our Conference Program

2016
Waterfront
Conference
Defining and Delivering Equity at the Waterfront
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Hornblower Infinity, Hudson River Park, Pier 40, New York
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LA CES 6.25 HSW PDHs (see program schedule)
APA AICP CM 10 Credits (1.25 credits per session)
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Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals for the 2016
Waterfront Conference. We received dozens of great ideas,
many of which became the catalysts for the sessions you’ll
participate in today, and others inspired our Deep Dives
discussions leading up the conference.
Dear Conference Attendees,
Welcome aboard to the Waterfront Alliance’s 2016 Waterfront Conference—Defining and
Delivering Equity at the Waterfront. We’ve grown into the region’s premier forum for dialogue
and discourse about our shared waterfront, and we’re so happy that you are a part of it.
The 2016 Waterfront Conference will tackle the challenges to defining and delivering
equitable access to jobs, education, transportation, and recreation at the water’s edge.
Although our eight panels each address a unique topic, we hope that collectively
they’ll help us answer the following questions: How can the public deepen its sense of
ownership over local waterfronts, and what tools can public officials and planners use
to reach new voices? How can extending that reach lead to a diverse, comprehensive
vision for the future of the waterfront that balances local, regional, and global needs?
A big thank you goes to Hornblower Cruises & Events for hosting us on the beautiful
Hornblower Infinity and to our premier sponsor Arcadis who has returned for a second
year in a row. We extend our gratitude to the dozens of sponsors supporting this year’s
conference and in doing so making these important conversations possible. Thank you
to our conference planning committee whose vision, big ideas, and expertise breathed
life into the eight sessions you’ll participate in today. They are Jonathan Boulware, Kevin
Corbett, Aruturo Garcia-Costas, Andrew Genn, Peter Glus, Michael Marrella, Robert
Pirani, Dr. Julie Pullen, Peggy Shepard, and Kate Sinding.
This year the conference experienced a couple of firsts: During six consecutive
Wednesdays preceding the conference, we held Deep Dives—an interactive series
of discussions that tackled questions ranging from how can art help to activate
waterfront places to how can we better facilitate waterfront stewardship. The series,
generously sponsored by Arcadis and AKRF and hosted by Cornell University,
welcomed several hundred waterfront stakeholders during its six week run. In
another first, we launched the Arcadis Waterfront Scholars program, which solicited
applications from college and graduate students from across the region and resulted
in the selection of 100 of them, representing more than forty schools and a wide
range of waterfront disciplines, to join us here at the conference free of charge. These
students are tomorrow’s waterfront leaders and stewards, and we hope you’ll join us at
the end of the day as we honor them during our spring Heroes of the Harbor reception.
In other firsts we’re making the conference even more interactive this year by
incorporating live polling into sessions using Mentimeter, which allows you to vote
with your smartphones during panels. We’re sure you’ll find it a fun and productive
way to be a part of the conversation. For those of you who are tweeters please make
sure to check out Twitter handles for our panelists listed in their bios. Send out a tweet
to share what you’re learning using #WaterfrontConference.
So say hello to someone new, engage in the panel discussions, and take in the view.
The day is what we make of it: let’s make it a great one.
Roland Lewis, President and CEO, Waterfront Alliance
Chris Ward, Chair
Waterfront Alliance
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PREMIER SPONSOR AND WATERFRONT SCHOLARS
CONFERENCE SUPPORTER
CONFERENCE CHAMPION
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LOCATION OF CONFERENCE EVENTS
Field Workshop (pre-registration required)
Welcome and Keynote Conversation Panel 1A
Panel 1B
Panel 2A
Panel 2B
Lunch
Panel 3A
Panel 3B
Panel 4A
Panel 4B
Heroes of the Harbor Awards and Cocktails
8:30am–9:45am
8:45am–10am
10am–11:15am
10am–11:15am
11:30am–12:45pm
11:30am–12:45pm
12:45pm–1:45pm
1:45pm–3pm
1:45pm–3pm
3:15pm–4:30pm
3:15pm–4:30pm
4:30pm–5pm
Hornblower Infinity Floorplan
Main Deck and Balcony: 1st and 2nd floors
Main Deck
Balcony Deck
Infinity Lounge and Sun Deck: 3rd and 4th floors
Infinity Lounge
Sun Deck
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Pier 40
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MORNING SCHEDULE
8am–8:45am
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
8:30am–9:45am FIELD WORKSHOP
Oyster Anatomy and Water Quality at The River Project
Location: Pier 40
Note that this workshop is open only to pre-registrants
Workshop Leaders:
Elisa Caref, Education Programs Coordinator, The River Project
Nina Zain, Wetlab Manager, The River Project
The River Project (TRP) is a marine science research and education
station on Pier 40 of the Hudson River that conducts research studies
like fish monitoring and a citizen science water quality testing program,
and field trips for students of all ages. Participants will join TRP’s
education programs coordinator Elisa Caref and wetlab manager Nina
Zain for a tour of its wetlab, to see ways that hands-on environmental
science can foster stewardship and open career opportunities to
students. The workshop will include exploration of oyster anatomy
and physiology through the living oyster reef ecosystem exhibit, and a
demonstration of bacteria testing for its Citizen’s Water Quality Testing
program, conducted in partnership with New York City Water Trail
Association.
8:45am–10am
WELCOME AND KEYNOTE CONVERSATION
How Do We Define—and Deliver—Equity at the Waterfront?
