An all-volunteer organization benefitting children in need

The French-American Aid for Children, Inc. "Children Come First" (FAAFC), is a New York-based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, whose mission is to provide financial assistance to abused, disadvantaged and sick children in the United States, France and other parts of the world through programs administered by vetted children’s charities in the United States and France.  The funded programs focus on children’s health, children’s education and the prevention of child abuse.

Our organization is composed of all-women volunteers and has been in existence for over 70 years, having been originally founded in November 1939 in New York City as the Committee of French-American Wives, Inc.

The longevity of the organization is a tribute to the devotion of its all-volunteer membership and its long-term corporate supporters - some of which go back over fifty years - such as Air France, Baccarat, Cartier, Chanel and Société Générale.  To learn more about our supporters, click here.

A Board of Directors governs the organization and the current President is Mrs. Imssy Klebe.  All Officers and Directors serve part-time without compensation. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOUNDER

Mrs. Leonard B. Smith 

PRESIDENT

Mrs. Joerg Klebe

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

Mrs. Susan S. Andelman

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT

Mrs. Bertil P. Lundqvist

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Ms. Roxane Y. Sirotto 

RECORDING SECRETARY

Mrs. Claudia K. Deutschmann 

TREASURER

Ms. Francesca Dricot 

NOMINATING CHAIRMAN

Mrs. Charles-Henri Mangin

DIRECTORS

Ms. Diane L. Ackerman *

Mrs. Susan S. Andelman

Mrs. Pierre Bonnifay

Mrs. Marco Botarelli

Mrs. Jonathan A. Bulkley *

Mrs. John W. Chappell *

Mrs. Claudia K. Deutschmann

Ms. Francesca Dricot

Countess Amrita Douglas

Ms. Beatrice Dupont

Mrs. Dennis S. Hersch *

Mrs. Alfred Jackson

Mrs. Joerg Klebe

Mrs. Michel Longchampt

Mrs. Bertil P. Lundqvist

Mrs. Charles-Henri Mangin *

Mrs. Tilden E. Miller *

Nicole Montalette, Esq.*

Mrs. Theodore J. Pahle *

Mrs. Liz Patrick

Ms. Diane Procter

Ms. Joan T. Rosasco

Mrs. John S. Sandifer, Jr.*

Mrs. George P. Sape

Ms. Roxane Y. Sirotto

Mrs. Marc Somnolet

Mrs. Michel Somnolet *

Mrs. Alejandro Vollbrechthausen

Mrs. Celine Wislin-Merle

Ms. Ellen Yamaguchi

* Past-Presidents

   And Ex Officios