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Task Force Membership

The Building Resiliency Task Force is comprised of over 225 experts including real estate owners, property managers, architects, engineers, contractors, utility representatives, subject matter specialists, city officials, code consultants, cost estimators and attorneys. Click here to learn more about the structure of the Task Force, including the role of Committees and Working Groups. Some members serve on more than one group and are listed with each.

Steering Committee
Commercial Buildings Committee
Residential Buildings Committee
Critical Buildings Committee
Special Committee on Homes

Structure, Facade, and Interiors Working Group
Electrical and IT Working Group
HVACR, Plumbing, and Fire Protection Working Group

Members At-Large

Steering Committee

Includes co-chairs of the committees and working groups, along with representatives from Urban Green, the Mayor’s Office, and the Speaker’s Office

Edward Atkin, Committee on Housing and Buildings,     New York City Council
Les Bluestone, Blue Sea Development Co.
Aine M. Brazil, Thornton Tomasetti
Serge Budzyn, Lilker Associates, ACEC NY
Amanda Burden, New York City Department of City     Planning
Rich Cohen, NYU Langone
Fiona Cousins, Arup
Martin S. Dettling, Albanese
Scott Frank, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Paul Fernandes, Building and Construction Trades     Council of Greater New York
Robin Guenther, Perkins + Will and Health Care     Without Harm
Nick Holt, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP
Richard Leigh, Urban Green Council
Bob LiMandri, New York City Department of     Buildings
Maureen Mahle, Steven Winter Associates
Sergej Mahnovski, NYC Mayor's Office of Long     Term Planning and Sustainability
Anthony E. Mann, E-J Electric Installation Co.
Charlotte Matthews, Related Companies
Sukanya Paciorek, Vornado Realty Trust
Laura Popa, New York City Council
George Ross, JP Morgan Chase Bank
Eric Rudin, Rudin Management
Cecil Scheib, Urban Green Council
Russell Unger, Urban Green Council

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Commercial Buildings Committee

High-rise and Low-rise Buildings

James Armstrong, DSM Engineering Associates, PC
Jack Bailey, OneLux
Ray Benemerito, SL Green
Julius Bogad, Jr., Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Gene Boniberger, Rudin Management Co., Inc.
John Boritza, Verizon
Timothy Bowe, ABCO Peerless Sprinkler     Corporation
Aine M. Brazil, Thornton Tomasetti
Serge Budzyn, Lilker Associates, ACEC NY
Scott Ceasar, Cosentini
Andrew J. Ciancia, Langan Engineering &     Environmental Services
Andrew Cleary, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Ed DePaola, Severud Associates Consulting     Engineers, PC
William A. Esposito, Ambient Group, Inc.
Jeff Frank, Tutor Perini
David Gilford, New York City Economic Development     Corporation
Nick Holt, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP
Cosmo Iannicco, National Grid
Daniel M. Kindbergh, Brookfield Office Properties
Nick Lanzillotto, Related Companies
Jill Lerner, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Mike Mayfield, E-J Electric Installation Co.
Walter J. Mehl, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Jason McCalla, Silverstein
Thomas P. Mimnagh, Consolidated Edison Co. of     NY
Jerome L. Montrone, Beacon Capital Partners, LLC
Kevin Morin, Code Consultants Professional     Engineers, PC
Alex Mulerman, Apex Limo
Brian Mullins, IUOE Local 30
Daniel H. Nall, Thornton Tomasetti
Daniel E. Nichols, New York State Department of     State
Patrick Noonan, National Grid
Brian O'Sullivan, ADCO Electric
Sukanya Paciorek, Vornado Realty Trust, co-chair
Phil Parisi, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Dan Pugliese, Hines a/a/f Morgan Stanley
Stephen Rizzo, RizzoGroup
Eric Rudin, Rudin Management, co-chair
Tom Scarola, Tishman Speyer
Victoria Sorvillo Weidemann, Consolidated Edison     Co. of NY
Howard Styles, IUOE Local 94
Nicholas J. Turkovic, Vornado Realty Trust
Howard White, Maxons
Morris Wiesenberg, AFI USA
Leonard Williams, McCready & Rice
Donald J. Winston, The Durst Organization, Inc.