Location: Main Deck
WELCOME
Roland Lewis, President and CEO, Waterfront Alliance
Terry MacRae, CEO, Hornblower Cruises & Events
Peter Glus, Director of New York City Business Development, Arcadis
Kate Sinding, Secretary, Board of Trustees, Waterfront Alliance
KEYNOTE CONVERSATION
Michael Sorkin, Director of the Graduate Urban Design Program,
The City College of New York and President, Terreform
Maria Torres-Springer, President and CEO, NYC Economic
Development Corporation
10am–11:15am
PANEL 1A: WHO FOOTS THE BILL? FINANCING AND
MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC WATERFRONTS
(LA CES: 1.25 HSW PDH) (APA AICP CM Credits: 1.25)
Location: Main Deck
When a bulkhead collapses into the waterways, what happens when
there is disagreement on responsibility for its repair? Who has the
expertise—and the budget—to deal with what’s fundamentally
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different about waterfronts relative to other public spaces? Through
a focused discussion on long-term maintenance strategies, this
panel poses a conversation on building sustainable governance
models, financing mechanisms, and management plans for our
region’s waterfront parks, public waterfront infrastructure, and marine
environments. This will include a review of governance models
used to program and maintain waterfront parks and associated
sub-surface infrastructure across the region. Panelists will offer
diverse perspectives on the challenges and opportunities associated
with maintaining our public waterfronts, including the use of
alternative resource- and revenue-generating tools that can address
maintenance and operations budget shortfalls.
Facilitator:
Stephen Whitehouse, Principal, Starr Whitehouse Landscape
Architects and Planners
Panelists:
Robert Freudenberg, Director, Energy & Environment, Regional
Plan Association
New York State Senator Daniel Squadron
Tupper Thomas, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Parks
Madelyn Wils, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hudson River
Park Trust
PANEL 1B: WHAT IF? THE POLITICS AND PSYCHOLOGY OF
“MANAGED RETREAT”
(APA AICP CM Credits: 1.25)
Location: Infinity Lounge
Sea level rise—with oceans rising faster now than at any point in the last
28 centuries, and set to rise by as much as three to four feet by the year
2100—poses wrenching challenges across the globe. Hurricane Sandy
highlighted the vulnerability of New York City’s waterfront communities.
Innovative approaches to strengthening our shoreline have begun
to increase the resilience of our built environment. At the same time,
conversations around the potential relocation of vulnerable communities
are fraught with concerns in both at-risk and potential recipient
neighborhoods..
What do policy makers and community leaders need to understand
about the psychology of displacement if relocation is to be introduced as
a potential component of our resilience strategy? What is necessary to
engender real community participation toward building consensus on
the future of coastal communities?
Facilitator:
Bennett Brooks, Senior Mediator, Consensus Building Institute
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Panelists:
Liz Koslov, Ph.D. candidate, New York University
Gina Pollara, President, The Municipal Art Society of New York
Joseph Tirone, Community Organizer, Oakwood Beach Buyout
Committee
Daniel A. Zarrilli, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Programs and
Chief Resilience Officer, NYC Office of the Mayor
11:15am–11:30am BREAK
11:30am–12:45pm PANEL 2A: GETTING US ALL TO CARE: A CAMPAIGN FOR
WATER QUALITY?
(LA CES: 1.25 HSW PDH) (APA AICP CM Credits: 1.25)
Location: Main Deck
Vision Zero. Critical Mass. Zero Waste. Can “fishable and
swimmable” join the ranks of other consensus-based, goal-oriented
approaches to street safety, environmental conservation, and other
issues? With some notable exceptions, water quality in New York
Harbor has improved markedly. But are we ready to make the leap
from water that is good enough to stand next to, to water that is
clean enough to swim in? A presentation on the current state of
water quality and planned infrastructure improvements will precede
a dialogue about public perception, communications, regulations,
funding, and management, and how monitoring can be improved
to help get us wet. Audience participation will help refine definitions
of clean water and access, and propose communication strategies
to deepen the public’s demand for engagement with the waterfront.
Introductory Presentation:
Paul Gallay, President and Hudson Riverkeeper, Riverkeeper
Facilitator:
Robert Pirani, Program Director, New York–New Jersey Harbor &
Estuary Program
Panelists:
Archie Lee Coates, Executive Director, + POOL
Lynda Decker, President + Creative Director, Decker Design
Sean Dixon, Staff Attorney, Riverkeeper
Shino Tanikawa, Executive Director, NYC Soil & Water Conservation
District, and Steering Committee, S.W.I.M. Coalition
PANEL 2B: THEIR WATERFRONTS: A(N INTER)NATIONAL
FOCUS IN WATERFRONT EQUITY
(LA CES: 1.25 HSW PDH) (APA AICP CM Credits: 1.25)
Location: Infinity Lounge
A dialogue between leaders of waterfront projects and community
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initiatives from other coastal cities, discussing environmental,
economic, and social impacts in Boston, New Orleans, Toronto,
and beyond. The panel will also incorporate—and attempt to refine—
lessons learned in New York, where the Waterfront Edge Design
Guidelines (WEDG) program has begun to establish a common
language for access, resiliency, and ecology at the water’s edge.
Facilitator:
Jamie Torres Springer, Senior Principal, HR&A Advisors
Panelists:
William Gilchrist, Director of Place-Based Planning, City of New
Orleans
Ken Greenberg, Principal, Greenberg Consultants
Olivia Stinson, Associate Director of City Relationships, 100 Resilient Cities
Julie Wormser, Vice President for Policy and Planning, Boston
Harbor Now
AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
12:45pm–1:45pm LUNCH
Location: Main Deck
1pm
HORNBLOWER INFINITY LEAVES DOCK
1:45pm–3pm
PANEL 3A: FORGOTTEN WATERFRONTS: ACTIVATING AND
ENGAGING THE SHORELINE
(LA CES: 1.25 HSW PDH) (APA AICP CM Credits: 1.25)
Location: Main Deck
What are some of the best practices to activate neglected, underserved, and under-resourced waterfronts, often disproportionately
burdened with uses that not only impact human health but also
restrict access to the water? This discussion will incorporate a
review of successful organizing in waterfront neighborhoods with
a forward-looking approach to engaging vulnerable communities,
and a path to understanding strengths and addressing needs, both
from within and without. Participants will explore how to build social
infrastructure that can leverage resources, inform strategy, and
influence plans for new physical infrastructure.
