Committees

New York

• Co-Chair

  Jee Mee Kim-Diaz

  City Executive for NYC Region, Arcadis

• Co-Chair

  Blair Duncan

  President & Chief Executive Officer, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

• Rana Amirtahmasebi

  Founding Principal, Eparque Urban Strategies

• Ellen Baer

  Economic Development Advisor

• Andrew Bata

  Regional Manager- North America, UITP (International Association of Public Transport)

• Jesse Batus

  Senior Vice President of Real Estate, NY/NJ, The Community Builders, Inc.

• Elisabeth (Beth) Bernitt

  Senior Vice President & Buildings + Places Business Lead, New York Metro, AECOM

• Mark Blumkin

  Principal, MSB Advisors LLC

• Christopher Bruno

  Chief of Economic Development Programs & Strategies, New York Law School

• Peter Close

  Public Affairs Specialist, Turner Construction Company

• Linda Cox

  Bronx River Alliance, NYC Dept of Park and Recreation

• Gabor Debreczeni

  Associate and Market Leader for Economics, Steer

• Casey Emmett

  CEO, The Crop Project

• Rachel Fee

  Executive Director, New York Housing Conference

• Mike Flynn

  Director of City Strategies, TYLin

• Adam Freed

  Principal of Sustainability, Bloomberg Associates

• Rosalie Genevro

  Former Executive Director, Architectural League of New York

• Jonathan Goldstick

  Senior Director, Waterfront and Marine, Langan

• Maxine Griffith

  Senior Advisor to the President and Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University

• Kei Hayashi

  Partner, BJH Advisors LLC

• Sam Hersh

  North America E-Mobility Director, Arcadis

• Andrew Herz

  Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler

• David Hoffman

  Vice Chairman, Cushman & Wakefield

• Kerry Hughes

  Senior Vice President, Business Banking Sales Manager, PNC Bank

• William Innes

  Chief of Staff, Office of Development, NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development

• Daniel Kaplan

  Senior Principal, FXCollaborative

• Rebecca Karp

  Principal, Karp Strategies

• Rich Kassel

  Partner, AJW

• Leo Korein

  CEO, Omnispective Management Corp.

• Seth Kramer

  Real Estate Associate, Goldman Sachs

• Justin Lapatine

  Partner, Global Strategy Group

• Trent Lethco

  KLD Comapanies

• Sanjay Mody

  Special Counsel, Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

• Jose Ortiz, Jr.

• Larisa Ortiz

  Managing Director, Public Non-Profit Solutions, Streetsense

• Robert Paley

  Former Director, Transit Centered Development, Metropolitan Transit Authority

• Jennifer Pehr

  Urban Planning Lead, VHB

• Rob Pirani

  Director, Harbor Estuary Program, Hudson River Foundation

• Tamar Renaud

  AVP, New York State Director, Trust for Public Land

• Wendy Rowden

  President, Building for the Arts

• David Siscovick

  Senior Vice President for Research, New York Academy of Medicine

• George Stonbely

  Chairman, Spectacular Ventures

• Carter Strickland

  Chief Sustainability Officer, State University of New York

• Travis Terry

  CEO/Founder, Immortal Strategies

• Graham Trelstad

  Vice President/Senior Technical Manager, WSP

• Lauren Tsuboyama

  Senior Vice President, Cities, BerlinRosen

• Shiva Viswanathan

  Senior Managing Director & Co-Head of US Acquisitions, Northwood Investors LLC

• Donna Walcavage

New Jersey

• Co-Chair

  Paul Josephson

  Partner, Duane Morris

• Co-Chair

  Kay LiCausi

  President & Chief Executive Officer, Hoboken Strategy Group

• Joseph Barile

  Vice President, Head of Real Estate and Facilities, Audible

• William Best

  Senior Vice President, Territory Manager, PNC Bank

• Eugenie Birch

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

• Anthony Borelli

  Vice President of Planning and Development, Edison Properties LLC

• Fred Brody

  President, Brody Business Development LLC

• Tom Byrne

  President, Byrne Asset Management, LLC

• Nicholas Chiaravalloti

  Vice President for External Affairs and Senior Counsel to the President, Hudson County Community College

