NYC MAYOR DE BLASIO APPOINTS MEMBERS TO SECTOR ADVISORY COUNCILS

USANEWSONLINE.COM DESK, NEW YORK—Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed members to the following Sector Advisory Councils: Non-Profit and Social Services, Public Health and Healthcare, Faith-based, Construction and Real Estate, Education, and Surface Transportation. This is in addition to the Sector Advisory Councils on Labor and Workforce; Large Business; Small Business; and Arts, Culture, and Entertainment. Sector Advisory Councils will inform the Administration’s efforts to restart the economy and city life. The councils will serve as critical links to disseminate information about re-opening and provide guidance to shape the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“These councils will provide real world guidance to ensure our plans to reopen the city make sense and keep people safe. We are facing an unprecedented crisis, but by working together, we will come out stronger than before,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Non-Profit and Social Services Sector Advisory Council

1. Raja Abdulhaq, Islamic Leadership Council       2.  LaShawn Allen Muhammad, Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation  3. Jo Ann Yoo, Asian American Federation    4. Donna Colonna, Services for the Underserved    5.  Sharon Content, Children of Promise      6.  Joel Copperman, CASES        7.  Hazel Dukes, NAACP        8.  Thelma Dye PhD, Northside Center      9.  Regina Estela, Independence Care System      10.  Nat Fields, Urban Resource Institute (URI)     11.  Beth Finkel, AARP        12.  David Garza, Henry Street Settlement     13.  Eric Goldstein, UJA Federation      14.  David Greenfield, Met Council on Jewish Poverty    15.  Bob Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)  16.  Laurie Hanin, Center for Hearing and Communication   17.  Wayne Ho, Chinese-American Planning Council      18.  Tom Kamber, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)    19.  Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of NY 20.  Jeremy Kohomban PhD, Children’s Village/Harlem Dowling     21.  Keith Little, SCO Family of Services/Center for Family Life in Sunset Park22.  Elizabeth McCarthy, Sheltering Arms        23.  Wendy McClinton, Black Vets for Social Justice    24.  Frankie Miranda, Hispanic Federation      25.  Haydee Morales, Casita Maria       26.  John Park, Minkwon        27.  Fr. Patrick Keating, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Brooklyn  28.  Michael Polenberg, Downstate Victims Coalition      29.  Juan Ramos, Los Sures/ Southside United     30.  Alex Roque, Ali Forney Center      31.  Denise Rosario, Coalition for Hispanic Family Services    32.  Muzzy Rosenblatt, Bowery Residence Committee (BRC)     33.  Annetta Seecharran, Chhaya CDC       34.  Frederick Shack, Urban Pathways       35.  Beth Shapiro, Citymeals on Wheels      36.  Niketa Sheth, WomanKind       37.  Scott Short, RiseBoro Community Partnership     38.  Prabhu Sigamani, ROC United       39.  Joanne Smith, Girls for Gender Equity     40.  Rev. Terry Troia, Project Hospitality     41.  Glennda Testone, LGBT Community Center      42.  Eileen Torres, BronxWorks       43.  Colvin W. Grannum, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation   44.  Michelle Yanche, Good Shepherd Services

 Public Health and Healthcare Sector Advisory Council

1.  Pamela Brier, Former CEO Maimonides Medical Center; Board of Health    2.  LaRay Brown, One Brooklyn Health         3.  Ebone Carrington, NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem       4. Kaushal Challa, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center      5. Carmen Charles, DC 37          6. JiHee Cho, Korean American Behavioral Health Association (KABHA)      7. Steve Corwin, New York-Presbyterian Hospital         8. Lisa David, Public Health Solutions         9. Angela Diaz MD PhD, Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Center     10.  Amy Dorin, Coalition for Behavioral Health        11.  Rose Duhan, Community Health Care Association of New York State    12.  Billy E. Jones MD, MS, Former CEO H+H, Commissioner of Mental Health  13.  Ruth Finkelstein, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging       14.  Marki Flannery, Visiting Nurses Association        15.  Bruce Flanz, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center        16.  Mindy Fullilove, The New School         17.  Rosa Gil PhD, CommunLife         18.  Paloma Hernandez, Urban Health Plan         19.  Jo Ivey Boufford MD, NYU School of Global Public Health; New York Academy of Medicine20.  Pat Kane, NYSNA           21.  John Kastan, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services     22.  Matt Kudish, NAMI           23.  Rafael Lantigua MD, Alianza Dominicana, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian  24.  Sheldon McLeod, NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County       25.  Dan Messina, Richmond University Medical Center        26.  Luke Nasta, Camelot           27.  Mitchell Netburn, Samaritan Village          28.  Milton Nunez, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln       29.  David Perlstein MD, St. Barnabas Hospotal        30.  Amy Plasencia MD, Committee of Interns and Residents     31.  Marco R. Damiani, AHRC          32.  Ken Raske, Greater New York Hospital Association       33.  Israel Rocha, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst       34.  Therese Rodriguez, APICHA Community Health Center        35.  Helen Schaub, 1199 SEIU          36.  Anthony Shih MD, United Hospital Fund        37.  Wendy Stark, Callen Lorde          38.  Ashwin Vasan, Fountain House          39.  Eric Weingartner, The Door          40.  Abraham Wurzberger, Chevrah Hatzalah

