About

Board of Directors

RPA’s Board of Directors sets the strategic direction for the organization. Board members are prominent business, civic, academic, and philanthropic leaders who want to make their mark on the region and help elevate RPA’s profile and impact. Five committees govern the Board, and Board members may also participate in RPA’s state committees.

Leadership

Chair
Raymond J. McGuire*
President, Lazard
President & CEO
Thomas Wright*
President & CEO, Regional Plan Association
Vice Chair
The Honorable Jun Choi*
Chief Executive Officer, Menlo Realty Ventures
Co-Chair, New York Committee
Blair Duncan
President & Chief Executive Officer, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
Vice Chair
Douglas Durst
Chairman, Durst Organization
Vice Chair & Co-Chair, Nominating and Governance Committee
Sarah Fitts*
Partner, ArentFox Schiff
Counsel
David Huntington*
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Co-Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee
Shari Hyman*
Vice President, Public Affairs, Turner Construction
Vice Chair
James Johnson*
Chief Operating Officer, Trinity Church Wall Street
Co-Chair, New Jersey Committee
Paul Josephson*
Partner, Duane Morris
Co-Chair, New Jersey Committee
Kay LiCausi*
President & CEO, Hoboken Strategy Group, Inc.
Co-Chair, New York Committee
Jee Mee Kim-Diaz*
City Executive for NYC Region, Arcadis
Vice Chair and Co-Chair, Audit & Finance Committee
Matthew Kissner*
CEO, Wiley
Vice Chair
Katy Knight*
Executive Director, Siegel Family Endowment
Co-Chair, Centennial & Communications Committee
Ana Rua*
Chief External Affairs and Communications Officer, Digicel Group
Vice Chair
Janette Sadik-Khan*
Principal, Transportation, Bloomberg Associates
Co-Chair, Audit & Finance Committee
Tokumbo Shobowale*
Chief Financial Officer, Fordham University
Vice Chair
Anthony Shorris*
Visiting Professor, Princeton School of Public & International Affairs; Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Vice Chair
Robert Steel*
Chairman, Perella Weinberg Partners
Co-Chair, Centennial & Communications Committee
Travis Terry*
CEO, Immortal Strategies
  • Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones

    Program Director, Long Island, The New York Community Trust

  • Garrett Armwood

    Vice President of Government Affairs, SL Green

  • Richard Bagger

    Partner and Executive Director, Christie 55 Solutions

  • Stephen Beckwith

    Retired Managing Director, Scudder, Stevens & Clark

  • Robert Billingsley*

    Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield

  • Eugenie Birch

    Lawrence C. Nussdorf Chair of Urban Research and Education, University of Pennsylvania School of Design

  • Anthony Borelli

    Senior Vice President of Planning & Development, Edison Properties

  • Anthony Casciano

    President and CEO, Siemens Financial Services, Inc.

  • Vincent Cassano

    Senior Director, Jacobs Engineering

  • Vishaan Chakrabarti

    Founder and Creative Director, Practice for Architecture and Urbanism

  • Peter Cipriano

    Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Halmar International

  • The Honorable Henry Cisneros

    Vice Chairman, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC; Chairman, American Triple I Partners

  • Richard Constable

    Executive Vice President, Global Head of Government Affairs and Social Impact, Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.

  • Kevin Corbett

  • Anthony Coscia

    Partner, Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

  • Peter D'Arcy

    Area Executive of New York, Long Island, Philadelphia and Delaware and Head of Commercial Real Estate Segment, M&T Bank

  • Cheryl McKissack Daniel

    President & CEO, McKissack & McKissack

  • Steven Denning

    Chairman, General Atlantic

  • Sam Donelson

    EVP, Regional Chief Executive US East & LATAM, AECOM

  • Shaun Donovan

    CEO and President, Enterprise Community Partners

  • Susannah Drake

    Principal Architect, Landscape Architect, Sasaki

  • Eva Durst

    Project Manager, Durst Organization

  • Vivienne Edwards

    Principal, Operations Manager, Stantec

  • John Emra

    President, Atlantic Region, AT&T

  • Sarah E. Feinberg

    Founder, Feinberg Strategies LLC

  • Mike Finley

    CEO, Boingo

  • Winston Fisher

    Partner, Finance, Acquisitions and New Development, Executive Vice Chairman, Fisher House Foundation, Fisher Brothers

  • David Garten*

    Senior Advisor, RXR and CEO, Red Oak Street LLC

  • Paul Gertner

    CEO, Starborn Industries; Chair, Harbor Ring Committee at Transportation Alternatives

