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Board of Directors

The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is overseen by a Board of Directors comprised of area leaders from the corporate, academic, and cultural communities. The Board is co-chaired by Alan Fishman, Chairman of both Meridian Capital Group and the Independence Community Foundation and Robert Catell, former Chairman of National Grid U.S. and Keyspan. Download a PDF of our Board leadership.

Robert Catell, Co-Chair
National Grid U.S.

Brendan Dugan, Corporate Treasurer
St. Francis College

Stephen Benjamin
The Dermot Company, Inc.

Samy Brahimy
IBEC Building Supplies

Mark Buller
MarJam Supply

Don Capoccia                         
BFC Partners 

Joe Chan
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Isaac Chera
Next Generation Chera

Don Elliott
Butzel Long

Pat Fallon
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MaryAnne Gilmartin
Forest City Ratner

Michael Gold
Sid's Hardware

Louis Greco
Second Development Services, Inc.

Veronica Hackett
The Clarett Group

Abby Hamlin
Hamlin Ventures LLC

Fred Harris
Avalon Bay Communities, Inc.

Gale Stevens Haynes
Long Island University – Brooklyn

Karen Brooks Hopkins
Brooklyn Academy of Music

Russ Hotzler
NYC College of Technology

William Howell
Howell Petroleum Products

Jerry Hultin
Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Carl Hum
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Steven Hurwitz
GFI Capital Resources Group

Sam Ibrahim
Marriott Hotel @ BrooklynBridge

Paula Ingram
Ingram & Hebron

Moe Issa
Brooklyn Fare

Alan Fishman, Co-Chair
Meridian Capital Group

Victoria Aviles, Corporate Secretary
Bridge Cleaners

Kenneth Krasnow
Massey Knakal Realty Services

Albert Laboz
United AmericanLand

John Lam
The Lam Group

Brian Leary
CPEX Real Estate

Harvey Lichtenstein
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Glenn Markman
Cushman & Wakefield

Peter Meyer
TD Bank

Josh Muss
Muss Development Company

Ben Nash
V-3 Group

Georgiana Pickett
651 Arts

Frances Resheske
Consolidated Edison Co. of NY Inc.

Rossana Rosado
El Diario/La Prensa

Phil Rosen
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Josephine Savastano
Sovereign Bank

Frances Schor
TreeLine Co.

Neil Shah
Hersha Hospitality Trust

George Silva
J.W. Mays

Kevin Smith
Bank of New York

Vincent Tabone
Red Apple Group, Inc.

Paul Travis
Washington Sq. Partners

Nancy Umanoff
Mark Morris Dance Group

David Walentas
Two Trees Management

Dean Joan G. Wexler
Brooklyn Law School

Gregg Wolpert
Stahl Real Estate Co.