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Commissioners & Staff

Agency Liaisons

Advisory Groups

Commission Members 1898-Present

Employment


Commissioners & Staff

The Public Design Commission is composed of 11 members, who serve pro bono: an architect, landscape architect, painter, sculptor, and three lay members, all of whom are nominated by the Fine Arts Federation (an arts consortium) and appointed by the Mayor; and representatives of the Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, and Mayor’s Office. The President and other officers of the Commission are elected by its members.

Commissioners

Deborah Marton, President, Lay Member

Jimmy Van Bramer, Vice President, Lay Member

Manuel Miranda, Secretary, Lay Member

Kenseth Armstead, Painter Member

Isabel Castilla, Landscape Architecture Member

Laurie Hawkinson, Architecture Member

Bill Heinzen, Mayor’s Representative

Karen Kiehl, Brooklyn Museum Representative

Carey Maloney, The New York Public Library Representative

Dr. Merryl H. Tisch, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Representative

Staff

Sreoshy Banerjea, Executive Director

Julianna Monjeau, Senior Archivist & Information Specialist

Jenna E. Miller, Director of Urban Design & Policy

Carolina Llano, Director of Art, Design & Technology

Ryu Kim, Project Manager

Chelsea Chaug, Project Coordinator

Mary Beth Betts, Tour Manager

Gail Cornell, Gary Deane, Gail Green, Deirdre LaPorte, and Patricia Orfanos, Docents