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Economic Development
The Committee monitors and evaluates City and State economic development policies, procedures and incentives as well as conditions that impede or assist private-sector construction. The work of the Empire State Development Corporation and the New York City Economic Development Corporation is reviewed in detail, frequently with senior staff members and elected officials. Recent meeting topics have included Citywide rezoning initiatives, redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, and the Atlantic Yards and Hudson Yards development proposals.

Committee Members

Abraham, Aaron N. Partner Arent Fox LLP
Angelakos, B. Dean  Director of Business Development Jacobs
Aridas, George P. Senior Vice-president Albanese Organization, Inc.
Atallah, Tricia W.   SoundBuild, Inc - a part of Navigant Consultant
Bachenski, John    International Masonry Institute
Bahgat, Tarek N. Principal PMA Consultants LLC
Bambauer, Lori  Buusiness Development Assistant  Cosentini Associates, LLP
Barend, Samara  Government Affairs STV Group, Inc.
Barranco, Natale V. Vice President Urbahn Architects
Baum, Eleanor  Dean - School of Engineering Cooper Union
Bazewicz, Robert  Director of Project Development Cosentini Associates, LLP
Berger, Ron S. Executive Director Subcontrators Trade Association, Inc.
Brown, David D. Executive Director Dormitory Authority of the State of New York
Burt, John    Hazardous Elimination Corporation
Capelli, Lawrence  Director of Development & Construction LCOR Incorporated
Carbone, Donald J. Partner Goetz Fitzpatrick, LLP
Carton, Megan    Conti of New York, LLC
Chattaway, Andrew  Senior Scheduler PMA Consultants LLC
Cohen, Harvey W. Account Manager Graybar Electric Company, Inc.
Colella, Cathleen B. President Hazardous Elimination Corporation
Coletti, Louis J. President & CEO Building Trades Employers' Association
Danielo, Christine  President Trio Testing Corp.
Davoren, Peter J. Chairman/CEO Turner Construction Company
De Chiara, Michael K. Partner Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP
Della Volle, Eileen    KS Engineers, P.C.
DiBernardo, Albert  Principal Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
DiCapua, Peter L. Chief Operating Officer ATCO Properties & Management, Inc.
DiFilippo, Pat  Executive Vice President Turner Construction Company
DiGeronimo, Suzanne  President DiGeronimo PC 
Dolan, Brian  Program Manager HDR Engineering, Inc.
Donaldson, D. Robert  President Donaldson Acoustics Co., Inc.
Drucker, Kenneth  Director of Design HOK Architects
Farrell, Thomas D. Senior Managing Director Tishman Speyer
Federbush, Alexander P.    
Fernandez, Rai A.  Managing Principal  Bermello Ajamil & Partners, Inc. 
Frantz, Peter  Vice President - Sales  Canam Steel Corporation 
Gallagher, Tara    Arcadis US
Gandhi, Kirti  President Gandhi Engineering, Inc.
Gavin, Richard  Partner Grassi & Co. CPAs, P.C.
Goddard, Kurt A. Vice President Arcadis US
Goshow, Nancy A. Managing Partner Goshow Architects, LLP
Graham, Lawrence F. Executive Vice President - Development Brookfield Properties Corporation
Griffis, Bud  Vice President/Dean of Engineering & Applied Sciences Polytechnic University
Gruzen, Jordan L. Partner Gruzen Samton Architects, Planners & Interior Designers, LLP
Hayes, Susan L. President/CEO Cauldwell Wingate Company, LLC
Hirani, Jim  President Hirani Engineering & Land Surveying, P.C.
Holsgrove, Jonathan  Area Director of Public Projects International Masonry Institute
Japha, Anthony F.   Anthony F. Japha
Johnson, Timothy J. Principal NBBJ
Kasparek, Ed  Senior Vice President Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Kelly, Gregory A. General Manager Northeast PB
Khalfan, Babu  President Signs & Decal Corp.
Kilgallen, John E.   Albin Gustafson Company
Kim, Jean    TLM Associates
