Our Team
Deputy Borough Presidents

Aya
Keefe
Deputy Borough President

Keisha
Sutton-James
Deputy Borough President
Directors

Elaine
Cheung
Chief of Operations

Tomi
Vest
General Counsel

Tricia
Shimamura
Director of Community Affairs

Lizette
Chaparro
Director of Land Use & Planning

Chris
Carroll
Director of Policy and Senior Advisor to the Borough President

Winthrop
Roosevelt
Director of Communications

Amy
Slattery
Director of Budget and Capital Projects

Elka
Morety
Director of Scheduling

Mariel
de la Cruz
Director of Special Events
and Partnerships

Manuel
Belliard
Director of Constituent Services

Deirdre
Lyles
Director of Human
Resources

Kyshia
Smith
Director of Strategic Initiatives
and Organizing
Staff
Community Affairs
Dawn
Billings
Community Liaison
Andrew
Chang
Community Liaison
CBs 1 & 2
Erik
Cuello
Deputy Director of
Community Affairs,Â
Community Liaison
CB 7
Porfirio
Figueroa
Community Liaison
CBs 11 & 12
Brian
Lafferty
Community Liaison
CBs 5 & 6
Yiyi
Wang
Community Liaison
CBs 3 & 4
Minah
Whyte
Community Liaison
CBs 8, 9 & 10
Land Use and Planning
Madeleine
McGrory
Senior Urban Planner
Hector
Rivera
Topographic Associate
Policy
Daniel
Alam
Economic Development &
Technology Policy Analyst
A. Tara
Basu
Education Policy Analyst
Winn
Periyasamy
Assistant Director of Policy
Communications
Mia
Edelstein
Speechwriter,
External Communications Manager
Anthony
Hidalgo
Digital Director
Reuben A.
Torres
Press Secretary
Budget
Nelson
Andino
Deputy Director of Capital Projects & Budget
Maytee
Cariño
Capital Projects & Budget Analyst
Scheduling
Rebecca
Grigas
Scheduling Assistant,
Receptionist
Mary Ann
Mackey
Deputy Director
of Scheduling
D’Andre
Ward
Borough President
Driver
Andre
Wilkinson
Borough President
Driver
Special Events
Tyrone
Bowman
Special Events Coordinator/ Proclamations
Northern Manhattan Office
Junior
Martinez
Constituent Services Liaison
Xzavier
Medina
Constituent Services Liaison
Ayesha
Robinson
Constituent Services Liaison
Lori
Williams
Constituent Services Liaison
Operations
Cleopatra
Browne
Receptionist
Ingrid
Grant
Budget/Purchasing Manager
Nanda
Sohan
Human Resource Analyst
Kimberly
James
Timekeeping/Payroll Manager
Debbie
Timothy
Internship Program Coordinator
Eduardo
Sencion
Facilities
Coordinator
Information Technology
Fernando
Garza
IT Manager
Borough History
Dr. Robert
Snyder
Manhattan Borough Historian
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