Meet the Team

The Benefit Shop

Foundation Inc.

501(c)3 Nonprofit Auction Gallery

Traci

Marketing Consultant

Paula

Operations

Zoe

Auction Mascot

Mr. Elkerson

Door Greeter

Meet the Team

Pam Stone

Founder / President

Paula is a graduate of Mercy college with a bachelors in Behavioral Science. Years of working with toddlers has prepared her for collectors of all types! She is a vegan and dedicated to animal rights. While she enjoys discovering new antique shops on the weekends if given the choice she’d rather be paddle boarding on the inlet, listening to live music or exploring the outdoors.

Anna is a graduate of SUNY Oneonta with a Bachelors in Computer Art. As a student and as a graduate, she has had a number of internships and jobs including an internship at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. Most recently she has been a photo editor and studio assistant in Studio 3×3 in Wappingers Falls, and worked as Visitor Services Staff at Storm King Art Center. Here at the Benefit Shop, she is the catalog editor, and assists with the marketing and social media departments.

Traci Lombardo has a rich background as a collector, dealer and expert in antiques and Americana. She has held positions in prestigious galleries, museums and auction houses in New York City including Christie’s and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Currently, Traci is an adjunct professor of art history and art appreciation at Essex County College in New Jersey. She has a master's degree in art history and museum studies from City College of New York, and a B.A. with a certificate in historic preservation from Rutgers University. She is an independent consultant in marketing and artifacts for The Benefit Shop Foundation.

Ms. Stone is a Wharton MBA, Wall Street refugee, having spent 22 years in the realm of Investment Banking - the latter 16 years as Senior Managing Partner at Needham & Company. In 2009 She turned her ten-year-old brainchild into a business that not only does good for the community, but thrives amidst a post-recession rebound. Ms. Stone's nonprofit business, The Benefit Shop Foundation, has become known as the "secret source" for some of the best interior designers in Westchester and Fairfield County.

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