Hon. Herbert W. Stupp
Chief Executive Officer
Little Flower Children & Family Services of New York

Herbert W. Stupp’s distinguished career spans government, non-profit leadership, education, television journalism, and legislative and media relations.

In September 2002, Stupp was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Little Flower Children & Family Services of New York, a Catholic-affiliated non-profit organization licensed by the State of New York to provide residential and foster boarding home care and adoption services for children and teens, as well as residences for developmentally disabled adults. Stupp’s appointment followed his heralded tenure as Commissioner of the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) and member of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s Cabinet. As Commissioner of the DFTA, Stupp supervised the largest Area Agency on Aging in the United States, managing a budget of over $250 million and overseeing programs that served 1.3 million elderly New Yorkers.

Mayor Giuliani pointed to the “new level of caring for older people in New York City” that Stupp brought to the DFTA. Referring to then-Commissioner Stupp’s contributions, Giuliani wrote in his Mayor’s Management Report: “I don’t think the DFTA has ever been better run, and I don’t think there’s ever been a time in which the senior citizens of this City feel the commitment of the City more than they do now.”

Commissioner Stupp was honored by organizations from a wide spectrum of New York City’s ethnic communities, including Americans of Puerto Rican, Jewish, African, Korean, Chinese, Hispanic, Italian, Caribbean, Polish and German descent. Stupp was also recognized in August 2002 by the President of Germany with the "Order of Merit, First Class," presented by the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York.

As DFTA Commissioner, Stupp was acquainted with Little Flower through several long-standing DFTA programs that addressed the needs of Little Flower’s constituents, including: the Grandparent Resource Center; the Foster Grandparent Program, and the Intergenerational Work-Study Program that enlists at-risk high school students and matches them with older New Yorkers who may need assistance.

Upon his appointment as Little Flower CEO, Stupp expressed high praise for the organization: “I have funded nearly 1,000 non-profit agencies during my career, but none has a mission more compelling than does Little Flower, and few can match its reputation for caring and quality.” In 2006, Stupp was elected by his chief executive peers at child welfare agencies across New York state to the Board of Directors of COFCCA, the Council of Family and Child Care Agencies.

In 2007, Commissioner Stupp was appointed by Governor Eliot Spitzer, at the recommendation of the State Senate, to serve on the Advisory Board of the William Hoyt Memorial Fund for Children & Families, a grant-making agency within the NY State Office of Children and Families.

In 2007, Little Flower has 525 employees and a budget of about $51 million, while serving over 2,000 children, families and disabled adults on a 24/7 basis.

Prior to becoming Commissioner of the NYC-DFTA, Stupp was Acting Regional Representative for U.S. Education Secretary Lamar Alexander. Based in New York City, Stupp was responsible for Federal Region II education initiatives throughout New York State, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Among his accomplishments, he initiated over 200 “America 2000” community partnerships, and persuaded business leaders, educators, elected officials, parents and local media to develop strategies to embrace the six National Education Goals.

As Regional Director of the Federal "ACTION" Agency, he administered nearly 200 programs across Region II serving older people and youth with special needs, attracting over 39,000 volunteers annually. “ACTION” was the Federal agency for volunteer service, and is now called the Corporation for National Service.

From 1975 to 1981, before entering public service, Stupp was Editorial Director at WOR-TV in New York City, where his work was recognized with an "Emmy" award, two Freedoms

Foundation awards, and citations from the New York State Broadcasters Association. He began his professional career as Legislative Assistant to State Senator Fred J. Eckert of Rochester.

Stupp earned his BA and MA degrees from St. John’s University. During his Federal service, he also taught at St. John’s University as an Adjunct Professor of Government and Politics. In 1996, his alma mater awarded him the President’s Medal, after which he was the Commencement Speaker at graduation ceremonies. In 2003, Stupp was again a commencement speaker at St. John’s University, this time at the Queens campus, keynoting the St. John’s College (Liberal Arts & Sciences) ceremony.

Commissioner Stupp has served on the Operating Committee of the German-American Steuben Parade for more than 10 years. He was on the Board of the United-German American-Committee of the USA and a “Committee of 1000” member, but strongly advocates for “the much more effective GAMHOF strategy” to advance a better appreciation of the contributions of German immigrants to the U. S.

Mayor Giuliani frequently asked Herb Stupp to represent him at meetings and events that featured the top leaders of the German-speaking world. Among the key individuals that Commissioner Stupp met with officially are former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel, German President Richard von Weizsacker, German President Johannes Rau, various Governors of German States, Federal Ministers and the Mayors of Hamburg, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, many other cities, as well as Bundestag members and other elected and appointed leaders.

In 1982, Stupp was named as one of 20 American “Young Leaders” to participate in an annual conference then sponsored by the American Council on Germany and Atlantik-Bruecke. He has been an active member of the American Council on Germany since 1982.

A lifelong New Yorker and the son of immigrants from Berlin and the Cologne suburbs, Stupp lives in New York City with his wife, Judy, and their two children, Matthew and Catherine-Angelika.