Our Mission
Our mission is to empower youth, in memory of Ryan Newton’s life, through entrepreneurship, athletics, and performing arts.
Sadly, in spring 2015, we lost our beloved Ryan Newton (aka "Newts") shortly after he returned from a teaching project in Ghana. The Ryan Andrews Newton Fund has been established to further Ryan's legacy through non-profit endeavors that are consistent with Ryan's spirit and talents.
The Ryan Andrews Newton Fund exists to partner with non-profit organizations that do work that is consistent with our mission. We have donated to those partner organizations and will announce our first group of partnership organizations at the Raise a Glass For Ryan 2021 event. In particular, we have donated to organizations on which our Fund's donation would have a meaningful impact.
Please reach out if you would like to partner with us or get involved. We look forward to hearing from you!
Scroll down to meet The R.A.N. Fund board members!
Meet The R.A.N. Fund Board Members
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Alex Newton
SECRETARY OF THE BOARD
Alex is Ryan’s twin brother. Alex earned a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. After spending time in hospitality management, training, and operations, Alex is now a Senior Consultant in Strategy & Analytics at Deloitte. Alex also serves on the Board of Directors of The Georgetown Chimes Alumni Association, and in his spare time enjoys traveling, photography, and cooking. Alex currently lives in Philadelphia, PA.
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Andowah Newton
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT
Andowah is the Founder and President of The Ryan Andrews Newton Fund. Ryan was her baby brother. She possesses law degrees from Cornell Law School and The Sorbonne, and a B.S.B.A. from Georgetown University with an Accounting major and French minor. After earning her CPA, she was Senior Associate Auditor at PwC and Internal Controls Analyst at Estée Lauder. After graduating from law school, she was Law Clerk to the First Vice President Judge of the International Criminal Court, Senior Associate at top NYC law firms, and Vice President, Legal Affairs & Head of Litigation at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, where she also created and led the Pro Bono Program.
Andowah serves on the Women, Influence & Power in Law conference’s Advisory Board, and chaired the Audit Committee of the New York Choral Society and the International Tribunals Subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association’s African Affairs Committee for several years. She has volunteered and provided pro bono legal services to asylum seekers, victims of domestic violence, rape, and torture, detained immigrants, debtors seeking relief, immigrants seeking citizenship, and voters through Election Protection. She also volunteered for twelve years as a mentor and legal debate coach to high school girls through Legal Outreach and for several years as a mentor to law students through Inroads.
Andowah is an avid international traveler and is passionate about Zumba, opera, photography, and interior design.
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Derek Jonsson
VICE PRESIDENT
Derek graduated from Blair Academy with Ryan in 2008. Derek holds an undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire and has worked as Account Executive for a FinTech startup for the past four years.
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Jonathan Grossman
BOARD MEMBER
Jonathan started at Boston University with Ryan and graduated from Ohio State University in 2012. He also received his M.B.A. from Ohio State in 2019 where he was Treasurer of the Fisher Graduate Finance Association. Jonathan currently works in Finance at Amazon. In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys playing basketball and traveling and currently lives in New York City.
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Konstantine Mastroianni
BOARD MEMBER
Konstantine graduated from Boston University with Ryan in 2012. Konstantine fondly remembers going to FitRec (the BU gym) with Ryan and always losing in pull-up competitions. Konstantine received his M.B.A. from from NYU Stern School of Business in 2020 where he graduated with Beta Gamma Sigma, and now works at Estee Lauder.
