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Posted: February 28, 2023
New York Building Congress welcomes board of directors’ class of 2025 & 2025 Emeriti
New York, NY At the annual membership meeting & construction industry luncheon, the New York Building Congress welcomed members to its board of directors’ class of 2025, its 2025 Emeriti, and acknowledged two retirements.
In addition, the organization announced new directors to the board.
The Class of 2025:
- Joseph Aliotta, Perkins Eastman
- Franklin Alvarado, CBRE
- Charles Avolio, Shawmut Design & Construction
- Altin Batska, Batska Consulting Group & Bound Construction Management
- Andrew Catapano, Alliant Specialty
- Joseph Chan, YMCA of Greater New York
- David Greenberg, Columbia University
- Maureen Henegan, Henegan Construction Co., Inc.
- Cyrus Izzo, Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.
- Marian Klein, Park Tower Group
- Joseph Lauro, Gensler
- Jill Lerner, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, P.C.
- George Leventis, Langan
- Anthony Mannarino, Extell Development Company
- Cheryl McKissack Daniel, McKissack & McKissack
- Edward Piccinich, SL Green Realty Corp.
- Todd Rechler, RXR Realty
- Carlo Scissura, Esq., New York Building Congress
- Elise Wagner, Kramer Levin LLP
- Michael Zetlin, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP
Class of 2025 Emeriti:
- Richard Anderson, RTA Advisory Services
- John Dionisio, Global Infrastructure Solutions
- Thomas Iovino, Iovino Enterprises
- Jeffrey Levy, J.J Ryan Associates
- William Marino, Star America Infrastructure Partners, LLC
- Marilyn Jordan Taylor, University of Pennsylvania
Retiring from the Board of Directors Emeriti:
- Peter Goetz, Goetz Fitzpatrick
- Anthony Schirripa
New Directors:
- Rebecca Ashton, senior vice president, NYS District Lead, WSP USA Inc
- Altin Batska, PE, CHC, LEED AP, founder & principal, Batska Consulting Group & Bound Construction Management
- Joseph Chan, senior vice president, Real Estate & Property Management, YMCA of Greater New York
- Linda Chiarelli, senior vice president for Capital Projects and Facilities, New York University
- Patrick Cooper, vice president & co-head of Construction for New York, BXP
- Mike Hellstrom, Jr., vice president and Eastern Region manager, LIUNA
- Joseph Lauro, AIA, LEED AP, managing director, principal, Gensler
- Michele L. O’Connell, senior vice president of Customer Operations, Con Edison
- Jennifer Stone, partner, RAMSA.
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