Faith-Based Sector Advisory Council

1.  Rev Lawrence Aker, Cornerstone Baptist Church     2.  Dr. Debbie Almontaser, Bridging Cultures Group Inc.    3.  Rabbi Boruch Bender, Achiezer Community Resource Center    4.  Dr. AR Bernard, Christian Cultural Center     5.  Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer,  the Interfaith Center for NY  6.  Bishop Victor Brown, Mount Sinai United Christian Church   7.  Elder David Buckner, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 8. Reverend Dr. Michael Carrion,  Evangelical Covenant Church    9.  Rev. Phil Craig, The Greater Springfield Community Church   10.  Gabby  Cudjoe-Wilkes, Double Love Experience    11.  Rev. Frederick Davie, Union Theological Seminary     12.  Bishop H. Curtis Douglas,  Dabar Bethlehem Cathedral and Overseer of Dabar Ministries13.  Rev. Que English, Bronx Christian Fellowship Church    14.  Rev. Robert Foltz-Morrison, Presbyterian Church of New York City  15.  Pastor Charles Galbreath, Clarendon Road Church     16.  Fr. John Gribowich, Diocese of Brooklyn     17.  Peter  Gudatis, NY Disaster Interfaith Service    18.  Pastor Daniel Honore, SDA North Eastern Conference   19.  Archbishop Russell James Davenport, Arrow of Yahweh International Ministries 20.  Dr. Arvind Kaur, Clinical Psychologist and Host of Jus Galbaat 21.  Imam Tahir Kukiqi, Albanian Islamic Cultural Center    22.  Rev. Bayer Lee, First Chinese Baptist Church    23.  Raja Abdulhaq, Majlis Ash-Shura Islamic Leadership Council    24.  Rabbi Michael Miller, Jewish Community Relations Council    25.  Rev. Clinton Miller, Brown Memorial Church     26.  Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik, Rabbinical Alliance of America    27.  Senior Cantor Daniel Mutlu,  Central Synagogue    28.  Rabbi David Neiderman, United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn29.  Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, NY Board of Rabbis    30.  Pastor Johnny Ray Youngblood, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church   31.  Pastor James Richmond, Greater NY Conference SDA    32.  Rev. Raymond Rivera, Latino Pastoral Action Center    33.  Pastor Patricia Sealy, Mott Haven Reform Church    34.  Freeman Su, NY Tzu Chi Foundation   35.  Sunita Viswanath, Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus   36.  Rev. Michael A. Walrond,  Jr., First Corinthian Baptist Church  37.  Bishop Edmund Whalen, Archdiocese of NY     38.  Rev. Andrew Wilkes, Double Love Experience    39.  Mohammed Mardah, Yankassa Mosque and Chair, African Advisory Council  40.  Rev. Itang Young, Abyssinian Baptist Church

