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AVI SCHICK Avi Schick served as Downstate Chief Operating Officer and President of the Empire State Development Corporation. Mr. Schick served as Deputy Attorney General in the New York State Attorney General's Office, where his responsibilities included representing the State of New York in significant litigations and in matters relating to the $200 billion tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. He joined the Attorney General's Office in 1999. Mr. Schick began his legal career at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, where he worked from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Schick graduated from Columbia Law School in 1994. Prior to law school, Mr. Schick attended Rabbinical School.
JOHN C. WHITEHEAD John C. Whitehead was born in Evanston, Illinois. He grew up in Montclair, New Jersey, attended public schools there and graduated from Montclair High School. He lived in nearby Essex Fells until 1985 and has resided in Manhattan since 1989. Mr. Whitehead graduated from Haverford College in 1943, and served in the U.S. Navy, participating in the invasions of Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. While in the Navy, Mr. Whitehead was assigned as an Instructor at the Harvard Business School. He received his M.B.A. degree, with distinction, from Harvard in 1947 and holds honorary degrees from Haverford, Pace, Rutgers, Amherst, and Harvard. Mr. Whitehead began his professional career in 1947 at Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
where he worked for 38 years. He rose quickly within the company and was
named Partner in 1956, and Co-Chairman and Senior Partner in 1976. He has
served on the board of numerous companies, and as a Director of the New York
Stock Exchange, and Chairman of the Securities Industry Association.
Since returning to New York from Washington in 1989, he has been active in a number of educational, civic and charitable organizations. He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the United Nations Association, the International Rescue Committee, International House, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Harvard Board of Overseers, Haverford College, and the Asia Society (not all at the same time). He is presently Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Foundation and is also now Co Chairman of the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts, a Director of the Nature Conservancy, the East-West Institute, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships and a former Director of Rockefeller University, Lincoln Center Theater, the J. Paul Getty Trust, Outward Bound, and the National Humanities Center. In Washington, Mr. Whitehead is Chairman Emeritus of the Brookings Institution and the Trustees Council of the National Gallery of Art.
LAWRENCE T. BABBIO, JR. Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr., served as Vice Chairman and President of Verizon, with overall responsibility for the company's enterprise and domestic wireline businesses including retail markets, long distance, FiOS data and television services, information technology, procurement services and technology research through April 30, 2007. Mr. Babbio is a member of the Board of Directors of Verizon Wireless. Previously, Mr. Babbio was Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer for Bell Atlantic, where he also served as Chairman of the company's Global Wireless Unit. AMANDA M. BURDEN Amanda M. Burden is the Chair of the City Planning Commission. During her tenure, Burden has overseen an unprecedented number of rezonings to facilitate housing growth, stimulate economic development, create new public open space and preserve neighborhood character. These have included rezoning the Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn and West Chelsea in Manhattan to create new opportunities for housing; rezoning the Hudson Yards on the West Side of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn to create and strengthen central business districts; rezoning low-density neighborhoods to preserve their character; and opening up the waterfront for public use. Prior to her appointment, Burden was a member of the City Planning Commission, Director of Planning at the Center for Court Innovation, Coordinator for Planning and Development at the Midtown Community Court Project, Vice President of Planning and Design at the Battery Park City Authority, and Vice President of Architecture and Design at the NYS Urban Development Corporation.
Robert Douglass has served as Chairman of the Alliance for Downtown New York, New York City's largest business improvement district since its inception in 1995. He also serves as Chairman of the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association founded in 1958 under the leadership of David Rockefeller representing the interests of over 90 members of most of the major businesses Downtown. Robert Douglass is Of Counsel to Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. He served as Chairman of the Board of Cedel International from 1994-2004. Previously, Mr. Douglass served as Vice Chairman and Director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation (1985-1993) and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of The Chase Manhattan Corporation (1976-1985). From 1965 to 1972, he served as Counsel and later Secretary to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. Mr. Douglass is a member of several business and not-for-profit boards of directors. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a former Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and a former Trustee of The New York Public Library, The New York Botanical Garden and Dartmouth College. ROBERT M. HARDING Robert M. Harding is a Shareholder in the Governmental & Administrative Law department of Greenberg Traurig's New York Office. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Harding most recently served as the New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Finance, under Mayor Giuliani. As Deputy Mayor, Mr. Harding coordinated the City's economic development policies, oversaw all City labor negotiations and was responsible for housing and finance operations. Previous Employment:
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CASWELL HOLLOWAY Cas Holloway is Chief of Staff to Edward Skyler, New York City's Deputy Mayor for Operations, and Special Advisor to Mayor Bloomberg. Prior to joining the Mayor’s Office, Cas was an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. Cas graduated from the University of Chicago Law School with honors in June 2002; he was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP before serving as law clerk to Judge Dennis G. Jacobs, now Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to Law School, Cas served as Chief of Staff at the New York City Parks Department. He graduated cum laude with an AB in Government from Harvard College. THOMAS S. JOHNSON Thomas S. Johnson served as the Chairman and CEO of GreenPoint Financial Corp. and GreenPoint Bank from 1993 until he retired in 2004. Prior to that he served as President and Director of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. and also Chemical Bank, where he held various positions including President and Director. Mr. Johnson received an AB in Economics from Trinity College in 1962 and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School in 1964. He then became an instructor at Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. Between 1966 and 1969 he was Special Assistant to the Comptroller in the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of International Education and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States-Japan Foundation. He is also a Director of Alleghany Corporation, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Inc., Freddie Mac, North Fork Bank and The Phoenix Companies, Inc. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Johnson also serves on a number of not-for-profit boards including The Inner City Scholarship Fund, United Way of New York City, World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and WNET Channel 13, New York. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Trinity College and of the Union Theological Seminary. Mr. Johnson is also a former member of the Group of Thirty, Consultative Group on International Economic & Monetary Affairs; and of the Boards of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America, Online Resources Corporation and The Asia Society. Mr. Johnson and his wife, Ann, have three children, Tom, Scott, and Margaret (Scott was killed in the WTC attack 9/11/01.)
