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Executive Committee

John Calvelli
Executive Vice President
Wildlife Conservation Society

Arthur Cohen
CEO and Co-Founder
LaPlaca Cohen

Vijay Dandapani
President and CEO
Hotel Association of NYC

Patricia Kaufman
Commissioner
NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment

Fred Dixon
President and CEO
New York City Tourism + Conventions

Diarmuid Dwyer
Area Managing Director, New York City Market
New York Hilton Midtown

Joel Fisher
Executive Vice President, Marquee Events & Operations
Madison Square Garden

Charles Flateman
Chairman, Executive Vice President
The Shubert Organization

Andrew Flatt
SVP, Marketing & Revenue
Disney Theatrical Group

Dan Garodnick
Commissioner
City Planning Commission

Maneesh Goyal
Founder
Sona/Temple Bar

Kathy Hilt
District Vice President
Macy's

Hon. Sylvia Hinds-Radix
Corporation Counsel
New York City Law Department

Lynn Kelly
Executive Director
New York Restoration Project

Andrew Kimball
President and CEO
NYC Economic Development Corporation

Jessica Lappin
President
Downtown Alliance

Huntley Lawrence

Mark Levine
Borough President
Manhattan

Lisa Linden
CEO
LAKPR Group

Kerry Mack
Executive Vice President of Revenue & Distribution
Highgate Hotels – New York Area

Susan Marenoff-Zausner
President and CEO
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Spencer Means
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Compass Real Estate

Dan Nadeau
Area General Manager
New York Marriott Marquis

Tracy Nieporent
Director of Marketing/Partner
Myriad Restaurant Group

Patricia Ornst
Director, NYS and Local Government Affairs
Delta Air Lines

Marlene Poynder
General Manager
Conrad New York

Jonelle Procope
President and CEO
Apollo Theater

Anthony Ramirez II
Co-Founder
The Bronx Beer Hall

Alan Steel
President and CEO
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York

Maria Torres-Springer
Deputy Mayor Economic and Workforce Development
Office of the Mayor

Sofia L. Vandaele
General Manager
InterContinental New York Barclay

Lloyd A. Williams
President and CEO
Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce

Melba Wilson
Founder
Melba's

Tren'ness Woods-Black
VP Communications
Sylvia's "Soul Food" Restaurant

Board of Directors

John Antonini
SVP, Director of Stores
Saks Fifth Avenue

Regina Bain
Executive Director
Louis Armstrong House Museum

Damian Bazadona
President & Founder
Situation Interactive

Jeff Bennett
Regional Vice President
Tiffany & Co

Jaclyn Bernstein
President and Partner
Empire Force Events

David Burke
Chef & Restaurateur David Burke Tavern

Michael Burke
Chief Operating Officer
Statue Cruises

Judith Byrd
President
Byrd Retail Group

Zach Chodorow
Director
China Grill Management

Kerry Diamond
Editorial Director
Cherry Bombe

Gina Duncan
President
Brooklyn Academy of Music

Mary Farrell

Mike Fiorentino
General Manager
Manhattan Center Studios

Rick Friedberg
President
Liberty Connections, Ltd.

Jean-Yves Ghazi
President
Empire State Building

Leon Goldberg
Managing Director – Sales, Eastern Division
United Airlines

Scott Goldsmith
President
Intersection Media LLC

Tom Harris
President Times Square Alliance

Caroline Hirsch
Founder
New York Comedy Festival

Dawn Hudson
CEO
4th and One Consulting, LLC

Judith Jamison
Artistic Director Emerita
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

EB Kelly
Senior Managing Director Tishman Speyer

Kyle Kimball

Lakshmee Lachhman-Persad
Founder
Accessible Travel NYC

Angie Mar
Owner
Les Trois Chevaux

Rich Maroko
President
Hotel Trades Council

Melva Miller
CEO
ABNY

Luis Miranda
Founding Partner
MirRam Group

Brian Moreland
President
BMore Productions

Tyler Morse
CEO, Managing Partner
MCR Development

Richard Nicotra
Chairman/President
The Nicotra Group, LLC

Travis Noyes
SVP, Marketing
Empire Outlets

Kwame Onwuachi
Chef, Restaurateur, Author
Tatiana Restaurant Lincoln Center

Sandra Perez
Executive Director
Heritage of Pride

Joanne Podell
Vice Chairman
Cushman & Wakefield

Clare Reichenbach
CEO
James Beard Foundation

Andrew Rigie
Executive Director
NYC Hospitality Alliance

Ramona Roopnarine
Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion Marketing
Bloomberg LP

Amy Roth
Co-Chief Operating Officer
Whitney Museum

Steven Rubenstein
President
Rubenstein

Taryn Sacramone
Managing Director
Queens Theatre

Andreas Sappok
President
Imagine Communications

Charlotte St. Martin
President
The Broadway League

Jeffrey Stewart
Founder, Walnut Hill Advisors/Senior Advisor; Office of the Chairman and CEO, Loews Hotels & Co
Walnut Hill Advisors

Sally Tallant
President & Executive Director
Queens Museum

John Wang
Founder
Queens Night Market

Shelley Worrell
Founder & Chief Curator
caribBEING

Kathy Wylde
President and CEO
Partnership for New York City

Daniel Zausner
Chief Operating Officer
United States Tennis Association

Ex-officios

Wilma Alonso
Executive Director
Fordham Road BID

Daniel A. Biederman
President
34th Street Partnership

Alfred C. Cerullo, III
President & CEO
Grand Central Partnership

Wellington Z. Chen
Executive Director
Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation

Harvey Paul Davidson
Associate Director
Guides Association of NYC

Susan Donoghue
Commissioner
Department of Parks and Recreation

Vito Fossella
Borough President
Staten Island

Ellen Futter
President
American Museum of Natural History

Vanessa Gibson
Borough President
The Bronx

Laura Kavanagh
Commissioner
FDNY

Kevin D. Kim
Commissioner
NYC Department of Small Business Services

Janno Lieber
CEO
MTA

Regina Myer
President
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Lee Perlman
EVP, Chief Administrative & Financial Officer Greater New York Hospital Association

Alicia Pierro
Executive Director
Big Apple Greeter

Emily Rafferty
President Emerita
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Antonio Reynoso
Borough President
Brooklyn

Donavan Richards
Borough President
Queens

Keechant Sewell
Commissioner
NYPD

Francis Tedesco
President
Academy Bus Tours

Jonathan Tisch
Chairman/CEO
Loews Hotels

Nick Valenti
CEO
Simple Hospitality

Jack Withiam, Jr.
Trade Show Management
Event Services & Management, LLC

Tim  Zagat
Co-Founder
Zagat  Survey

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