Facilitator:
Melissa Garcia, Senior Director of Operations and Finance, National
Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Panelists:
Charles Denson, Executive Director, Coney Island History Project
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Marcy S. DePina, Program Director, Newark Riverfront Revival
Eric Fang, Principal, Perkins Eastman
Eric Wilson, Assistant Commissioner of Planning &
Predevelopment, NYC Housing Preservation & Development
Randy Ng, Member, Guardians of Flushing Bay
PANEL 3B: THINKING AHEAD: THE NEXT COMPREHENSIVE
WATERFRONT PLAN
(LA CES: 1.25 HSW PDH) (APA AICP CM Credits: 1.25)
Location: Infinity Lounge
Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan was
a clear statement that New York cares about the future of its
waterfront, bridging a citywide community planning process with
a broad focus on public access, water quality, maritime industrial
jobs, ecological uplift, climate resilience, and more. Released in 2011,
that plan is now at its midpoint, with another plan due statutorily
by 2021. This session will be a facilitated, interactive workshop to
generate ideas and guide planning for the structure, process, goals,
and topics for the next iteration of New York City’s Comprehensive
Waterfront Plan.
Introduction:
Michael Marrella, Director of Waterfront and Open Space Planning,
NYC Department of City Planning
Facilitator:
Jay Valgora, Principal, Studio V Architecture
3pm–3:15pm
BREAK
3:15pm–4:30pm PANEL 4A: THE NEXT GENERATION: BRINGING URBAN
YOUTH TO THE WATER
(APA AICP CM Credits: 1.25)
Location: Main Deck
This session will explore eliminating barriers to access to the harbor
as a classroom, and preparing the next generation for environmental
stewardship to mobilize whole communities to reclaim the waterfront
for all. Together we’ll tackle questions like: How can we make water
access a necessary part of education in New York City? Can we achieve
universality of water-based educational opportunities, embedded
within both culture and curriculum? How can local youths become
stewards of waterfront restoration, and public schools become agents
of environmental transformation? How can we support pathways
to maritime careers through hands-on training and workforce
preparedness?
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Facilitator:
Captain Maggie Flanagan, Maritime Operations Manager,
Waterfront Alliance
Panelists:
Alex Baum, Youth Programs Director, Hudson River Community
Sailing
Nancy Woods, Director of Technology and Engineering, New York
City Department of Education
Samuel Janis, Program Manager, Billion Oyster Project, New York
Harbor Foundation
Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Diana Reyna
PANEL 4B: RECAP OF DEEP DIVES SPEAKER SERIES EVENTS
(APA AICP CM Credits: 1.25)
Location: Infinity Lounge
How can art help activate waterfront places? Why should people care
about their ports? What kinds of waterfront public access are available,
and who is it serving? How can we facilitate waterfront stewardship,
both ashore and afloat? How can communities shape Citywide Ferry
Service? And how can data be used to advance waterfront policy? We’ll
hear from participants from Deep Dives—interactive discussions that
were hosted weekly leading up to the 2016 Waterfront Conference.
Participants will share the messages that emerged from each of these
discussions— as well as common themes and overlapping challenges
across the sessions—to help us collectively determine a set of priorities
that the Waterfront Alliance can bring to our constituency.
Panelists:
Captain Jonathan Boulware, Executive Director, South Street
Seaport Museum
Kate Boicourt, Restoration Program Manager of the New York–New
Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program
Rob Buchanan, Steering Committee Member, New York City Water
Trail Association
Inna Guzenfeld, Assistant Director, Urban Planning and Historic
Preservation at Columbia GSAPP
Roger Meyer, Chair, Conservancy North
Nancy Nowacek, Artist, Citizen Bridge
4:30pm–5pm
HEROES OF THE HARBOR AWARDS AND COCKTAILS
Location: Main Deck (Aft)
Please join us to celebrate our 2016 Arcadis Waterfront Scholars as
the next generation of waterfront stewards.
5pm
HORNBLOWER INFINITY RETURS TO PIER 40
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HEROES OF THE HARBOR
Every year at our annual Waterfront Conference, the Waterfront
Alliance honors Heroes of the Harbor who are making the New York
Harbor and waterfront an exceptional place to live, work, and play.
This year, we are celebrating our 2016 Arcadis Waterfront Scholars as
our next generation of waterfront stewards. Through an application
process, we selected 100 undergraduate and graduate students
studying a variety of disciplines related to our waterfront and
waterways as our 2016 Arcadis Waterfront Scholars. They hail from
more than forty educational institutions. Please join us in honoring
these students as our Heroes of the Harbor.
Educational Institutions Represented by Waterfront Scholars
Adelphi University
Oregon State University
Brooklyn College CUNY
Pace University
Bucknell University
Parsons School of Design
City College of New York
Pratt Institute
College of New Rochelle
Queens College
Columbia University
Rutgers University
Cornell University
Sacred Heart University
City University of New York
Saint Peter’s University
Drexel University
State University of New York
Fordham University
SUNY New Paltz
Georgia Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hunter College
Stony Brook University
Iowa State University
The Cooper Union
Kean University
The Holmes Institute
Macaulay Honors College CUNY
The New School
Manhattan College
University of Pennsylvania
Monmouth University
University of Rhode Island
Montclair State University
University of South Florida
Nassau Community College
University of Virginia
New Jersey Institute
William Paterson University
of Technology
Yale University
New School for Social Research
New York University
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SPEAKERS
Alex Baum
@HudsonRiverSail
Alex has been with Hudson River Community Sailing since its
first day of operation and has helped create its many youth
development programs. Alex is from Rochester, New York, and grew
up sailing on Lake Ontario and Keuka Lake. Alex holds a degree in
international political economy from Fordham University and has
his 25-Ton US Coast Guard Master’s License. He sits on the board
of directors of YMCA Camp Cory where, as a counselor and sailing
director, he learned many of his youth development and sailing
instruction skills.