ROBERT C. LIEBER
Robert C. Lieber is the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding. Prior to his appointment, he served as President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Deputy Mayor Lieber was previously a Managing Director in the Global Real Estate Group at Lehman Brothers. During his 22-year tenure at Lehman Brothers, he was responsible for originating transactions for the Private Equity Real Estate Fund as well as acting as Global Head of Lehman’s Real Estate Investment Banking Group. Deputy Mayor Lieber is Vice Chairman of the Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School, and Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He holds a BA from the University of Colorado and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
EDWARD J. MALLOY Edward J. Malloy is in his fourteenth year as president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York. He was first elected to this position in 1992, at which time he was also elected as president of the New York State Building and Construction Trades Council, representing more than 200,000 working men and women. As president of the Building and Construction
Trades Council, Mr. Malloy plays an integral role in facilitating public and
private construction projects in New York City's $8 billion market. His
innovative efforts to stimulate economic activity and create thousands of jobs
have received frequent praise from leaders in politics and
business.
JULIE MENIN Julie Menin is Chairperson of Community Board 1 and has been since her election in 2005. Previously, she co-chaired the Community Board's World Trade Center Redevelopment Committee. Under Ms. Menin's leadership, CB1 secured a greater commitment by Silverstein Properties to use ultra low sulfur diesel fuel in the construction at the World Trade Center site, significantly reducing airborne pollutants. She successfully advocated for the funding for several public projects including the Burling Slip playground, Pearl Street playground renovation, Manhattan Youth community center and New York Public Library branch downtown and is working on several important initiatives at CB1, including the rezoning of Northern Tribeca and major quality of life issues such as noise, air quality, and traffic congestion. Ms. Menin is the Founder and former President of Wall Street Rising (WSR), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing Lower Manhattan in the wake of the events of September 11th. Through WSR, she has spearheaded a number of programs including The Corridor of Light (which illuminates building façades in the Financial District), WSR's Downtown Information Center, WSR's Retail Attraction Program, Art Downtown, Do It Downtown, and Wall Street Wednesdays. She has also advocated on the behalf of Downtown residents and business owners before Congress, the State Legislature and City Council. In June 2002, Mayor Bloomberg appointed Ms. Menin as a Commissioner to the City's Districting Commission. In 2003, she served on LMDC's jury for the selection of the World Trade Center Site Memorial and now serves on the advisory panel for LMDC's Community Enhancement Fund Program. Ms. Menin is an Ex-Officio Trustee of the Battery Conservancy and a member of the Board of Directors of several organizations, including the Alliance for Downtown New York, the Governor's Island Alliance, the Women's Campaign Fund, and the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. Ms. Menin also served on four government committees regarding the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. Prior to founding Wall Street Rising, Ms. Menin conceived of and opened Vine restaurant, a restaurant, market and catering operation located in the Financial District. Previously, Ms. Menin practiced law for eight years and was the Senior Regulatory Attorney for Colgate-Palmolive in New York where she specialized in regulatory and corporate issues. Prior to that, she was a corporate and regulatory attorney at the law firm Wiley, Rein & Fielding in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in regulatory and policy work. Ms. Menin received her law degree from Northwestern University and received her bachelor's degree magna cum laude in political science from Columbia University. KEVIN M. RAMPE Kevin M. Rampe is the General Counsel for ACE North America of the ACE Group of Companies. The ACE Group is composed of leading insurance and reinsurance companies that serve a variety of clients around the world, from large multinational corporations to smaller clients in local markets. In this role, Mr. Rampe is responsible for all legal matters for North America insurance operations. Mr. Rampe is also a Founding Director and serves on the Executive Committee of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. WILLIAM C. RUDIN William C. Rudin serves as Chairman of the Association for a Better New York, a coalition of business, labor and political leaders created to help improve the quality of life for businesses, tourists and residents of New York. Rudin is also President of Rudin Management, managing a portfolio of 16 office buildings and 22 apartment buildings. Additionally, Rudin serves as Chairman of the Board for the Battery Conservancy, member of the Boards of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York University, Vice Chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York, and an Executive Committee Member of the New York Hall of Science. JOHN ZUCCOTTI John Zuccotti is Chairman of Brookfield Financial Properties (formerly World Financial Properties) and Senior Counsel in the Real Estate Department of the international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Olympia & York Companies (U.S.A.) since January 1990. Prior to joining Olympia & York, Zuccotti was a Partner in the law firm of Brown & Wood from 1986 to 1990. Mr. Zuccotti served as a First Deputy Mayor of New York City from 1975 to 1977. CARL WEISBROD Carl Weisbrod: President of Trinity (Church) Real Estate; founding President of the Alliance for Downtown New York; former President of NYC EDC. |
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