The New York Community Trust has announced the appointment of Amy Freitag as its next president, effective this summer.

Freitag has more than two decades of experience in the nonprofit, philanthropic, and government sectors. For the past eight years, she has led the J.M. Kaplan Fund, a 75-year-old family foundation based in New York City, and she previously led the New York Restoration Project and the Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation after serving as deputy commissioner for New York Parks & Recreation during the Bloomberg administration. 

Freitag will succeed Lorie A. Slutsky, who has served as the trust’s president since 1990. During her tenure, the foundation's assets quadrupled, to more than $3.2 billion.

“Amy is a dynamic and proven leader who is the right person to lead the trust into its next century,” said NYCT board chair Valerie Peltier. “Her expertise and relationships, paired with her passion for New York, make her uniquely qualified to guide the trust through its work to improve the quality of life for our entire community.” 

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