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Residential Buildings Committee

High-rise and Low-rise Buildings

Jack Bailey, OneLux
Greg Bauso, Monadnock Construction
Eric Bluestone, The Bluestone Organization
Gene Boniberger, Rudin Management Co., Inc.
John Boritza, Verizon
Timothy Bowe, ABCO Peerless Sprinkler     Corporation
Daniel Bower, Goldman Sachs
Serge Budzyn, Lilker Associates, ACEC NY
Anthony Cammarata, Goldman Sachs
Andrew J. Ciancia, Langan Engineering &     Environmental Services
Martin S. Dettling, Albanese, co-chair
William A. Esposito, Ambient Group, Inc.
Eric Ettinger, Ettinger Engineering
Ramon Gilsanz, Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP
Michael Gubbins, Albanese
Jim Henderson, NYG Green Partners
William Horgan, Grimshaw Architects
Cosmo Iannicco, National Grid
Roman Kuzmicki, Cosentini Associates
Nick Lanzillotto, Related Companies
Charlotte Matthews, Related Companies, co-chair
Brian J. McCarthy, Samson Management, LLC
Walter J. Mehl, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Thomas P. Mimnagh, Consolidated Edison Co. of     NY
Kevin Morin, Code Consultants Professional     Engineers, PC
Daniel E. Nichols, New York State Department of     State
Patrick Noonan, National Grid
Brian O'Sullivan, ADCO Electric
Steve Pekofsky, Real Estate Board of New York
James Pfeiffer, EnGeneration, LLC
Robert Ricco, Blueprint Plumbing LLC
Stephen Rizzo, RizzoGroup
John J. Sarich, The William Beaver House
Robert Sedlak, WSP Flack & Kurtz
Patrick Siconolfi, Community Housing Improvement     Program
Gordon Smith, Gordon Smith
Victoria Sorvillo Weidemann, Consolidated Edison     Co. of NY
William Stein, Dattner
Howard White, Maxons
Marc Zuluaga, Steven Winter Associates

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Critical Buildings Committee

Public Safety, Schools, Hospitals, Senior Centers

Jack Bailey, OneLux
Carmi Bee, RKT&B Architects
Robert Berninger, Memorial Sloan Kettering
John Boritza, Verizon
Timothy Bowe, ABCO Peerless Sprinkler     Corporation
Serge Budzyn, Lilker Associates, ACEC NY
Alison Burke, Greater New York Hospital Association
Dan Chisholm, MGI Consulting
Andrew J. Ciancia, Langan Engineering &     Environmental Services
Rich Cohen, NYU Langone, co-chair
John D'Angelo, New York Presbyterian
William A. Esposito, Ambient Group, Inc.
Jeff Frank, Tutor Perini
Ramon Gilsanz, Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP
Robin Guenther, Perkins + Will and Health Care     Without Harm, co-chair
Cosmo Iannicco, National Grid
Tom Kelly, Montefiore Medical Center
Frank J. Lorenz, AKF Engineers LLP / ACECNY
Mike Mayfield, E-J Electric Installation Co.
Christopher O. McHugh, AKF, ACECNY
Walter J. Mehl, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Thomas P. Mimnagh, Consolidated Edison Co. of     NY
Kevin Morin, Code Consultants Professional     Engineers, PC
Daniel E. Nichols, New York State Department of     State
Patrick Noonan, National Grid
Brian O'Sullivan, ADCO Electric
Robert Ricco, Blueprint Plumbing LLC
Stephen Rizzo, RizzoGroup
Michael Schrieber, Sea Crest Health Care Center
Robert Sedlak, WSP Flack & Kurtz
Gordon Smith, Gordon Smith
Victoria Sorvillo Weidemann, Consolidated Edison     Co. of NY
Howard White, Maxons
Charlie Whitney, Turner Construction
Leonard Williams, McCready & Rice

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Special Committee on Homes

1-3 Family

Les Bluestone, Blue Sea Development Co., co-chair
Peter Calvanico, Calvanico & Associates
Doug Campbell, R.A. Somerby
Emanuel Caras, Emanuel P. Caras & Associates
Deidre Duffy, Bungalow Design & Engineering, PC
Patricia Harris, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP
Robert Kelly, Master Realtors
Yevgeniy Lvovskiy, ZHL Group
Maureen Mahle, Steven Winter Associates, co-chair
Dennis McCabe, Former Code Official for the Village     of East Rockaway
Gita Nandan, Thread Collective
Frank Naso, Naso Development
Gerard Romski, Arverne by the Sea
Lawrence Rosano, Jr., Queens Bronx Builders     Association, Associated Development Corp.
Michael A. Schaeffer, B.I.A.N.Y.C., Island     Engineering Associates
David White, Right Environments
Mark Wyman, NYSERDA

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Structure, Facade, and Interiors Working Group

Access (entrances, elevators, stairwells, public areas), Envelope (façade, windows, roofs), Interior (finishes, contamination, mold), Structure (framing, basement, foundations), and Emergency occupancy (places of refuge within buildings, shelters)