Kate Boicourt
@harborestuary
Kate Boicourt is the restoration program manager of the New York–
New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP), where she focuses
on cross-jurisdictional coastal issues (habitat restoration, public
access, and climate change) and coordinates HEP’s interagency
Restoration Work Group. Recent foci include developing tracking
and assessment mechanisms for habitat restoration, shoreline
and shallow habitat quality, and public access. Prior to her work
at HEP, Kate led a team of experts to develop a Climate Change
Adaptation Plan for the State of Maryland and has held multiple
roles conducting ecological research and synthesizing scientific
information for public audiences.
Jonathan Boulware
@SeaportMuseum
Captain Jonathan Boulware is executive director of South Street
Seaport Museum in New York City. A passionate advocate for
experiential learning and the power of shipboard education, he
is working to reinvigorate the Seaport Museum’s education and
public programming—both ashore and afloat—and to reestablish
the role of the Museum as beating heart of the original seaport of
New York. He has nearly 25 years experience in nonprofit leadership,
education, and historic ships and still maintains a USCG license as
captain of vessels of 500 tons upon oceans. He lives in Manhattan
with his wife and young son.
Bennett Brooks
Bennett Brooks, a senior mediator at the Consensus Building
Institute (CBI), has mediated dozens of complex and highly
contentious environmental dialogues throughout the United
States. Based in New York City, Bennett has facilitated a number
of post-Sandy, coastal adaptation-related dialogues in the region,
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from helping local communities improve coastal resiliency to
integrating smart growth and ecosystem services valuation
into local resilience planning. In 2015, CBI hosted a workshop to
consider the many obstacles, including the often difficult-to-tackle
emotional elements that keep communities from discussing
coastal transformation. Bennett is a member of the U.S. Institute for
Environmental Conflict Resolution’s Roster of Mediators.
Rob Buchanan
@NYCWaterTrail
Rob Buchanan is a long-time harbor boater, educator and advocate.
He has helped found three nonprofits, including the Village
Community Boathouse, where in addition to rowing he supervises
the construction of Whitehall rowboats and gigs—replicas of 19th
century rowing craft that were the water taxis of their day. He is also
a member of the steering committee of the New York City Water
Trail Association, where he coordinates the Citizens Water Quality
Testing Program, a citizen-science initiative that collects data at
more than 40 sites around the harbor. He sees the harbor as public
space—our largest commons—and believes that “recreationals” can
play a key role in its stewardship.
Elisa Caref
@riverproject
Elisa Caref is the education programs coordinator for The River
Project. A Brooklyn native, she has a Bachelor of Arts in history
from DePaul University, and a Master of Arts in environmental
conservation education that she received from New York University
in 2013. She has more than five years of non-formal education
experience in various fields. Elisa is particularly interested in
ecosystem biodiversity and local environmental health, and was
originally drawn to The River Project because of its showcasing
of native seahorses. She is familiar with New York State and Next
Generation Science Standards for students of all ages, as well as
contemporary educational theory and learning modalities.
Archie Lee Coates IV
@pluspoolny
Archie Lee Coates IV is co-founder and executive director of
+ POOL, an initiative to build a water-filtering floating pool in New
York for everybody. Launched in 2010 as an idea between Family
New York and his extremely multi-disciplinary creative practice
PlayLab, Inc., + POOL has quickly become a new model for funding
large-scale civic projects worldwide, as well as a voice in access to
clean water in urban cities.
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Lynda Decker
@lyndadecker
Lynda Decker is the president and creative director of Decker
Design, the award-winning New York City-based consultancy she
founded in 1996. Decker Design builds leading professional service
brands through research, writing, and beautifully crafted design
solutions. Lynda began her career at Lubalin Peckolick Associates;
she then spent a decade in the world of big advertising, where she
joined McCaffrey & McCall, Backer Spielvogel Bates, and Wells Rich
Green. Her work won a Clio and awards from both the One Show
and the Art Director’s Club. As a surfer, she values the health of our
oceans and as a New Yorker, she is acutely aware of how important
our coastline is to the city. Decker Design was responsible for the
Waterfront Alliance’s rebranding in 2015. She earned a Master of
Fine Arts in design criticism at the School of Visual Arts. Her book,
Responsive Branding: Why Agility Beats Structure in a Multichannel
World will be published by Rockbench in June.
Charles Denson
@ConeyHistory
Charles Denson is the executive director of the Coney History
Project and the author of the award-winning book Coney Island:
Lost and Found. His interest in Coney Island Creek began more
than fifty years ago, while growing up two blocks from that polluted
and neglected waterway. His documentation of the creek has led to
decades of environmental advocacy, several photography shows,
videos, lectures, creekside informational signage, and a website:
www.coneyislandcreek.org. His film documentary about the history
of Coney Island Creek will be released in fall 2016.
Marcy S. DePina
@NewarkRiverfrnt
Marcy S. DePina has spent the last 16 years cultivating a career
in marketing, social media, event, film and radio production. As a
former marketing director of the Wall Street Journal, she honed
her skills in the corporate arena before branching out on her own
to start FORSA Media Group LLC, a multi-media company that
specializes in event and film production, branding, social media,
artist management, and consultation. She was named program
director for Newark Riverfront Revival in October 2015 where she
builds on existing programming and diversifies events to fulfill the
mission of bringing every Newarker to the riverfront. Marcy has
been a resident of Newark, New Jersey, for the last 22 years where
she lives with her son. She received her bachelor’s degree from
Rutgers University in music and Latin American studies.
