Board + Staff

The DBP has a staff of approximately 15 and is overseen by a board of directors comprised of leaders from Downtown Brooklyn's corporate sector, academic institutions, and cultural community. It has an annual operating budget of around $6.4 million.

Click here to read more in our 2012 Programmatic Report.

Staff

Tucker Reed, President

Rheatis Brown, Finance Manager
Thomas Conoscenti, Executive Director of Planning + Administration
Peter Coyne, Director of Public Safety, MetroTech BID
Isaac Esterman, Director of Operations
Ryan Grew, Services Manager, MetroTech BID
Luis Gutierrez, Production + Marketing Manager
Viani Guzman, Public Safety Manager, MetroTech BID
Angela Johnson, Controller/Director of Finance
Thomas Joyce, Public Safety Supervisor, Fulton Mall Improvement Association
Vivian Liao Korich, Director of Marketing + Strategic Partnerships
Katie Lyon, Services Manager, Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID
Thomas Martin, Public Safety Manager, Fulton Mall Improvement Association
Dee Rominiecki, Office Manager
Roscoe Smalls, Assistant Director of Public Safety, MetroTech BID
Kevin Tolan, Director of Services + Programs, Fulton Mall Improvement Association
Malina Tran, Community + Planning Associate
Michael Whyte, 80 Arts Building Manager

Board of Directors

Nathan Aber, AmTrust Realty Corp.
Tim Ahern, American Airlines
Richard Becker, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
David Belt, Macro Sea
David Bistricer, Clipper Equity
Samy Brahimy, IBEC Management
Donald Capoccia, BFC Partners
Isaac Chera, Crown Acquisitions
Brendan Dugan, St. Francis College
Alan Fishman (Chair), Ladder Capital Mgmt.
Jim Friend, Friend Development Group
MaryAnne Gilmartin, Forest City Ratner Cos.
Louis Greco, SDS Brooklyn
Gale Stevens Haynes, LIU- Brooklyn
Paul Heffernan, BNY Mellon
Karen Brooks Hopkins, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Sam Ibrahim, Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge
Paula Ingram, Ingram & Hebron Realty
Jeff Kay, Muss Development
Andrew Kimball, Brooklyn Navy Yard
Albert Laboz, United American Land
John Lam, The Lam Group
Jenny Lawton, MakerBot
Brian Leary, CPEX Realty
Jon Paul Lupo, Office of the Brooklyn Borough President
Glenn Markman, Cushman & Wakefield
Peter Meyer, TD Bank
Ron Moelis, L&M Development Partners
Joshua Muss, Muss Development
Stephen Palmese, Massey Knakal
Caroline Pardo, Two Trees Management
Martin Piazzola, Avalon Bay Communities, Inc.
Tucker Reed, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Frances Resheske, Con Edison
Philip Rosen, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Michael Ruiz, National Grid U.S.
Frances Schor, Treeline Companies
Leslie Schultz, BRIC Arts/Media Brooklyn
Carlo Scissura, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Drew Spitler, The Dermot Company
Katepalli Sreenivasan, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Doug Steiner, Steiner Studios
David Swinghamer, Union Square Hospitality Group
Vincent J. Tabone, Red Apple Group
Paul Travis, Albee Development LLC
Nancy Umanoff, Mark Morris Dance Group
Jed Walentas, Two Trees Management
Conrad Walker, Berkeley College
Joan Wexler, Brooklyn Law School
Terry Whalen, 625 Fulton Associates
Mike Winter, JP Morgan Chase
Gregg Wolpert, The Stahl Organization
Brett Yormark, Brooklyn Nets