Carmi Bee, RKT&B Architects
Daniel Bower, Goldman Sachs
Aine M. Brazil, Thornton Tomasetti, co-chair
Alison Burke, Greater New York Hospital Association
Andrew J. Ciancia, Langan Engineering &     Environmental Services
Ed DePaola, Severud Associates Consulting     Engineers, PC
William A. Esposito, Ambient Group, Inc.
Richard Falasca, Ornamental Iron Workers Local     580
John Galsworthy, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin     Inc.
Ramon Gilsanz, Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP
Michael Gubbins, Albanese
Robin Guenther, Perkins + Will and Health Care     Without Harm
Nick Holt, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP,
    co-chair
William Horgan, Grimshaw Architects
Peter Irwin, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.
Derek Kelly, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.
Daniel M. Kindbergh, Brookfield Office Properties
Jill Lerner, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Jason McCalla, Silverstein
Brian J. McCarthy, Samson Management, LLC
Jerome L. Montrone, Beacon Capital Partners, LLC
Alex Mulerman, Apex Limo
Bruce Nichol, Front Inc.
Steve Pekofsky, Real Estate Board of New York
Stephen Rizzo, RizzoGroup
Patrick Siconolfi, Community Housing Improvement     Program
Gordon Smith, Gordon Smith
Bill Stein, Dattner
Lee Sullivan, Turner Construction Company
Joseph Tortorella, Robert Silman Associates, PC
Howard White, Maxons
Phillip White, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Morris Wiesenberg, AFI USA
Marc Weissbach, Israel Berger & Associates

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Electrical and IT Working Group

Grid Power (incoming service, distribution), Emergency and Standby Power (generators, distribution, onsite generation), IT (Voice and data), and Fire Alarms

James Armstrong, DSM Engineering Associates, PC
Jack Bailey, OneLux
Greg Bauso, Monadnock Construction
Ray Benemerito, SL Green
Robert Berninger, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Eric Bluestone, The Bluestone Organization
Julius Bogad, Jr., Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Gene Boniberger, Rudin Management Co., Inc.
John Boritza, Verizon
Serge Budzyn, Lilker Associates, ACEC NY, co-chair
Domenick Chieco, Milrose Consultants, Inc.
Richard Falasca, Ornamental Iron Workers Local     580
Jeff Frank, Tutor Perini
David Gilford, New York City Economic Development     Corporation
Elliot Hecht, Local Union #3 IBEW
Roman Kuzmicki, Cosentini Associates
Frank J. Lorenz, AKF Engineers LLP / ACECNY
Anthony E. Mann, E-J Electric Installation Co., co-     chair
Mike Mayfield, E-J Electric Installation Co.
Walter J. Mehl, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Thomas P. Mimnagh, Consolidated Edison Co. of     NY
Patrick Noonan, National Grid
Brian O'Sullivan, ADCO Electric
Jake Pettinato, Consolidated Edison Co. of NY Inc.
James Pfeiffer, EnGeneration, LLC
Dan Pugliese, Hines a/a/f Morgan Stanley
John J. Sarich, The William Beaver House
Charlie Whitney, Turner Construction
Martha Xuereb, Turner Construction Company

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HVACR, Plumbing, and Fire Protection Working Group

HVACR (cooling, heating, air handling units, rooftop equipment, refrigeration, fuel supply), Plumbing (water supply roof tanks, supply pumps, storage, DHW, sewage ejector pumps), and Fire Protection (devices, panels, standpipes, sprinkler controls, fire pumps)

Matthew Aracich, Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
Blake Berg, Turner Construction Company
Timothy Bowe, ABCO Peerless Sprinkler     Corporation
Scott Ceasar, Cosentini
Domenick Chieco, Milrose Consultants, Inc.
Fiona Cousins, Arup, co-chair
John D'Angelo, New York Presbyterian
William A. Esposito, Ambient Group, Inc.
Eric Ettinger, Ettinger Engineering
Scott Frank, Jaros, Baum & Bolles, co-chair
Jim Henderson, NYG Green Partners
Cosmo Iannicco, National Grid
Tom Kelly, Montefiore Medical Center
Arthur Klock, UA Local 1
Nick Lanzillotto, Related Companies
Christopher O. McHugh, AKF, ACECNY
Kevin Morin, Code Consultants Professional     Engineers, PC
Daniel H. Nall, Thornton Tomasetti
Daniel E. Nichols, New York State Department of     State
Paul O'Connor, Plumbers Local Union No. 1
Phil Parisi, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Robert Ricco, Blueprint Plumbing LLC
Tom Scarola, Tishman Speyer
Robert Sedlak, WSP Flack & Kurtz
Victoria Sorvillo Weidemann, Consolidated Edison     Co. of NY
Nicholas J. Turkovic, Vornado Realty Trust
Leonard Williams, McCready & Rice
Donald J. Winston, The Durst Organization, Inc.
Marc Zuluaga, Steven Winter Associates

