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Along with her husband, Pierre Hauser, Abigail is also co-Founder and co-President of the Daphne Foundation, a progressive, social change foundation that makes grants to grassroots, community-based organizations working with low-income communities in New York City. Since 1991, the Daphne Foundation has made millions of dollars in grants in areas ranging from women’s rights to AIDS advocacy, children’s health, labor conditions, incarceration and community organizing. 

Over the years Abigail has played a critical role in a number of different social and political organizations. She currently serves on the boards of the Roy Disney Family Foundation, the White House Project, the Global Fund for Women, and the Fund for the City of New York, as well as the advisory boards of a broad range of organizations working in the areas of poverty, women’s issues, education and environment. 

Abigail received her Bachelors degree from Yale University, her Masters degree from Stanford University, and her Doctorate from Columbia University.  She lives in New York with her husband and their four children, one dog, three cats, a fish, a rabbit and an immortal turtle named Alfred.

Carolyn Gusoff is a news anchor, reporter, producer and Emmy Award winning journalist.  

Gusoff currently works as a freelance on-air reporter at Fox5 WNYW in New York City. Prior to that, she was with NBC4 for 15 years where in addition to reporting as Long Island Bureau Chief, she co-anchored the station’s top-rated Saturday and Sunday morning program “Weekend Today in New York.” She has covered some of the most high profile news stories in NY and is best known for her extensive coverage of Long Island.  

She was among the first reporters on the scene at the crashes of TWA Flight 800 and American Airlines Flight 587, and the massacre on the Long Island Rail Road.  Gusoff reported for 36 hours straight on the Blizzard of ‘96’s toll on Long Island and has covered nearly every major storm to strike New York.  

Gusoff came to NBC4 from News 12 Long Island where she covered such national stories as the kidnapping of Katie Beers, the Tankleff murders and the Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafuoco scandal. She previously served as anchor and reporter for WEVU-TV in Fort Myers, Florida, has written for the NY Times, Newsday, and is a frequent Internet blogger and public speaker.  

Carolyn Gusoff has received numerous honors for her work: three FOLIO awards in the categories of "Best Feature," "Best Coverage of Affordable Housing" and "Best Blog" (2009);  a New York Emmy Award for On-Camera Performance/General Assignment Reporting for the Mepham Hazing Scandal (2004); eight New York Emmy nominations, dozens of Long Island Fair Media Council FOLIO awards, and seven first-place Society of Professional Journalists/Press Club of Long Island awards. Carolyn has also won an Associated Press/New York Spot News Award for “Avianca Crash” and a United Press International/New York Broadcast Award for investigative documentary. 

Gusoff holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Government and English from Cornell University. She lives in Nassau County with her husband and their two children.