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Sean Dixon
@riverkeeper
Sean Dixon, staff attorney at Riverkeeper, works primarily
on protecting New York City’s waterways—from stormwater
management to climate change, habitat restoration, Clean Water
Act enforcement, and Superfund remediation. As part of this
work, Sean is the co-chair of the New York–New Jersey Harbor
& Estuary Program CAC, sits on the Gowanus Canal Superfund
CAG, the Billion Oyster Project technical advisory board, and the
steering committees for the S.W.I.M. Coalition and Newtown Creek
Superfund CAG. Sean is an adjunct professor of law at Pace Law
School, senior fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program,
volunteer SCUBA diver at the New York Aquarium, and council
member of the American Bar Association Section of Environment,
Energy and Resources Law.
Eric Fang
@PerkinsEastman
Eric Fang AIA, AICP, LEED AP, is a principal at Perkins Eastman
with more than 20 years of experience as an architect and urban
designer. He has led large-scale projects around the nation in urban
design and redevelopment. Eric’s work encompasses projects
for public agencies, private developers, and large institutions.
In particular, he has worked extensively with agencies and cities
throughout the country to promote resilient design. Eric is a regular
contributor to professional and academic journals, and his work has
been recognized by numerous awards from institutions including
the AIA New York Chapter and the New Jersey Chapter of the
American Planning Association.
Captain Maggie Flanagan
@OurWaterfront
Captain Margaret (Maggie) Flanagan is a native New Yorker, who
after years of serving as a classroom teacher came to specialize in
marine education, inspiring students and community members to
better understand and appreciate our valuable natural resources
and vibrant maritime heritage. Now Waterfront Alliance’s maritime
operations manager, she believes that our waters and waterfront
are valuable public resources, deserving increased public access
and transparent management. Though she’s sailed far and wide,
Maggie considers herself lucky to go to work on New York Harbor,
joining all the Alliance Partners in protecting and revitalizing the
waters of our great port city.
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Robert Freudenberg
@regionalplan @robfreud
Robert Freudenberg is director of Regional Plan Association’s (RPA)
energy and environmental programs, leading the organization’s
initiatives in climate mitigation and adaptation, open space
conservation and park development, and natural resources
management. Rob works closely with other RPA staff to integrate
these objectives with RPA’s transportation and community
development initiatives. Prior to joining RPA, Rob served as a NOAA
coastal management fellow focusing on policies for the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection. Rob holds a Master of Public
Administration in environmental science and policy from the Columbia
University School of International and Public Affairs and a bachelor’s
degree in environmental biology from SUNY College of Environmental
Science and Forestry.
Paul Gallay
@riverkeeper
Paul and the Riverkeeper team work to protect the Hudson River and
the drinking water supplies for nine million New Yorkers. An attorney
and educator, Paul has dedicated himself to the environmental
movement since 1987, when he left the private practice of law and went
to work for the New York State Attorney General. In 1990, Paul began a
10-year stint at New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation,
where he brought hundreds of corporate and government polluters
to justice. Paul subsequently spent a decade in the land conservation
movement before becoming Riverkeeper’s president in 2010. Paul is a
graduate of Williams College and Columbia Law School and has held a
number of teaching positions, including his current appointment with
The Beacon Institute/Clarkson University.
Melissa Garcia
@ PfPNYC
As of April 2016, Melissa Garcia is the senior director of operations and
finance at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. Until
just recently and for the last eight years, Melissa served as the director
of the Catalyst Program at Partnerships for Parks, a multi-borough
waterfront stewardship and community leadership programs that
fosters civic participation and access to public spaces in New York
City, with a particular focus on park and waterfront spaces in underresourced neighborhoods. The Catalyst Program began its waterfront
work with the Bronx River project, continuing its work throughout
the city in waterfront spaces such as Red Hook, Astoria/LIC, the
Highbridge, Soundview,, East River, Coney Island, and the North Shore.
Melissa received a Master of Business Administration from Rutgers
University, a Master of Public Administration from New York University,
and her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University.
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William Gilchrist
William Gilchrist is City of New Orleans director of place-based
planning, appointed to this position created by Mayor Mitchell
J. Landrieu to oversee design and development policy, as well as
special planning initiatives for New Orleans’s ongoing revitalization.
Previously as director of planning, engineering, and permits
for Birmingham, Alabama, his department was honored by the
American Institute of Architects, the American Planning Association
and the National League of Cities. Bill is a member of the Urban
Land Institute, the College of Fellows of the American Institute
of Architects, and an alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Harvard University’s Kennedy School.
Peter Glus
@Arcadis_US
As director of New York City and Long Island business development
for Arcadis, Peter’s responsibility is to accelerate growth by
providing positive business outcomes to clients and connect
Arcadis’s unique value propositions to large urban, sustainability,
and resiliency opportunities. In the New York metropolitan area,
Arcadis provides exceptional resiliency and sustainability solutions,
from project conception through completion, as a leading natural
and built asset consultancy firm leveraging both the firm’s Dutch
heritage and post-Katrina work in New Orleans and for our New
York metropolitan area. Peter has more than 20 years of experience
in the planning, design, and construction of large complex
engineering projects. He earned his Bachelor of Science in civil
engineering from Columbia University and his ME in environmental
engineering from Manhattan College. He is a registered
Professional Engineer and Board Certified Environmental Engineer.
Ken Greenberg
@KGreenbergTO
Ken Greenberg is an architect, urban designer, teacher, writer,
former director of urban design and architecture for the City
of Toronto, and principal of Greenberg Consultants. For more
than three decades he has played a pivotal role in diverse urban
settings focusing on the rejuvenation of downtowns, waterfronts,
neighborhoods, campus master planning, and regional growth
management. He is the recipient of the 2010 American Institute of
Architects Thomas Jefferson Award for public design excellence
and the author of Walking Home: the Life and Lessons of a City
Builder published by Random House. He is currently heading up the
design team for Project: Under Gardiner.
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Inna Guzenfeld
@innaguzenfeld
Inna Guzenfeld is the assistant director for urban planning and
historic preservation at Columbia University’s Graduate School
of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Prior to this position,
she worked extensively as an educator, historian, and tour guide.
