began her career in educational access as an Assistant Director of Admission at The Loomis Chaffee School, a private, secondary institution,... (more)

Jacques Steinberg

Senior Consultant, College Compact and Student Advising
Jacques is the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College.'' He spent nearly 25... (more)