  • Josh Gold

    Senior Director, Public Policy and Communications, Uber

  • Maxine Griffith

    Chief Infrastructure Officer, Trinity Wall Street

  • Callie Haines

    Executive Vice President and Northeast Region Head, Brookfield Properties

  • George Helmy

    EVP, Chief External Affairs and Policy Officer, RWJBarnabas Health

  • Jen Hensley*

    Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Con Edison

  • Dylan Hixon

    President, Arden Road Investments

  • Kerry Hughes

    Senior Vice President Business Banking Sales Manager, PNC Bank

  • Mary Margaret Jones

    President and CEO, Hargreaves Jones

  • Meera Joshi

    Former Deputy Mayor for Operations, New York City

  • Anaita Kasad*

    Partner, Guidehouse

  • Derek Kaufman

    Founder and CEO, Inclusive Abundance

  • Greg Kelly

    President & CEO, STV Incorporated

  • Tom Kennedy

    Principal, Americas Aviation Leader, Arup

  • Dan Kent

    President & CEO, Lantern Organization

  • Kyle Kimball

    Vice President of Government Relations and Community Engagement, New York University

  • Barry Langer

    Executive Vice President, Development and Co-Head of Real Estate, Vornado Realty Trust

  • Jill Lerner

    Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC

  • Chris Levendos

    Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer – Fiber, Crown Castle

  • Jose Lozano

    Senior Vice President for Strategic Business Partnerships, Hackensack Meridian Health

  • Channon Lucas

    CAO and EVP of External Engagement, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

  • Mark Marcucci

    Global Head, Citi Realty Services, Citi

  • Nicholas Martin

    Senior Vice President, Head of Development and Business Strategy, Rudin Management

  • Ian McNamara

    Senior Vice President, Northeast District Lead, WSP

  • Kristin Mott

    Founder, Amberlake Capital

  • Jan Nicholson

    President, Grable Foundation

  • Folasade A. Olanipekun-Lewis

    Vice President, Operating & Community Partnerships, Vantage Airport Group

  • Patricia Ornst

    Managing Director, State and Local Government Affairs, Delta

  • Herminia Palacio

    President, NexusBridge Strategies

  • Robin Panovka

    Partner, Real Estate M&A, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

  • Angela Pinsky

    Head of Community Engagement (NY, NJ & PA), Amazon

  • Seth Pinsky*

    Chief Executive Officer, 92nd Street Y

  • Christina PioCosta-Lahue

    President, Vivaria Ecologics; CEO, Rensselaer Commercial Properties

  • Clint Plummer

    Chief Executive Officer, Rise Light & Power

  • John Porcari

    Managing Director, Investcorp Corsair Infrastructure

  • David Quart

    Northeast Regional Real Estate Market Leader, VHB

  • Scott Rechler

    Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, RXR

  • Jay Redd

    Managing Director, Stono Public Affairs

  • Michael Regan

    Senior Vice President & Director, Global Security & Investigations, JPMorgan Chase

  • Justin Rodgers

    President & CEO, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

  • Tom Rousakis

    Senior Managing Director and US Infrastructure Leader, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC

  • Elliot Sander

    Vice Chairman, KS Engineers

  • Aditya Sanghvi

    Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

  • Alison Sant

    Co-Founder and Partner of Studio for Urban Projects; Trustee of The Summit Foundation

  • Dan Sawh

    Owner & President, Haydan Consultants Inc

  • Samuel Schwartz

    President, Sam Schwartz Engineering D.P.C.

  • Todd Schwartz

    Managing Principal, New York, Cushman & Wakefield

  • Michael Shapiro*

    Managing Director for Government Relations, Blackstone

  • Peggy Shepard

    Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

  • Nick Sifuentes

    Program Director, Sustainable Cities, The Summit Foundation

  • Ryan Simonetti

    Chief Executive Officer, Convene

  • Dani Simons

    Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs, Americas, Alstom

  • Theodore Spencer

    Principal, Spencer Environmental Consulting; Trustee, Rockefeller Brothers Trust; Secretary and Co-founder, Trust for America's Health

  • Monica Slater Stokes

    Managing Director, Corporate & Government Affairs, United Airlines

  • Michael Sweeney

    Executive Vice President, HNTB Corporation

  • Marilyn Taylor

    Professor of Architecture & Urban Design, Former Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Design

  • Reuben Teague

    Executive Director, PGIM Real Estate

  • Richard Thigpen

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, PSE&G

  • William C. Thompson Jr.

    Chief Administrative Officer & Managing Director, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

  • Ernest Tollerson

    Chair, Riverkeeper

  • Midori Valdivia

    Founder + Principal, Midori Valdivia Consulting LLC

  • Jane Veron

    Chief Executive Officer, The Acceleration Project

  • Claire Weisz

    Principal-in-Charge, WXY Design Studio

  • Mark Weprin

    Vice President Government Affairs, Invenergy

  • John Williams

    President, Infrastructure Northeast US & Canada, Bechtel

  • LaToya Wilson

    Global Co-Head of Inclusive and Sustainable Ventures, Morgan Stanley

  • Kate Wittels

    Partner, HR&A

  • Andrea Woodner

    Founder, Design Trust for Public Space and Hercules Art

Directors Emeriti

Edward J. Blakely

Tonio Burgos

Michael Cacace

Michael Critelli

Barbara Joelson Fife

Kenneth T. Jackson

Charles J. Maikish

Richard Oram

Lynne Sagalyn

H. Claude Shostal

Luther Tai

Robert Yaro

* Member of Executive Committee