Green Codes Task Force
This initiative is made possible by the generous support of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and New York Community Trust, with meetings hosted by the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute.
Steering Committee (also includes the technical committee chairs)
Industry Advisory
Steering Committee Chairs of the Eight Technical Committees
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Represented by:
Rohit Aggarwala
Director of Long-term Planning and Sustainability
Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability
Edward Skyler
Deputy Mayor for Operations
Speaker Christine C. Quinn
Represented by:
Laura Popa
City Council
Chair: Russell Unger
Executive Director
Urban Green Council |
Amanda Burden
Director
Department of City Planning
Represented by:
Howard Slatkin
Deputy Director of Strategic Planning
Department of City Planning
Steven W. Lawitts
Acting Commissioner
Department of Environmental Protection
Represented by:
Angela Licata
Robert LiMandri
Commissioner
Department of Buildings
Represented by:
Benjamin (BJ) Jones
Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Implementation
Deborah Taylor
Chief Sustainability Officer |
Deborah Taylor
Chief Sustainability Officer
Department of Buildings
Counsel to the Task Force:
Colin Parkes
Senior Vice-President of Technical Services
Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.
Counsel to the Task Force:
Frederick Fucci
Partner
Arnold & Porter LLP
Tal Golumb
Senior Associate
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Richard Leland
Partner
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Melanie Meyers
Partner
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP |
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Industry Advisory Committee
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Kate Barton
New York City Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLp
Rick Bell
Executive Director
AIA NY
Michael Blass
Partner in Charge
Arent Fox LLP
Les Bluestone
Principal
Blue Sea Development Company LLC.
Lee Bollinger
President
Columbia University
Represented by:
Robert Kasdin
Senior Executive Vice President
Carlton Brown
COO
Full Spectrum Building and Development
Bill Browning
Founder
Terrapin Bright Green
James Cavanaugh
President & CEO
Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority
Louis Coletti
President
Building Trades Employers' Association
Represented by:
Hank Kita
Senior Vice President
Christopher Daly
President
The Sheldrake Organization |
Marolyn Davenport
Senior Vice President
Real Estate Board of New York
Robert F. Fox, Jr.
Partner
Cook + Fox Architects
John Gilbert
Executive Vice President
Rudin Management Company
Edward Goldberg
Senior Vice President Government & Community Affairs
Macy's
Ashok Gupta
Program Director, Air and Energy
Natural Resources Defense Council
Edward J. Malloy
President
Building Construction Trades Council
Represented by:
Paul Fernandes
Chief of Staff
Roberta McGowan
Executive Director
BOMA New York
Michael Northrop
Program Director, Sustainable Development
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Frank Ricci
Government Affairs Director
Rent Stabilization Association
Stephen M. Ross
CEO & Founder
Related Companies
Represented by:
Vishaan Chakrabarti
Executive Vice President |
Steven Roth
Chairman/CEO
Vornado Realty Trust
Represented by:
Gaston Silva
Senior Vice President/COO
John Sexton
President
New York University
Represented by:
Michael Alfano
Executive Vice President
Abby Jo Sigal
Vice President and New York Director
Enterprise Community Partners
Jerry I. Speyer
Founder, President & CEO
Tishman Speyer
Represented by:
Tom Scarola
Director of Engineering, Domestic Developments
Dan Tishman
Chairman & CEO
Tishman Construction
Represented by:
John Kovacs
Senior Vice President & National Director of Technical Services
Kathryn S. Wylde
President & CEO
Partnership for NYC |
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Technical Committees:
Homes
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Chair: Ellen Honigstock
Principal
Ellen Honigstock Architect PC
Chair: Marc Zuluaga
Physical Engineer
Steven Winter Associates
Floris Buisman
Common Ground |
City Attendee: Piotr Grebski
Director, Bureau of Design and Review
Department of Housing Preservation & Development
Gita Nandan
Partner
Thread Collective |
Code Consultant: Austin Regan
Metropolis Group, Inc.
