About Our Board

Photo of 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

From left to right: Former NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, VCPA Board Member Nina Habib Spencer, NYC Councilman Andrew Cohen, Bronx Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriquez Rosa and VCPA Co-Chair Carol Samol.

Board

Carol J. Samol, Chair,  Urban Planner
Teresa Grant Stoeth, Secretary, Attorney
Stacey Wieder, Treasurer, Managing Director at JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Gary Axelbank, Publisher of thisistheBronX, Host of BronxTalk on BronxNet
Robert Baron, Community Development Consultant
Lisa Cintron, Legal Recruiter, Lateral Partner Placement
Linda Cox, Urban Parks and Planning Practitioner (retired)
Dr. Geo Espinosa, Naturopathic Doctor-Acupuncturist-Nutritionist
Nina Habib Spencer, Principal at Colleague LLC
Dr. Thomas M. 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
Judy Mills-Johnson, Landscape Contractor (retired)
Charlie Samboy, Government Relations and Public Policy Professional
Lee Sossen, Business Executive and Attorney
Amit Stern, Managing Partner at RBK Capital
Olga Luz Tirado, Executive Director at Bronx Tourism Council

Ex-Officio Members

Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, First Deputy Commissioner, NYC Parks