Education Sector Advisory Council

1.  Melissa Aase, University Settlement    2. Shirley Aldebol, 32 BJ SEIU    3. Andrea Anthony, Day Care Council    4. David C Banks,  Eagle Academy    5.  Richard Beattie, New Visions for Public Schools  6. Sian Beilock, Barnard      7. Jack Bendheim, SAR Academy Riverdale    8.  Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University   9. Phoebe Boyer, Children’s Aid Society    10.  Marc Brackett, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence/Developer, RULER 11.  Richard Buery, Achievement First     12.  Mark Cannizzaro, CSA      13.  Natasha Capers, NYC Coalition for Educational Justice  14.  Steven Choi, New York Immigration Coalition   15.  Michael Coppotelli, Archdiocese of New York   16.  Margaret Crotty, Partnership with Children    17.  Traci Donnelly, Child Center of NY   18.  Gregory Floyd, Local 237, School Safety Agents  19.  Jane Foley Fried, NY State Association of Independent Schools20.  Kay Galarza, Student PEP Member    21.  Henry Garrido, DC 37     22.  Peter Gee, The Door     23.  Barbara Glassman, Include NYC     24.  Jasmine Gripper, Alliance for Quality Education  25.  Anita Gundanna, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families26.  Andrew Hamilton, NYU      27.  Kristin Kearns Jordan, Urban Assembly   28.  Thomas Krever, Hetrick-Martin Institute     29.  Vanessa Leung, PEP Member- Individualized Education Program  30.  Stanley Litow, IBM Foundation     31.  Joe Luft, Internationals Network for Public Schools  32.  F鬩x V. Matos Rodr�ez, CUNY Chancellor  33.  Nequan Mclean, Education Council Consortium, (ECC)   34.  Joan McMaster, Diocese of Brooklyn    35.  Wes Moore, Robin Hood      36.  Michael Mulgrew, UFT      37.  Allison Palmer, ED, New Settlement College Access Center 38.  Shael Polakow-Suransky, Bank Street College Of Education 39.  Susan Stamler, United Neighborhood Houses    40.  Robert J Troeller,  Local 891, Custodian Engineers 41.  Javier H. Vald鳬  Make the Road   42.  Dennis Walcott, Queens Public Library    43.  Sheena Wright, President & CEO United Way NY44.  Michelle Yanche, Good Shepherds Services45.  Rabbi David Zweibel,  Agudath Israel

Construction and Real Estate Sector Advisory Council

1.  Donnel Baird, BlocPower2.  Lawrence Benenson, Benenson Capital Partners3.  Jeff Blau, Related Companies4.  Susan Camerata, Wavecrest Management5.  Tim Cawley, ConEdison6.  Lou Colleti, Building Trades Employers’ Association7.  Larry Englestein, 32BJ SEIU Secretary Treasurer8.  Laura Ettelman, SOM9.  Don Fusco, Skanska USA10.  Kirk Goodrich, Monadnock Development11.  Colvin Grannum, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation12.  Hana Kassem, KPF13.  Ericka Keller, Brisa Builders14.  Gary LaBarbera, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York15.  Meredith Marshall, BRP Companies16.  Michael McKelvy, Gilbane Building Company17.  Cheryl McKissack Daniel, McKissack18.  Ron Moelis, L+M19.  Nayan Parikh, Ashnu International Inc20.  James Prendamano, Casandra Properties21.  James Rubin, Meridiam22.  William Rudin, Rudin Management23.  Carlo Scissura, New York Building Congress24.  Mary Ann Tighe, CBRE25.  Dan Tishman, Tishman/AECOM26.  Luis Tormenta, The LiRo Group27.  Elizabeth Velez, Velez Organization28.  James Whelan, REBNY29.  Francilia Wilkins, RFW Consultants30.  William Zeckendorf, Terra Holdings

Surface Transportation

1. Cira Angeles, Livery Base Owners Association2. Quemuel Arroyo, Disability Transit Advocate3. Jaqi Cohen, NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign4. John Corlett, AAA NYS5.  Mary Dailey, TransitCenter6.  Bhairavi Desai, New York Taxi Workers Alliance7.  Laura Fox, Lyft (Citi Bike)8.  Josh Gold, Uber9.  Danny Harris, Transportation Alternatives10.  Kendra Hems, Trucking Association of New York11.  Jen Hensley, Lyft12.  David Jones, Community Service Society and MTA Board Member13.  Sarah Kaufman, NYU Rudin Center for Transportation14.  Robert W. Linn, MTA Board Member15.  Camilla Morris, Bus Association of New York16.  Betsy Plum, Riders Alliance17.  Daniel Ramot, Via18.  Sam Schwartz, Sam Schwartz Engineering19.  Ron Sherman, Metropolitan Taxi Board of Trade20.  Nick Sifuentes, Tri-State Transportation Campaign21.  Jaswinder Singh, Yellow Taxi Medallion Owner22.  Jennifer Tausig, NYC BID Association23.  Courtney Williams, the Brown Bike Girl24.  Tom Wright, Regional Plan Association. Press Relaese.