Mary-Jo Schlachter
Principal
MJTStudio |
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Climate Adaptation
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Chair: Laurie Kerr
Senior Policy Advisor
Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability
Chair: Val Lehr
Partner
Lehr Consultants International
Gary Abrams
Vice President of Logistics
SwissRe
Stephen Cassell
Principal
Architecture Research Office
Bruce Fowle
Senior Partner
FXFowle Architects
Represented by:
Ilana Judah
Title: Manager of Sustainability
Yetsuh Frank
Director of Programs and Policy
Urban Green Council
Robert Heintges
Principal
R.A. Heintges and Associates |
Dr. Radley Horton
Associate Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research
Columbia University
Thomas Molnar
Partner
George Langer Associates
Dan Nall
Director of Sustainability
WSP Flack + Kurtz
Guy Nordenson
Partner
Guy Nordenson and Associates
Rafael Pelli
Partner
Pelli Clark Pelli Architects
Dr. Kevin Phillips
Principal
FPM Group
Dr. Clarence Tsung
President
Clarence Tsung Associates |
Alex Wilson
Editor
Green Building News
City Attendee: Jon Dickinson
Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability
City Attendee: Adam Freed
Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability
City Attendee: Helen Gitelson
Executive Director for Code Affairs
Department of Buildings
City Attendee: Kelly McKinney
Deputy Commissioner For Planning & Preparedness
Office of Emergency Management
City Attendee: Alexandros Washburn
Chief Urban Designer
Department of City Planning
Code Consultant: Austin Regan
Metropolis Group, Inc.
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Construction Practices
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Chair: Charlotte Matthews
Vice President-Sustainability
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Chair: Charlie Whitney
Project Executive
Turner Construction
Chair: Robert Leon
Vice President
StructureTone
Marc Albanese
Vice President
Structure Tone
Doug Chambers
Senior MEP Project Manager
Tishman Construction
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Daniel Colasuonno
President
Titan Contracting Group
David Hess
Senior Associate
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
* Ellen Honigstock
Principal
Ellen Honigstock Architect PC
Jay Kaplan
Environmental and Construction Manager
Waste Management of New York, LLC
Tom O'Connor
Assistant Director and Engineer of Construction for World Trade Center Construction
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
Ramesh Raman
Executive Director of Environmental Field Compliance for Manhattanville Development
Columbia University
David Reese
Vice President
Bovis Lend Lease
City Attendee: Tom Milora
Special Assistant to Commissioner
Department of Sanitation
City Attendee: Fred Sachs
Special Advisor
Department of Environmental Protection
Code Consultant: Frank Fortino
President
Metropolis Group, Inc.
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* Indicates a member of the Homes Committee
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Energy & Ventilation
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Chair: Fiona Cousins
Principal
ARUP
Chair: Scott Frank
Partner
Jaros Baum & Bolles
Chair: Richard Leigh
Director of Advocacy & Research
Urban Green Council
Chris Benedict
Principal
Chris Benedict, R.A.
Scott Ceasar
Senior Vice President
Cosentini Associates
Skye Duncan
Associate Urban Designer under Department of City Planning
*Jeff Eichenwald
Heating Systems Designer and Technical Consultant
Heating Depot
Art Fasolino
Chief Engineer
CUNY |
*Charles Fritsch
Project Coordinator & Trainer
Association For Energy Affordability
Henry Gifford
Principal
Architecture & Energy Ltd
Adam Hinge
Managing Director
Sustainable Energy Partnerships
Mark MacCracken
CEO
CALMAC Mftg. Corp
John Rice
Partner
AKF
Paul Rode
Project Executive
Johnson Controls
Tom Sahagian
Manager of Energy Division
Power Concepts
Paul Stoller
Director
Atelier Ten |
Adrian Tuluca
Principal
Viridian Energy & Environmental, LLC
David White
Energy Efficient Consultant
DCW Bldg. Energy Efficiency
* Marc Zuluaga
Physical Engineer
Steven Winter Associates
City Attendee: Laurie Kerr
Senior Policy Advisor
Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability
City Attendee: Jeff Shumaker
Department of City Planning
Code Consultant: Nick Grecco
Milrose Consultants
Code Consultant: Phillip Jackier
Architect
Metropolis Group, Inc.
