Board of Overseers
HEATHER GRIZZLE
Board Chair
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Heather is the managing partner of Causeway Strategies, a boutique consulting firm that helps corporations, organizations, and individuals to communicate and catalyze their objectives more effectively. She was formerly a founding partner at ASG Advisors, which advises corporate foundations and executives on their philanthropic and positioning efforts, and an associate at Kekst and Company, one of the world’s leading financial communications firms.
Heather is Chairman of the Board of Alpha USA, and Treasurer of the New York Fellowship and of Charityvest, where she chairs both the Audit and Investment committees. She is a member of the Boards of the Harvard Alumni Association and the Flourish Fund. She serves as Co-Chair of the President’s Council for Christianity Today and Chair of Scouting America’s Troop 55 NYC. She previously served on the Boards of Vision Fund International, Innovations for Poverty Action, Stewardship UK, Kids Matter, and St. Luke’s Kentish Town.
She is the co-author, with Jon Tyson, of A Creative Minority: Influencing Culture Through Redemptive Participation. Her background includes work in the White House, Congress, state and national political campaigns, and charity sector communications in London, and she graduated cum laude with high honors in Economics from Harvard University. She and her husband, Ben, have four children, who they love raising in New York.
DOUG CALDWELL
Treasurer
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Doug’s current day job is Chief Risk Officer for Corebridge Financial and has worked in the life insurance industry for over 35 years with actuarial, finance, and risk management roles in US, Europe, and Asia for companies including MetLife, Transamerica, ING, NN Group, and EY.
He is husband to Lisa for close to 30 years and father to three adult children.
He has sought to serve God and others along the way including roles as a Church elder and various non-profit boards.
BEN GRIZZLE
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Ben Grizzle is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he has worked since 2003 and now leads global distribution for Marquee, the digital storefront of GS’s institutional client services. Born in Morningside Heights, raised in Houston, TX, Ben met his wife, Heather, while at Harvard College where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in American History & Literature.
A founding member of Church of the City’s leadership council, he is also the founding Scoutmaster of Troop 55 NYC, sits on the boards of Covenant House NYC (chair, risk committee) & Revitalise Trust US, and previously as warden of St. Luke’s Oseney Crescent church in London and the vestry of Calvary/St. George’s Episcopal Church in NYC. Heather and Ben have helped plant five churches in four cities, and run over a dozen Alpha course in churches, in their home, and in corporate contexts. Ben is the creator and founder of both First Roots and the Living Stones Leadership Lab.
Ben and Heather have lived in New York City or London since they were married in 2003, and have four children. In addition to Jesus, Heather, and their kids, Ben is passionate about the outdoors, ideas and books, cultural renewal, raising up the next generation, and the digital transformation of foundational institutions.
STEVE MIN
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Steve Min is a seasoned corporate attorney who spent the majority of his career with McKinsey & Company across its New York, London, and Mid-Atlantic offices, and subsequently served as General Counsel for a public company.
After retiring from the private sector, Steve dedicated his time to homeschooling his four sons alongside his wife, Misun, and serving in various ministries. They have been part of Church of the City New York since 2017 and have been married for over 35 years. They are passionate about one-on-one discipleship, leading parenting courses, and serving as pre-marital mentors. They are blessed with four sons, two daughters-in-law, and two grandsons, all residing in New York City.
Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Columbia College, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business.
MICHAEL TAFOYA, M.D.
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Dr. Michael Tafoya and his wife, Beatrix moved to New York City just before 9/11 because they were convinced God had a distinct call and purpose for them. Soon after, he met Jon Tyson and it became more clear that part of that purpose was to begin laying the groundwork for a church which has since become Church of the City.
In addition to serving on the Church of the City’s leadership council for many years, Michael is the father of three teenagers. He also serves throughout Upper Manhattan and the Bronx as a Medical Director for CityMD.
Additionally, he serves on the board of the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, which advocates to strengthen the support system and continuum of learning for children and youth.
THOMAS KEOWN
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Thomas is the founder and CEO of Many Hopes, a non-profit organization rescuing children from injustice and equipping them to become adults of influence able to rescue others.
Born in Northern Ireland during “The Troubles,” he was educated at Queens University, Belfast, worked for one of the two Nobel prize-winning signatories of the Belfast Peace Agreement, and is a former columnist. His career has spanned the media, politics and for-purpose missions in the UK, USA, Africa and Latin America.
His belief that seemingly intractable problems can be solved by bringing the right influences to bear on them is rooted in his faith.
He travels more than he wants to speaking on issues of justice and generosity, and has a very patient wife and two children.
RICHARD BUCKNER
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Bio coming soon.
SHANE DUFFEY
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Bio coming soon.
To contact our Board of Overseers, please email board@church.nyc.