New York:
Udai Tambar, an Indian-born CEO involved in youth development services in the US, is one of 15 experts appointed as members of New York City’s newly formed racial justice advisory board.
Mr. Tambar, the CEO and president of New York Junior Tennis and Learning (NYJTL), was named to the advisory board for the implementation of the Racial Justice Charter Amendments, launched last week by Mayor Eric Adams and Mayor’s Office of Equity Commissioner Sideya Sherman.
The board will help ensure that New York City continues to lead the nation in innovative work on racial equality and implement the city’s newly enacted charter amendments, according to a statement from the mayor’s office.
“I’m excited to partner with the new advisory board to represent NYC’s most resilient communities,” Tambar said in the statement.
“A majority of the families we serve at NYJTL are BIPOC (Black, Native, and Colored People) New Yorkers, and it is critical that this new infrastructure for racial equality ensures that they live in a society where they can thrive and get the best out of themselves. potential,” he added.
According to the statement, the amendments were voted into law in the November 2022 general election and are the first of their kind in the country.
“These added a statement of values to the city’s charter; required the city to establish a racial equality agency and commission, as well as plans aimed at racial equality; and called for the city to measure the true cost of living for city residents,” said the statement.
Tambar was most recently Vice President of Community Health at Northwell Health and is currently the President & CEO of NYJTL, the largest non-profit youth tennis and education program in the US.
He has devoted much of his career to serving youth, including serving as Chief of Staff and Director of Youth & Children Services for the New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services and as Executive Director for South Asian Youth Action (SAYA! ), which provides comprehensive youth development services for NYC’s under-resourced South Asian community, the statement said.
Tambar graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University. He recently attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program and received a certificate in Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. PTI GRS GRS