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* Indicates a member of the Homes Committee
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Lighting & Daylighting
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Chair: Michael Mehl
Director, Lighting
Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Chair: Mark Loeffler
Director, Lighting
Atelier Ten
Jack Bailey
Partner
One Lux Studio
Peter Barna
Provost
Pratt
Inder Bery
Regional Technical Specialist
Universal Lighting Technologies
Karen Blackman
Specification Sales Manager, Controls
Acuity Brands Lighting |
Susan Drew
Principal
Gruzen Samton LLP
Mark Husser
Principal
Grimshaw
Peter Jacobson
Energy Efficiency Programs, Lighting Specialist
Con Edison
Brett Malak
Director, Lighting Design
Cosentini
Hayden McKay
Principal
HLB Lighting Design
Brian Stacy
Associate, Lighting
Arup |
Bill Warren
Principal
Willard L. Warren Associates
City Attendee: Melissa Wright
Policy Advior on Energy and Special Projects
Mayor's Office of Operations |
* Indicates a member of the Homes Committee
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Materials & VOCs
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Chair: Christopher Diamond
Environmental Sustainabilty Consultant
Steven Winter Associates
Chair: Edward M. DePaola, PE
President & CEO
Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, PC
Chair: Andrew Zumwalt-Hathaway
Director, Sustainability Consulting
Steven Winter Associates
Robin Auchincloss
Dattner Architects
Catherine Bobenhausen
Viridian Energy & Environmental, LLC
Casimir Bognacki
Chief of Materials
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Greg Kelly
Weidlinger
Beth Greenberg
Principal
Dattner Architects |
Rocco Giannetti
Principal
Gensler
Murray Levi
Vice President and General Manager
Liro Architects
* Gita Nandan
Partner
Thread Collective
Bianca Ramsey
Fmr. Development Coordinator
Urban Green Council
John Anderson
Robert Silman Assoc.
Attendee: Daniel Birkett
Environmental Engineer
Environmental Protection Agency |
City Attendee: Kizzy Charles-Guzman
Policy Advisor on Air Quality
Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability
City Attendee: Nancy Clark
Assistant Commissioner- Environmental Disease Prevention
Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
City Attendee: Dan Kass
Director, Environmental Surveillance & Policy
Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
City Attendee: Zydnia Nazario
Office of Sustainable Design
NYC Depatment of Design and Construction
City Attendee: Fred Sachs
Special Advisor
Department of Environmental Protection
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* Indicates a member of the Homes Committee
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Site & Site Storm Water
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Chair: Signe Nielsen
Principal
Mathews Nielsen Landscape
Chair: Michele O'Connor
Senior Associate
Langan Elias Dagher
Senior Principal
Dagher Engineering
Susan D. Kaplan
Director of Sustainability
Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority
Joan Krevlin
Partner
BKSK Architects
John Leys
Principal
Sherwood Engineers |
Paul Mankiewicz
Executive Director
GAIA Institute
Anthony Rini
Partner
Mottola Rini, PE
Margie Ruddick
Principal
Wallace Roberts and Todd, LLC.
* Mary-Jo Schlachter
Principal
MJTStudio
Patricia Zander
Associate
Weidlinger Assoc
City Attendee: Jennifer Greenfeld
Director of Street Tree Planting
Department of Parks & Recreation |
City Attendee: Aaron Koch
Policy Advisor for Water
Mayor's Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability
City Attendee: David Ramia
Chief of Division of Review & Construction Compliance
Department of Environmental Protection
City Attendee: Esther Siskind
Assistant Commissioner
Department of Environmental Protection
City Attendee: Howard Slatkin
Department of City Planning
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* Indicates a member of the Homes Committee
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Water Efficiency & Building Storm Water
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Chair: Chris Garvin
Senior Associate
Cook+Fox
Chair: Bob Benazzi
Senior Partner
Jaros, Baum & Bolles
* Floris Buisman
Urban Environmental Planner
Common Ground
Ed Clerico
President
Alliance Environmental LLC
William Connors
Principal
WB Engineering |
Bruce Kiselica
Drinking Water ISA Program Coordinator
Environmental Protection Agency
Jim Perise
Senior Associate
Flack+Kurtz
Larsen Plano
Project Manager
Community Environmental Center
Hershel Weiss
Chief Engineer
Ashokan Water Services
City Attendee: Chris Boyd
Department of Health and Mental Hygeine
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City Attendee: Warren Liebold
Director, Technical Services/ Conservation
Department of Environmental Preservation
City Attendee: Nicole Rodriquez
Project Manager, Strategic Planning
Department of City Planning
City Attendee: Carter Strickland
Sr. Policy Advisor for Air and Water
Mayor's Office of Long Term Planning and Sustanability
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* Indicates a member of the Homes Committee
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