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Board Directors and 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