Inna received master’s degrees in historic preservation and urban
planning at Pratt Institute, where she developed a deep interest in
the waterfront. She became involved with the Waterfront Alliance
in 2010, and has been a strident advocate for ferry service, the
working harbor, and the maritime community. She is involved with
the APA NY Metro Waterfront Committee and the Gowanus Canal
Community Advisory Group.
Samuel Janis
@BillionOyster
Samuel Janis runs the Billion Oyster Project’s schools and citizen
program for New York Harbor Foundation and its Curriculum and
Community Enterprise for Restoration Science, a National Science
Foundation funded STEM education research initiative. Prior to
joining Harbor Foundation, Sam held research and consulting
positions in South Asia and before that worked as a history teacher
in the New York City Department of Education. He holds a Bachelor
of Arts in history from UC Santa Cruz and a M.A.L.D. from the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Liz Koslov
@LizKoslov
Liz Koslov is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Media, Culture,
and Communication at New York University. Her dissertation is
an ethnographic study of managed retreat on Staten Island after
Hurricane Sandy. At New York University, Liz is also affiliated with
the Institute for Public Knowledge, where she works with Rebuild by
Design, a resilience research and design initiative, and is a member
of the Superstorm Research Lab. Before beginning her Ph.D., Liz
received an MSc in culture and society from the London School of
Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in communication and Spanish
and Latin American literature from George Washington University.
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Roland Lewis
@rolandinthed33p @OurWaterfront
Roland Lewis is president and CEO of the Waterfront Alliance. A
lifetime New Yorker, Roland is a graduate of Columbia University
and earned both a Master of City and Regional Planning and a
Juris Doctor from Rutgers University. For nine years he served as a
partner in the law firm of Dellapa, Lewis, and Perseo before serving
as executive director of Habitat for Humanity New York City for ten
years, guiding it to become one of the top producers in the region
and a nationally emulated model for Habitat for Humanity locations
in other urban settings. In 2007, he took the helm of the Waterfront
Alliance.
Terry MacRae
@HornblowerNY
Terry MacRae is the CEO of Hornblower Cruises & Events, Alcatraz
Cruises, Statue Cruises, Hornblower Niagara Cruises, and the
co-founder of HMS Global Maritime. As CEO, he leads one of
the fastest growing charter yacht, dining cruise, and maritime
hospitality companies in the nation. He is an expert in the design,
renovation, construction, and operation of luxury yachts, and
is a highly regarded leader in the fine dining, entertainment,
and tourism industries. Terry is a graduate of California State
Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of
Science degree in mechanical engineering.
Michael Marrella
@NYCPlanning
Michael Marrella, AICP, is the director of waterfront and open
space planning for the New York City Department of City Planning.
Michael is responsible for directing waterfront land use policy
for the agency and oversees the agency’s resiliency planning
portfolio. He also advises the chair and members of the City
Planning Commission on the planning and land use issues
affecting waterfront and open space areas, manages the staff of
the Waterfront and Open Space Division, and acts as the primary
liaison to a wide range of stakeholders, including elected officials,
community organizations, and private sector entities on matters of
land use, zoning, and economic development related to waterfront
and open space. Michael is also an adjunct professor at the Pratt
Institute, teaching courses on waterfront planning and climate
resiliency planning and has lectured at numerous colleges and
universities. Born in New York City, Michael holds a Master in
City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a
Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College.
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Roger Meyer
@ConservncyNorth
Roger Meyer is a public space advocate of 20 years, having founded
New York Outrigger, Liberty World Challenge, and co-founded
Conservancy North which he currently serves as chair. In addition
he has produced waterfront and climate change policy documents,
served New York City as a brand strategist, and other city and state
agencies in an effort to activate and protect the waterfront.
Randy Ng
Randy Ng is a national level dragon boat coach and advocate for
clean water in Flushing Bay. Randy has been paddling on Flushing
Bay since 1998 with DCH Dragon Boat Club. In 2015, Randy and
his club joined an alliance with Empire Dragon Boat Club and
other clubs in the formation of Guardians of Flushing Bay. The
mission is to promote and advocate for a clean and healthy
Flushing Bay. Randy is an ambassador between the community,
public advocates, and government agencies in working towards
improvements and solutions in protecting our waterfronts.
Nancy Nowacek
@ctznbrdg
Nancy Nowacek is an artist, designer, and educator whose work is
rooted in the ecology of the everyday: the processes, codes, and
habits of life. Her practice is focused on the uses of the body and
the practice of space. She has been developing Citizen Bridge,
a platform to reconnect New Yorkers to their waterways, for four
years. Nancy is currently a fellow at Eyebeam. Previous residencies
include the prestigious Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, Recess
Session at Pioneer Works, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing
Space residency on Governors Island, and with Zero1 at Montalvo in
California. She has shown in New York, Los Angeles, the Bay Area,
Canada, and Europe.
Robert Pirani
@harborestuary
Robert Pirani is the program director for the New York–New
Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) at the Hudson River
Foundation. One of 28 such programs around the country
authorized under the Clean Water Act, HEP is a collaboration of
government, scientists, and the civic sector that helps protect
and restore the harbor’s waters and habitat. Prior to joining the
Foundation, Rob was vice president for energy and environment at
Regional Plan Association and executive director of the Governors
Island Alliance. He holds a master’s degree in regional planning
from Cornell University.
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Gina Pollara
@masnyc
Gina Pollara, an architect, author, and urban designer, was
appointed president of The Municipal Art Society (MAS) of New
York in January 2016. As executive director of FDR Four Freedoms
Park from 2006 to 2013, Gina oversaw construction of New York’s
iconic memorial to President Roosevelt, designed by architect
Louis Kahn. Prior to joining MAS, she worked on the South Street
Initiative, and provided strategic planning and fundraising services
to The River Project and the Hudson River Foundation. Gina serves
on the boards of the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy and NYPAP,
and is on the advisory board of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Memorial. She is a graduate of Bennington College and The Cooper
Union.
Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Diana Reyna
@BPEricAdams
Since 2001, Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Diana Reyna
has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to communities
across Brooklyn through government service and advocacy. As
a New York City Council Member representing the 34th District
she garnered citywide attention for her efforts in championing
affordable housing, economic development, improving equity in
education, park space, and waste as well as expanding youth and
senior services. She is a tireless advocate for the BQ Green Project,
which will deck the part of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway that
bi-sects the Southside of Williamsburg with a park that bridges
the community and improves the open-space ratio, bolsters local
business and improves the quality of life in Northern Brooklyn for
thousands of residents. She was born and raised in Williamsburg’s
Southside, and now lives in Bushwick with her husband and two
boys.
Kate Sinding
@OurWaterfront
Kate Sinding, Esq., was most recently senior advisor to the
president of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC)
New York program. Her primary focus involved ensuring the
proposed natural gas drilling in the Northeast is subject to the
most stringent environmental and health protections. She also
worked on advancing recycling programs involving the producer
responsibility model, as well as other waste and land use matters.
Before she joined NRDC in 2006, she was a partner in the specialty
environmental law firm of Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. She has
taught environmental law at Columbia University and Fordham
University. She is a graduate of New York University School of Law,
the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs
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at Princeton University, and Barnard College. Kate is a member
of the Waterfront Alliance’s board of trustees and serves as the
organization’s secretary.
Michael Sorkin
@TerreformUR
Michael Sorkin is principal of the Michael Sorkin Studio, a global
design practice working at all scales with a special interest in the
City and green architecture; president and founder of Terreform,
a nonprofit institute dedicated to research into the forms and
practices of just and sustainable urbanism; and vice president
of the Urban Design Forum. He is Distinguished Professor of
Architecture and director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design
at The City College of New York, author and editor of numerous
books on architecture and urbanism, and architecture critic for
The Nation. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, winner of the National Design Award as “Design Mind,”
and a current Guggenheim Fellow.
New York State Senator Daniel Squadron
@DanielSquadron
Daniel Squadron represents New York’s 26th Senate District,
including lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. An advocate
for parks and open space, Senator Squadron made the proposal
that led to more than $15 million for neighborhood parks through a
voluntary agreement with the largest park conservancies. He has
long worked towards a Harbor Park—a Central Park for the center
of the city. He helped secure the future of Brooklyn Bridge Park,
Governors Island, and the Lower East Side’s Pier 42, and brought
the Macy’s fireworks back to the East River. He lives in Carroll
Gardens with his wife and two sons.
Olivia Stinson
@olivia_dawa @100ResCities
Before joining 100 Resilient Cities as the organization’s associate
director of city relationships, Olivia Stinson was a recovery specialist
for planning with the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management. She worked with numerous jurisdictions
on recovery from the 2013 flood events, including community
recovery planning, and management of the NRCS Emergency
Watershed Protection program, FEMA Public Assistance, and
CDBG-Disaster Recovery programs. Internationally, she has worked
in Jakarta, Indonesia, as an urban specialist for the World Bank,
aiding the city government with their urban poverty and climate
change strategy, and in post-earthquake Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
as a community redevelopment planner with Architecture for
Humanity. In the years immediately after Hurricane Katrina, Olivia
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worked in New Orleans for a nonprofit affordable housing developer
and was a fellow with The Rockefeller Foundation Redevelopment
Fellowship. Olivia holds a Bachelor of Arts in art history from
Carleton College and a Master of Urban Planning from New York
University, and a Certificate in Urban Redevelopment from the
University of Pennsylvania. Shino Tanikawa
@SWIMCoalition
Shino is executive director of the New York City Soil and Water
Conservation District. She works in the areas of green infrastructure
policy and implementation, environmental education, and
community outreach and coalition building. She currently serves
as a member of the steering committee for the Stormwater
Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.) Coalition as well as the alternate
to the New York co-chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee of the
New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program. She has a Master
of Science in marine environmental sciences from the Marine
Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook University.
Tupper Thomas
@NY4P
Tupper Thomas joined New Yorkers for Parks as executive director
in February 2014. She retired in February 2011 after 30 years
as president of the Prospect Park Alliance and administrator
of Prospect Park, the 580-acre flagship park of Brooklyn. In
1980 Tupper was hired as the park’s first administrator. She
was responsible for the ongoing operation of the park, its
multimillion-dollar restoration, special events, public information,
fundraising, and visitor services. The Prospect Park Alliance was
formed in 1987 to revive, enrich, restore, and preserve Prospect
Park in partnership with the City of New York, with Tupper as
its founding president. Tupper is a co-founder, former co-chair,
and former board member of City Parks Alliance, a national
organization that advocates for urban parks. She has received
numerous awards and has been a guest speaker for parks groups
throughout the United States and abroad. She has a master’s
degree in urban planning from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor of
Arts from Goucher College. Joseph L. Tirone, Jr. Joseph L. Tirone, Jr., is a real estate broker and investor,
and a community organizer for the Oakwood Beach Buyout
Committee. In December 2012, in response to Hurricane Sandy,
Joe led his Oakwood Beach Buyout Committee for the purpose
of pursuing a state-run buyout of his storm ravaged community.
Just eleven months later, against all odds, Governor Cuomo
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announced the first state-run buyout in this community, where
more than 500 homeowners have since participated. The buyout
was extended to Long Island. Joe documented his group’s
efforts on his website, www.foxbeach165.com. Joe received a BBA
in accounting from Pace University and a Master of Business
Administration in finance from St. John’s University, where he has
taught economics as an adjunct professor.
