About Our Board
From left to right: NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, VCPA Co-Chair Nina Habib Spencer, NYC Councilman Andrew Cohen, Bronx Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriquez Rosa and VCPA Co-Chair Carol Samol.
Board
Carol Samol, Co-Chair, Urban Planner
Nina Habib Spencer, Co-Chair, Vice President for Talent at Civic Entertainment Group
Gary Axelbank, Publisher of thisistheBronX, Host of BronxTalk on BronxNet
Robert Baron, Community Development Consultant
Claudia Bonn, Arts Administration Consultant
Linda Cox, Urban Parks and Planning Practitioner (retired)
Dr. Thomas Kelly, Head of School at Horace Mann School
Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, Principal at SAR Academy
Holly Leicht, Executive Vice President of Real Estate Development & Planning at Empire State Development
Dr. Brennan O’Donnell, President at Manhattan College
Amit Stern, Managing Partner at RBK Capital
Teresa Grant Stoeth, Attorney
Stacey Wieder, Executive Director at JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Ex-Officio Members
Hon. Andrew Cohen, NYC Council District 11