Phillip Coltoff is a national leader and innovator in the field of social service and youth development. He was the CEO of the Children’s Aid Society, one of the largest and oldest social agencies in the United States, from 1981 to 2005. Since 2006 he has been the Katherine W. and Howard Aibel Visiting Professor and Executive-in-Residence at New York University Silver School of Social Work, where
he teaches Social policy and Macro Practice in the Master of Social Work Program, as well as Executive Leadership in postgraduate studies. Coltoff is the author of five books, The Block; One Block in the South Bronx, 1940's - 1989's, Preventing Child Maltreatment: Begin With The Parent, The Challenge of Change, The Crusade for Children, and At the Crossroads: Not-for-Profit Leadership Strategies for Executives and Boards. He is married to Lynn Harman, has four children, two stepchildren and eleven grandchildren. He lives in Greenwich Village, in the borough of Manhattan.
