SPEAKER MARK-VIVERITO ANNOUNCES TRANSITION TEAM
Albany Committee Has Leaders in Community Activism, Non-Profits, Labor, Education, Journalism and Government
NEW YORK- New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced a transition committee today which will help her build an experienced and progressive team as she begins her term as Speaker. The volunteer-based committee has representatives who hail from all over New York City, come from a diverse array of fields and will seek out resumes of qualified individuals from a wide range of communities and sectors.
"This committee will have a very simple goal, to help build a professional and experienced team that will reflect New York City and its values. It is an honor to have such a broad and diverse group of New Yorkers come together and I am looking forward to working with them in the weeks ahead.”
Co-Chairs
Dr. Una Clarke, Co-Chair - Former NYC Council Member, 40th District, Brooklyn
Rossana Rosado, Co-Chair - Former Editor, El Diario
Committee Members
Noilyn Abesamis-Mendoza – Dir., Health Programs, Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
Cira Angeles - President, LA Riverside Brokerage, Inc.
Ana Maria Archila – Co-Executive Director, Center for Popular Democracy
Don Mario Bosco - Counsel, Bosco, Ward & Nopar
Jose Calderon - President, Hispanic Federation
John Calvelli - Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Bronx Zoo
Frank Carone - Partner, Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Wolf, LLP
Daniel Cassella - President, ATU Local 726
Humberto Cruz - Former Director, AIDS Institute of the New York State Department of Health
Francisco Diaz, Jr. – President, Los Higos Del Barrio HDFC
Soraya Elcock - Former Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Harlem United
C. Virginia Fields - President & CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
Kevin Finnegan - Political Director, SEIU 1199
Jennifer Hensley – Executive Director, Association for a Better New York
Jacqueline Huey – Former. Sr. Director of Revenue and Management, NYC HHC
Virginia Kee – Founding member, Chinese American Planning Council
Victor Kovner, Esq. - Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer - Executive Director, Queens Council of the Arts
Jenny Low - District Leader, 65th Assembly District
Marty Markowitz - Former Brooklyn Borough President
Devin Maroney – Deputy Political Director, New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council
Helen Marshall - Former Queens Borough President
Shahana Masum - Director, Bangladeshi American Advocacy Group
Brette McSweeney - Executive Director, Eleanor's Legacy
Suki Terada Ports - Former Executive Director, Family Health Project
Félix V. Matos Rodriguez - President, Hostos Community College
Allen Roskoff – LGBT Community Activist
Natalia Salgado – Deputy Political Director, 32BJ SEIU
Melissa Sklarz – Director, New York Trans Rights Coalition
Udai Tambar - Director, South Asian Youth Action
Javier Valdes - Co-Executive Director, Make the Road, NY
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