Ray joined the Helmsley Charitable Trust in April 2012 as the Office Operations Assistant. In November, he began working in the Finance department as a Finance Assistant. His principal roles and responsibilities include maintaining accounts payables, grant payments, maintaining relationships with vendors, and other ad hoc projects.

Before joining Helmsley, Ray was a bookkeeper and administrative assistant at various companies and the general manager and bookkeeper of a restaurant in New York. Ray has a Bachelor of Science in accounting and business administration from the Universidad Catolica de Asuncion in Paraguay.

In his free time, Ray volunteers at God’s Love We Deliver in Manhattan and enjoys Broadway shows, jazz concerts, and adventurous traveling.