LaSister, Coy  President/CEO LaSoeur Management & Development Co.
Lempicki, Gene  VP/Branch Manager - NY Office  Medina Consultants, P.C.
Leonetti, Robert  Business Manager Granite Construction Northeast, Inc.
Leventis, George E. President - Langan International Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, P.C.
Levy, Toby    KS Engineers, P.C.
Liberta, Michael  Vice President - Operations Trystate Mechanical Inc.
Macaluso, Michael J.    
Maimis, Gus  Vice President  Hunter Roberts Construction Group, LLC
Maitino, Richard A. Vice President Parsons
Malloy, Edward J. President Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York
Mann, Anthony E. President E-J Electric Installation Co.
Marchetto, Peter A. Chief Executive Officer Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.
McGuire, Raymond G. Managing Director Contractors' Association of Greater New York, Inc.
McKenney, George J.   PB
McLaren, Malcolm G. President McLaren Engineering Group
McMahon, Thomas  Lobbyist TLM Associates
Meloro, Peter A. Manager of Economic Development Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Mortimer, James J. Vice President Hill International, Inc.
Muldoon, Patrick  Senior Vice President AMEC Construction Management, Inc.
Nugent, Pamela A. Client Relations Coordinator Goshow Architects, LLP
Ohrenstein, Manfred  Partner Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP
Perrone, Bud  Associate Vice President Rubenstein Associates, Inc.
Plotnick, Louisa  Project Manager  New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Pocino, Raymond M. VP/Eastern Regional Manager Laborers' International Union of North America
Pospisil, David  Marketing & Strategic Manager  Trane New York/New Jersey
Pressler, Steven J. EVP/Area General Manager Skanska USA Building Inc.
Price, Jay  Director of Business Development Conti of New York, LLC
Reichman, Rose  Principal Reichman Frankle, Inc.
Rienzo, Francis J.  Energy Advisor  Juice Energy 
Ross, Phillip  Partner Anchin, Block & Anchin, LLP
Rytter, Edward A. President Oasis Consulting Group
Schirripa, Anthony P. Chief Executive Officer Mancini-Duffy
Seinuk, Ysrael A. Chief Executive Officer Ysrael A. Seinuk, P.C. Consulting Engineers
Selsam, Robert E. Senior Vice President Boston Properties, Inc.
Shedelbower, Kelly  Program Associate  New York Building Congress 
Shypula, Ava  President Ava Shypula Consulting, Inc.
Silva, Gaston  Chief Operating Officer Vornado Realty Trust
Sinatra, Frank G. Senior Counsel Holland & Knight, LLP
Steiner, Sheldon M. Senior Vice President Flack + Kurtz
Stephan, Bruce  Senior Principal PMA Consultants LLC
Theobalds, Ken  Vice President Entergy Nuclear
Tishman, Daniel R. Chairman/CEO Tishman Construction Corporation
Tomasetti, Richard L. Chairman Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Tomesko, Chris  Sales Represenative TAC America's Inc.
Torpey, John J. President Enterprise Association of Steamfitters, Local 638
Velez, Elizabeth  Executive Vice President Velez Organization
Velez, Marcelo  Assistant Vice President Columbia University - Department of Design and Construction
Waessa, Laurent  Commercial Attache Quebec Government House
Webb, Ernest J. Chief Operating Officer Mattergy Solar, Inc.
Weinberg, Alan  Director - Tunnel Project/Public Outreach Coordinator NJ TRANSIT
Wenke, Colleen J. Project Manager Taconic Investment Partners LLC
Werner, Frederick W. Group CEO, Americas Transportation - AECOM  DMJM Harris
White, Philip R. Partner Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross, P.A.
Yates, James H. Vice President - Marketing & Economic Development New York Power Authority
Youngerman, Jill  Principal Noble Marketing Associates
Zetlin, Michael S. Partner Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP
Zogg, Jeffrey J. Executive Director General Building Contractors of New York State, Inc.
   
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