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Members At-Large

City officials and experts with wide skills, not assigned to a particular committee or working group

Mathher Abbassi, New York City Department of     Buildings
Joseph Ackroyd, New York City Department of     Buildings
Rick Arbelo, New York City Council
Edward Atkin, Committee on Housing and Buildings,     New York City Council
Daniel Avery, New York City Council
Jeffrey Baker, New York City Council
Bruce E. Barrett, New York City School Construction     Authority
Steven Baumgartner, Buro Happold
Hilary Beber, NYC Mayor's Office of Long Term     Planning and Sustainability
Denis Belic, New York City Housing Development     Corporation
Barry Bergdoll, The Museum of Modern Art
Gina Bocra, New York City Department of Buildings
Eric Boorstyn, New York City Department of Design     & Construction
Vishaan Chakrabarti, SHoP Architects
Kizzy M. Charles-Guzman, NYC Department of     Health and Mental Hygiene
Holly Chen, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Marnina Cherkin, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &     Jacobson
Rory Christian, New York City Housing Authority
James Colgate, Department of Buildings
Michael Colgrove, NYSERDA
Arthur Cordes, New York City Department of     Buildings
Joseph A. Courtien, NYC Department of Housing,     Preservation and Development
Kathy Cudahy, Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz
Susanne DesRoches, Port Authority of NY & NJ
Christopher Diamond, New York City Energy     Efficiency Corporation
Erik Dilan, New York City Council
Mike Dipple, New York City Department of Citywide     Services
Dan Eschenasy, New York City Department of     Buildings
Ilana Ettinger, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &     Jacobson
Paul Faublas, New York City Department of     Environmental Protection
Jonathan Flaherty, Tishman Speyer
Bruce Fowle, FXFOWLE
Adam Freed, Global Securing Water Program, The     Nature Conservancy
Andrew Frohlich, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &     Jacobson
Chris Garvin, Terrapin Bright Green, COOKFOX     Architects
John E. Gearrity, New York City Department of     Housing Preservation and Development
Helen Gitelson, New York City Department of     Buildings
Diana Glanternik, New York City Housing     Development Corporation
Tal Golomb, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &     Jacobson
Vignesh Gowrishankar, Natural Resources Defense     Council
Hanaa Gustafsson, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &     Jacobson
Baaba K. Halm, New York City Council
Nick Halstead, NYC Special Initiative for Rebuilding     and Resiliency
Dorothy Harris, International Code Council
Jason Hartke, U.S. Green Building Council
Tom Jensen, FDNY
Marshall Kaminer, New York City Department of     Buildings
Jesse M. Keenan, Center for Urban Real Estate,     Columbia University
Laurie Kerr, NRDC
Nico Kienzl, Atelier Ten
Kim Kirk, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Sibbie Kurian, Consolidated Edison Co. of New York
Maurice Labonne, NYC Special Initiative for     Rebuilding and Resiliency
John Lee, NYC Mayor's Office of Long Term     Planning and Sustainability
Susan Leeds, New York City Energy Efficiency Corp.
Richard A. Leentjes, FM Global - New York     Operations
Richard Leigh, Urban Green Council
David Lewis, NYC Department of Education
Paimaan Lodhi, REBNY
Mark M. MacCracken, CALMAC Mfg. Corp.
Ken Mahadeo, NYC Department of Education
Terri Matthews, NYC Bar Association's Construction     Law Committee
Jonathan Michaeli, JFK+M
Mike Panfil, Aon Risk Solutions
Thaddeus Pawlowski, Mayor's Office of Recovery
Michael Pesa-Fallon, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &     Jacobson
Angela Pinsky, REBNY
Laura Popa, New York City Council
Laura Rogers, New York City Council
Heather Roiter Damiano, NYC Office of Emergency     Management
Ophelia Roman, NYC Special Initiative for Rebuilding     and Resiliency
Grant Salmon, Steven Winter Associates
Andrew Scott, Terrapin Bright Green
Justine Shapiro-Kline, Columbia University,     Graduate School of Architecture, Planning &     Preservation
Tannaz Simyar, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &     Jacobson
Constadino "Gus" Sirakis, New York City     Department of Buildings
Howard Slatkin, Department of City Planning
Arden Sokolow, NYC Special Initiative for Rebuilding     and Resiliency
James Stawniczy, Lend Lease
Julie Stein, New York City Department of     Environmental Protection
Alexander Tanenbaum, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver     & Jacobson
Joel Towers, Executive Dean, Parsons
Jeremy Walsh, Strategic Initiative for Rebuilding and     Resiliency
Keith Wen, New York City Department of Buildings
Alex Wilson, Resilient Design Institute
Alexander Wolk, New York City Department of     Environmental Protection

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