Jamie Torres Springer
@hraadvisors
Jamie Torres Springer is senior principal at HR&A Advisors and
specializes in creative urban planning, financing, and governance, from
transforming waterfront and underutilized sites like Brooklyn’s Industry
City, to recommending infrastructure and economic development
targets for New York and Boston’s citywide plans. Formerly deputy
director of New York City’s Special Initiative for Rebuilding and
Resiliency, Jamie established HR&A’s resiliency practice and guides
coastal protection, neighborhood revitalization, and built environment
adaptation for municipal, state, and federal programs. Jamie led ten
NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program plans; a Rebuild by
Design proposal influencing integrated flood protection in Red Hook,
Brooklyn; and a groundbreaking capacity-building effort for HUD’s
National Disaster Resilience Competition. He chairs South Brooklyn’s
Fifth Avenue Committee and serves on the Coro New York Leadership
Center board.
Maria Torres-Springer
@NYCEDC
Maria Torres-Springer is the President and CEO of the New York
City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), leading
NYCEDC’s efforts to make New York City the global model for inclusive
innovation and economic growth, fueled by the diversity of its people
and businesses. Prior to her appointment as president of NYCEDC,
Maria served as commissioner of the New York City Department of
Small Business Services. Before this, Maria served as the executive
vice president and chief of staff at NYCEDC. Maria also served as a
senior policy advisor at the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic
Development & Rebuilding and as the chief operating officer of Friends
of the Highline. Maria received a Bachelor of Arts in ethics, politics
and economics from Yale University and a master’s in public policy
from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She lives in
Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.
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Jay Valgora
Jay Valgora’s Manhattan based practice, STUDIO V Architecture, is
dedicated to the reinvention of the contemporary city. Since 2006,
the studio has been creating a new architecture of transformative
waterfront designs, sustainable communities, public space
networks, transportation infrastructure infill, contemporary
structures, and progressive adaptive reuse of historic structures.
STUDIO V has designed an extraordinary range of projects
advancing these issues including projects reimagining New York
City’s waterfront in all five boroughs. Major waterfront designs
include plans for Astoria, Inwood, Long Island City, Flushing,
Gravesend, Sunset Park, the Harlem River, and Staten Island.
Stephen Whitehouse
@StarrWhitehouse
Stephen Whitehouse, ASLA, AICP, is a landscape architect and planner
and partner at Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
who focuses on the environmental quality and social vitality of places.
As chief of planning at New York City Parks in the 1990s, Stephen
launched the City’s Greenway and Green Streets programs, negotiated
park improvements at Riverside South and other development projects,
and acquired new parks. His recent projects include Bushwick Inlet
Park on the East River in Brooklyn, a new park in Hoboken, Hallets Cove:
Design the Edge in Queens, and public space and resilience planning
on the Rebuild by Design BIG U plan for Lower Manhattan.
Madelyn Wils
@hudsonriverpark
Madelyn Wils is president and CEO of Hudson River Park Trust. The
Trust is responsible for developing, managing and operating the four
mile, 550-acre waterfront park. Madelyn was previously executive
VP of planning, development and maritime at the New York City
Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), overseeing dozens
of waterfront, transportation, streetscapes and park improvements
across the five boroughs, including the East River Ferry Service,
Hunter’s Point South, Coney Island, East River Waterfront and
Homeport. In her role, she also oversaw the creation of New York
City’s Waterfront Vision and Enhancement Strategy (WAVES). Prior
to joining NYCEDC, she served as president of the Tribeca Film
Institute and chair of Community Board One. In the aftermath of
9/11, Madelyn was appointed to the Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation and played an integral role in the rebuilding of Lower
Manhattan.
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Eric Wilson
@NYCHousing
Eric Wilson is the assistant commissioner of planning and
predevelopment at the New York City Department of Housing
Preservation & Development. He oversees a team of 55
professionals dedicated to advancing sustainable, resilient, and
community-focused affordable housing initiatives across the
five boroughs as part of the Housing New York plan. The Resilient
Edgemere Neighborhood Initiative, led by the HPD Planning &
Predevelopment team, is generating a vision for this Rockaways
waterfront community given the challenges of sea level rise. In
addition to New York City, Eric has experience in urban waterfront
development in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and in Detroit,
Michigan.
Nancy Woods
@NYCSchools
Nancy Woods is the director of technology and engineering for
New York City Department of Education (and former middle
school teacher), which promulgates STEM teaching and learning opportunities for all of New York City students, teachers, and
administrators through the building of theme-based collaborative communities of schools that support STEM education and
the formation of partnerships to enrich the student experience. Whether it was raising trout in the classroom with her students
or supporting the Billion Oyster Project, her ultimate goal has
always remained the same: students first.
Julie Wormser
@juliewormser
Julie Wormser is vice president for policy and planning for Boston
Harbor Now, a new organization formed from the merger of The
Boston Harbor Association (TBHA) and the Boston Harbor Island
Alliance. As executive director of TBHA, she co-authored Preparing for the Rising Tide and Designing With Water, and co-led
the Boston Living with Water international design competition
with the City of Boston and Boston Society of Architects. Before
joining TBHA in 2011, she helped secure millions of dollars for New
England’s fisheries and forestlands as a senior regional strategist with Environmental Defense Fund, Appalachian Mountain
Club, and The Wilderness Society. Julie has a Bachelor of Arts in
biology from Swarthmore College and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.
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Nina Zain
@riverproject
Nina Zain, The River Project’s head of interns and wetlab manager,
has a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies with a concentration in natural sciences and a minor in chemistry from Green
Mountain College. She has been with The River Project since June
2008, starting as a summer intern in the marine biology internship
program. Nina was hired as assistant head of interns in September
2008, and became head of interns in September 2009. She has
studied a broad range of environmental sciences and has a specific
interest in marine ecological systems. Daniel A. Zarrilli
@NYCMayorsOffice @dzarrilli
In his current position, Daniel A. Zarrilli, PE, oversees the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency, the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability,
and the tracking of the City’s OneNYC program. Previously he served
on the Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency, a post-Sandy
task force that developed a first-ever climate adaptation program for
New York City. He holds a Master of Science in civil environmental
engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
lives in Staten Island with his wife and two children.
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