BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Chair 

Nicki Livanos 
Director, Real Estate Investments
Equitable

Vice Chair 

Daniel Nadeau 
General Manager 
New York Marriott Marquis

Treasurer

Joseph Benincasa 
President & CEO 
Entertainment Community Fund

 

Voting Members

Meric Adriansen
Vice President, Ross D3 LED
Ross Video

Dana Amendola 
Vice President of Operations 
Disney Theatricals

Jeffrey Bank 
Chief Executive Officer 
Alicart Restaurant Group

Robert Cummins
Owner
Brooklyn Chop House

Eugenia D’Ambrosio
Times Square Resident

Marvin Davis 
President 
Davis Realty 

Steven M. Durels 
EVP, Director of Leasing and Real Property 
SL Green Realty Corp. 

Douglas Durst 
Chairman 
The Durst Organization 

Alireza Esmaeilzadeh 
SVP, Investments| Real Estate 
Brookfield Asset Management

Jasmine Gerald
Owner
Jasmine's Caribbean Cuisine

Russell Granet 
President & CEO 
New 42

Jeffrey Gural 
Chairman 
GFP Real Estate LLC 

Maura Hayes
Sr. Manager, Client and Production Services
The Walt Disney Company Times Square Studios

Mark Jennings
Executive Director 
Project FIND 

Heather Kahn
Vice President — Leasing
Boston Properties 

Jason Laks
Interim President and General Counsel
The Broadway League

David Lieberman
Property Manager
Paramount Group

Laura Maioglio 
Owner 
Barbetta Restaurant

Sarah Mercanti 
Director of Government Relations 
Roundabout Theatre Company 

Jeremy Merrin 
President 
Havana Central 

Eileen Murphy
Senior Counselor / Head of Executive Communications
The New York Times

Michael Naumann
Managing Director 
TDF

George Ntim
Market Director of Diplomatic & Community Relations
Marriott International

 

Julio Peterson
Vice President of Real Estate
The Shubert Organization, Inc.

Michael Phillips
President 
Jamestown LP

Amie Pospisil
Chief Operating Officer
Breaking Ground 

David Rabin 
Partner 
The Lambs Club 

Rachel Dávila Ramírez
Director of Communications & Marketing
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism/CUNY

Bill Register 
VP, Operations 
Nederlander Organization 

Fred Rosenberg
Senior Vice President, Operations
Sherwood Equities

Jordan Roth 
President 
Jujamcyn Theaters 

Eric Rudin 
Co-Chairman and President 
Rudin Management Company, Inc. 

Paul Salvatore 
Member of the Firm 
Proskauer

Eldon Scott 
President 
Urbanspace 

Sunny Song-Dubiner
Times Square Resident

Robert Snyder 
President 
Tishman Hotel Corporation

George Stonbely 
Spectacular Ventures

Jason D. Vacker 
President & CEO 
Meringoff Properties, Inc. 

John Varrone 
Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate Security Services 
Morgan Stanley

Robert E. Wankel 
Chairman & CEO 
The Shubert Organization, Inc.

Max Weisfeld 
Times Square Resident

Glen J. Weiss
Executive Vice President, Co-Head of Real Estate 
Vornado Realty Trust

David Wicks 
Vice President 
NASDAQ OMX 

Christopher Williams
Chief of Staff
Actors’ Equity Association 

Emmanuel Wilson
Executive Director of Creative Affairs
Dramatists Guild of America

 


Government Representatives

Adrienne Adams
New York City Council Speaker
Represented by Erik Bottcher, New York City Council Member, District 3

Honorable Eric Adams
Mayor
Represented by Dynishal Gross, Commissioner, NYC Department of Small Business Services

Brad Lander
Comptroller of the City of New York 

Mark Levine
Borough President 
Manhattan Borough President's Office

Non-voting Members

Duane Jackson
President
Vietnam Veterans of America

Myron Johnson 
Operations Supervisor 
Port Authority of NY/NJ

Garrett J. Lucien
Vice President of Training and Programs
Coro NY Leadership Center

Jeffrey Maddrey
Chief of Patrol
New York Police Department

Jordan Otis, M.A.
Deputy Director
Midtown Community Court

Carl Weisbrod
Senior Advisor
HR&A Advisors

 

Non-voting Directors

Jessica Chait 
Chair 
Community Board 4
Represented by Alice Wong 

Bradley Sherburne
Chair 
Community Board 5
Represented by Michael Southworth