• Jun Choi

  Chief Executive Officer, Menlo Realty Ventures

• Cesar J. Claro

  Principal, Claro Ventures

• Arnold Cohen

  Policy Coordinator, Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey

• Chris Colley

  Project Director, Topology

• Sara Cullinane, Esq

  Director, Make the Road New Jersey

• Stephen Dilts

  Senior Vice President, HNTB Corporation

• Samuel Donelson

  Senior Vice President, AECOM

• Kevin Drennan

  Managing Director, Mercury Public Affairs LLC

• Caroline Ehrlich

  Executive Director, Woodbridge Redevelopment Agency

• Julia Fahl

  Director, Archer Public Affairs

• Joseph Fiordaliso

  Chief Executive Officer, NorthStar Strategies

• Sargent Gardiner

  Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects

• Robert Goldsmith

  Partner, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis

• Andrei Greenawalt

  Head of Public Policy, Via

• Linda Harrison

  Director & Chief Executive Officer, The Newark Museum of Art

• Patrick Higgins

  Chief Investment Officer at Patrinely Group, LLC

• Deborah Hoffman

  Director, Passaic County Department of Economic Development

• James Johnson

  Chief Operating Officer, Trinity Church Wall Street

• Barbara Kauffman

  Corporate Relations Director, NJIT Martin Tuchman School of Management

• Gerald Keenan

  President, New Jersey Alliance for Action

• Dan Kennedy, MCRP, PP

  CEO, NAIOP

• Jeff Kolakowski

  Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Builders Association

• Walter Lane

  Director, Office of Planning, Policy and Economic Development, Somerset County

• Susan Lederman

  Professor Emerita, Kean University

• Jose Lozano

  Executive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health

• Joseph Maraziti

  Partner, Maraziti Falcon, LLP

• Anthony Marchetta

  Former Executive Director, ALM Consulting

• Theresa Marshall

  ADVENTUS II, Inc.

• Courtenay Mercer

  Principal, Mercer Planning Associates

• Michael Meyer

  Director of Development, Hugo Neu Corporation

• Linda Morgan

  Vice President of Project Partnerships & External Affairs, RBH Group

• Christina PioCosta-Lahue

  President, Vivaria Ecologics; CEO, Rensselaer Commercial Properties

• Jay Redd

  Managing Director, Stono Public Affairs

• Ziad Shehady

  Township Administrator, Chatham Township

• Monica Slater Stokes

  Managing Director of Corporate & Government Affairs, United Airlines

• Roger Smith

  Design Director, Gensler

• Darius Sollohub

  Director, NJ School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology

• Thomas Stanton

  Managing Director, JLL

• Reuben Teague

  Director of Impact Investing, Prudential Financial

• Richard Thigpen

  Senior Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, PSE&G

• Peter Waldt

  Director, Commercial Planning & Development; Managing Director, Advisory Services, WSP USA

• Christopher Watson

  Director of Planning, Murphy Schiller & Wilkes

Connecticut

• Mark Barnhart

  Economic Development Director, Town of Fairfield

• Ralph Blessing

  Land Use Bureau Chief, City of Stamford

• Mendi Blue-Paca

  Chief Community Impact Officer, Fairfield County's Community Foundation

• J. Tedrowe Bonner

  Principal, Rubicon Seven

• Ross Burkhart

  Retired President & CEO, Ross Burkhardt

• Michael Cacace

  Senior Partner, Cacace, Tusch & Santagata

• Jessica Casey

  Chief of Community and Economic Development, City of Norwalk

• Arthur Collins

  President, Collins Enterprises

• Michael Critelli

  Chief Executive Officer, MoveFlux

• Celeste Frye

  Chief Executive Officer & Principal, Public Works Partners

• Samuel Gardner

  Principal, Gregg Wies & Gardner Architects

• Tom Klin

  Managing Principal, GHD

• Bob Knight

  Chief Operating Officer, Harrison Edwards

• Hope Knight

  President, CEO and Commissioner, Empire State Development

• Alex Knopp

  President, Norwalk Public Library

• Philip Kuchma

  President, Kuchma Corporation

• Petra Messick

  Director, Gateway Program Planning, Amtrak

• Matthew Nemerson

  Vice President Corporate Development, Budderfly Inc

• Michael Piscitelli

  Interim Economic Development Administrator, City of New Haven

• Marianne Pollak

  League of Women Voters

• Rich Redniss

  Principal Planner, Redniss & Mead Inc.

• David Rich

  Executive Director, Supportive Housing Works

• Alec Slatky

  Director of Public and Government Affairs, AAA Northeast

• Robert Stromsted

  Chief Development Officer, HNTB

• Paul Timpanelli

  President Emeritus, Bridgeport Regional Business Council

• LaToya Wilson

  Executive Director, Morgan Stanley