Ms. Gerard has worked as a political activist on the Upper West Side, participating in the grassroots movements to ban fracking in New York State and to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant. She also serves on the board of an Upper West Side food pantry. Ms. Gerard has a BA from Johns Hopkins University and a JD from Columbia University School of Law. She was appointed by Comptroller Scott Stringer on January 1, 2015. Her term will expire on December 31, 2019.