Board Directors & Members
Officers
Chairman
Lamont R. Bailey, Esq.
First Vice Chair
Daniel Greene
Second Vice Chair
Karen Lutz
Treasurer
Arthur Benjamin, Jr.
Assistant Treasurer
Todd S. Benenson, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation
Secretary
Carolene Eaddy
Assistant Secretary
Myrna Fraser, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation
Counsel
Vincent M. Albanese, Esq.
President
F. Carlisle Towery, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation
Executive Vice President
Andrew M. Manshel, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation
Members and Directors
Deborah Ayala, Jamaica Hill Community Association
* Lamont R. Bailey, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, LLC
Eduardo Barahona, Board Member, Centro Hispano “Cuzcatlan”
* Arthur Benjamin, Jr., Vice President, Treasurer & CFO, Access.1 Communications Corp.
Daisy Bernard, Resident
Justin Bernbach, Managing Director of Corporate Affairs, American Airlines
Lawrence M. Bernstein, Esq., Jonas Equities Inc.
* Gina Bolden-Rivera, President, Bolden-Rivera & Associates LLC
Laurel Brown, Executive Director, Jamaica Center Improvement Association
Norman Burak, Group Director & Senior Vice President, Signature Bank
Patricia Chin, Founder, VP Records Headquarters
Rebecca Deutscher, President, Deutscher & Daughter, Inc.
Cedric Dew, Executive Director, Jamaica YMCA
* Carolene Eaddy, Compliance Officer & Counsel, Hearst Corporation
Daniel Englander, Vice President, Rosco, Inc.
* Bruce Flanz, President & CEO, Jamaica Hospital
* Reverend Dr. Floyd H. Flake, The Greater Allen Cathedral of New York
Elizabeth Forgione, Associate Group Director & Vice President, Signature Bank
* Icema D. Gibbs, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, jetBlue Airways
Clinton Graham, President, C.G. Plumbing Supply Corporation
* Yesenia Graham, Vice President, Graham Associates, LLC
* Daniel Greene, Executive Vice President/Director of Commercial Banking, Amalgamated Bank
* Gail Grimmett, Sr. Vice President of Global New York, Delta Airlines
Michel Hodge, Director, Project Management/Administrative Affairs, York College
Nicole Howard, Associate, Corporate & Real Estate Transactions, Farrell Fritz PC
Dr. Wilma Hunt-Watts, DPM
Derek C. Irby, Executive Director, 165th Street Mall Association
Clarence L. Irving, Sr., Chairman & Founder, Black American Heritage Foundation
Reverend Father Darryl F. James, Priest-in-Charge, The Parish of Grace Church
Eric D. Jarman, Agent, Rapid Realty
Frederica Jeffries, Esq., Supervising Assistant District Attorney, Queens County District Attorney Office
* Philippa Karteron, Executive Director, Council for Airport Opportunity
* Dr. Marcia V. Keizs, President, York College
Michele B. Keller, Resident
Justin Kilian, Branch Manager, Astoria Federal Savings
John Kourkoutis, Vice President, HSBC Bank, USA
* Peter Kulka, President, KJL Property Management Corporation
Nicole Leon, First Vice President/Senior Manager, JP Morgan Chase
Richard J. Louis,Deputy General Manager, The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Neil Lucey, P.E., Senior Vice President, NY Area Manager, Parsons Brinckerhoff
* Karen Lutz, New York City Division Manager, Citibank, N.A.
* Patrick MacKrell, President & CEO, New York Business Development Corporation
* George Maggiore, Maggiore Business and Marketing Consultancy
Peter Magnani, Director, Capital Program Management, Queens Borough Public Library
Greg Mays, President, Addisleigh Park Civic Organization
* Marsha M. McGrath, Associate Group CFO, Elmhurst Dairy, Inc.
* Peter M. Meyer, President, New York City Market, TD Bank
* Sean P. Mongan, Director of Business Markets – Metro New York, National Grid
Gerry Moore, Airport Services Manager, Emirates
Mary Anne Mrozinski, Executive Director, King Manor Museum
Cynthia Murphy, Executive Director, Adult and Continuing Education, York College
Esme M. Neblett, Lead Economic Development Specialist, National Grid
Edward L. Newsome, Senior Lender & Vice President, Signature Bank
* Michael Nussbaum, Executive Vice President/Associate Publisher, Queens Tribune
Reverend Patrick H. O’Connor, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
Dorothy N. Ogundu, M.D.
Rei Perez, Vice President/Citi Community Officer, Manhattan & Queens, Citibank, N.A
Shanie Persaud, Executive Director, Guyanese & American Business & Professional Council
* Howard E. Peskoe, Esq., Herrick, Feinstein LLP
James E. Peterson, Retired
Morton Pickman, Pickman Realty Corporation
Greg Polisl, Vice President, Chasson Associates, LLC
Simone Price, Executive Director, Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District
Rev. Kenneth Richardson, Associate Reverend, The Greater Allen Cathedral of New York
* Cruz C. Russell, Director of Office of Strategic Initiative, The Port Authority of NY/NJ
Eileen Sackman, Senior Vice President, Valley National Bank
* Elliot G. Sander, Managing Director, Strategic Global Initiative, EACOM
Brian Sarath, Resident Manager, Massey Knakal Realty Services
Henry Schwartz, President, Elmhurst Dairy, Inc.
John C. Simons, Managing Partner, Corporate Fuel Partners, LLC
Steven L. Sussman, Vice President, J. Sussman, Inc.
Joy A. Tomchin, President, Vanguard Investors
* Arthur J. Torno, Vice President of New York, American Airlines
Donald Vernon, Esq., Vernon and Associates P.C.
Philip Willis, Executive Director, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
Tom Zlabinger, Instructor, Performing & Fine Arts, York College
* Director
Directors Emeriti
Vincent M. Albanese, Esq.
Lawrence J. Cormier
Robert V. Delaney
Paul P. Gibson, Jr.
Hampton D. Graham
William L. Jefferson
James A. Lacchini
William J. Laraia
Therese M. Molloy, Esq.
Tazewell A. Smith
Staff
Todd S. Benenson, Chief Financial Officer
Mikki Columbus, Senior Project Manager
Peter Engelbrecht, Director, Planning, Design & Capital Projects
Shanqua Harrison, Controller
Lisandro Kellis, Manager of Financial Services
Andrew Manshel, Executive Vice President
Mark Nieves, Director of Capital Projects
Mary Reda, Director, Real Property Operations
Justin Rodgers, Director, Economic Development
Edwin Rosado, Real Properties Facilities Manager and Director of FS/EAP
Carlisle Towery, President
Anne Taibleson, Director of Resource Development
James Vaccaro, Director of Security & Quality Control
Richard Werber, Director, Business Services Group
Sejan Yun, Graphic Designer
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