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Anta Cissé-Green

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President & Managing Partner at Teranga Law by Cissé-Green, P.C.
📍 Montclair, New Jersey, United States

Anta Cissé-Green is the President & Managing Partner of Teranga Law, a firm she founded to focus on nonprofit law and estate planning. A Certified Change Management Professional, she previously served as General Counsel for The State University of New York and IEEE. Colleagues describe her as brilliant, diligent, and solution-focused.

Her personal philosophy is deeply rooted in community, service, and family. She emphasizes that values like love, care, kindness, and respect are central to her identity and professional approach, viewing her work as a natural extension of who she is and where she came from.

Her law firms name, "Teranga, " is a word from the Wolof language of Senegal that embodies hospitality, community, and care.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
President & Managing Partner
Location
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
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Nonprofit Governance
Her career has been dedicated to nonprofit law, serving as General Counsel for major institutions and now advising nonprofits and philanthropic organizations through her own firm.
Philanthropic Strategy
She has extensive experience advising on planned giving, donor-advised funds, and endowment management, particularly for major institutions like NYU Langone Health.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
President & Managing Partner
Teranga Law by Cissé-Green, P.C.
2-2023 - 12-2024
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
IEEE
5-2021 - 2-2023
Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel
The State University of New York
7-2020 - 6-2022
President
Metropolitan Black Bar Association
12-2019 - 5-2021
Associate General Counsel (Development) and Director of Legal Operations
NYU Langone Health
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Education
2009 - 2014
Master of Laws (LLM)
New York University
2000 - 2003
J.D.
Brooklyn Law School
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