Our Board

Board

Officers

Chairman
Lamont R. Bailey

Vice Chair
Elliot G. Sander

Vice Chair
Melva M. Miller

President & CEO
Justin K. Rodgers,
Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

Vice President
Patricia Robinson,
Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

Treasurer
Arthur Benjamin, Jr.

Assistant Treasurer
Todd S. Benenson, CPA, CGMA

Secretary
Calvin Lawrence, Jr.

Assistant Secretary
Masheika Lewis

 


Directors

 

Richard Anderson
President Emeritus,
New York Building Congress

Lamont R. Bailey, Esq.
Bailey & Bailey, LLC

Arthur Benjamin, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
A Wonder Media Company, LLC

Eric Bluestone
Partner, The Bluestone Organization, Inc.

David Cotton
CEO, Flying Food Group

Rebecca Deutscher
President, Deutscher & Daughter, Inc.

Cedric Dew
Executive Director, Jamaica YMCA

Frank DiMola
Executive Director,
Terminal 4 Airline Consortium,
John F. Kennedy International Airport

Richard Dzwlewicz
Regional Vice President, TD Bank

Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes 
President of York College, CUNY

Harold Flake
Vice President Community Development,
The Greater Allen Development Corporation

Icema D. Gibbs
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility,
JetBlue Airways

Howard Graf
Partner, Graf & Lewent Architects, LLP

Yesenia Graham
Vice President, Graham Associates, LLC

Daniel A. Greene
Senior Vice President, US Bank

George Guillaume
Program Director, JFK Terminal 4, Delta Airlines

Wanda Jackson
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
National Urban League

Philippa Karteron
President, Galleria Noire

Peter Kulka
President,
K.J.L. Property Management Corporation

Calvin Lawrence, Jr.
Aquatics Director at YMCA of Greater New York

William Lynch
Executive Vice President & COO
Jamaica Hospital Medical

Meredith Marshall 
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, BRP Companies

 

Melva M. Miller 
Chief Executive Officer, Association for a Better New York 

Reverend Patrick H. O’Connor
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church

Greg Polis
Vice President, Chasson Associates, LLC

Reginald M. Rasch
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Party City

Reverend Dr. Calvin Rice
Pastor, New Jerusalem Baptist Church

Yarojin Robinson
Senior Vice President, Mixed-Income & Affordable Housing, Gilbane Development Company

Elliot G. Sander
Vice Chairman, KS Engineers

Drew Spitler 
Principal & Director of Development at
The Dermot Company

Michelle Stoddart
Vice President Community Development,
Resorts World Casino New York

Judy Tucker
Elmhurst Milked

 


Directors Emeriti

 

Vincent M. Albanese, Esq.
 
Lawrence J. Cormier
 
Robert V. Delaney

Paul P. Gibson, Jr.

Hampton D. Graham

William L. Jefferson

James A. Lacchini

William J. Laraia

Therese M. Molloy, Esq.

Tazewell A. Smith

 


President Emeritus

 

Hope Knight
2015-2021

 

F. Carlisle Towery
1971-2015