Morning Sessions

Cas Holloway

Chief Operating Officer
Columbia University

Lourdes Zapata

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Folasade (Sade) Olanipekun-Lewis

Vice President, Operating and Community Partnerships
Vantage Airport Group

Salimatou Doumbouya

USS Chair / CUNY Student Trustee / Architecture Student / Entrepreneur
City University of New York

Gerrard P. Bushell, PhD.

President & CEO
New Terminal One @JFK

Kathryn Wylde

President and CEO
Partnership for New York City

Fred P. Gabriel

Publisher
Crain's New York

Denise Berger, FAIA FRICS

Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, East Region
AECOM

Vlada Kenniff, Ph.D.

President
NYC Housing Preservation Trust

Alexandria Perotti

Director, Corporate Real Estate, Planning & Development
United Airlines

Francisco Pineda, FRICS

Deputy Commissioner, Real Estate
NYC Economic Development Corporation

Palmina Whelan

Capital Program Director
The New Terminal One
JFK

Tanya Pope

Assistant Vice President, University Supplier Diversity
Columbia University

Jason M. Clark, Esq.

Executive Director, New York State Division of Minority and Women's Business Development
Empire State Development

Amy Cordone

Chief Operating Officer
L&M Development Group

Michael J. Garner, MBA

Chief Business Diversity Officer
City of New York

Glenessa Gordon,
P.E., MBA

Assistant Director, Business Diversity Operations
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Leah Granderson

Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Lendlease

Jermaine Huell

Northeast Diversity Transformation Lead
WSP

Michele Basic Moore

Vice President
for Comprehensive Modernization
New York City Housing Authority

Doreen Taveras

Director of Diversity Programs, NY Metro Region
AECOM

Suzanne Veira

Vice President
and Chief Diversity Officer
NYC School Construction Authority

Workshop Sessions

Kim Hardy

Senior Vice President, Diversity, Inclusion & Compliance,
McKissack & McKissack

Monique Cole-Green

Program Director, Grant Associates, Workforce1, Industrial
Transportation Career Centers

Marianne Monte

Chief People & Administration Officer
Shawmut

Natalie Salinas

Founder and CEO
Nth Consulting Group

Marilisa Stigliano

Vice President, Corporate Operations
STV

Marisa Ventura Poisler

Director-HR Shared Services
Skanska USA

Loryn P. Riggiola

Partner
Zetlin & De Chiara LLP

Jen Carey

Vice President, Northeast District Marketing Director
WSP

Maeva Crambert

Assistant Vice President, Senior Marketing Manager
WSP

David Chaves

Vice President, Marketing Director
Lendlease

Christine Oates

Vice President, Operations Leader PMCM Buildings Northeast
Jacobs Engineering

John Rooney

Area Director, Economic Inclusion
Gilbane Building Company

Danielle Grillo Pemberton

Vice President
Sweet Group

Tracey Mitchell

Advisor
Gateway Project

Melissa Billig

Co-Chair, Construction & Design Practice Group
Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

Lauren Alger

Director of Sustainable Design
STV

Amy Canova

Sustainability Technical Leader, New York Metro
AECOM

Felice Farber

Executive Director
STA

Hope Kaufman

Associate Vice President
Dewberry

Beatrice Sibblies

Founder; Managing Partner
Village Harlem; BOS Development

Irem Yargici, ANV SP

Chief Sustainability Officer
Halmar International

Denise Ferris

Denise Ferris, AIA, AUA, LEED AP, Associate Vice President of Design Management
Columbia University, Manhattanville Development Group.

Gina Bigler

Senior Engineer of Construction, JFK Redevelopment Program
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Maria Martinson

Program Director, La Guardia Terminal C Redevelopment
Delta Air Lines

Karla Mayenbeer Cruz

Assistant Director of Legislation and Policy
Greater New York LECET

David Varoli

Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs and General Counsel
New York City Department of Design and Construction

Debra Wein, MS RDN CWWPC

CEO and Founder
Wellness Workdays

Jessica Rondash, MBA

Director of Business Operations and Performance
Holt Construction

Dennelle Clarke

Columbia University

Kate Goldman

Project Manager I
Lendlease

Melissa Steeves

Senior Operational Excellence Manager, New York Division
Gilbane Building Company

Shivani Patil, CCM, A. DBIA

Project Manager
AECOM

Neva Alexander, Ed.D.

CEO
Nevalliance

Christine Boccia

President
JD Traditional Industries

Roxanne Guerrerio

President
KCM Contracting, Inc.

Lily Sackman

Project Manager
Sciame

Audrey Schultz

Ph.D. Chairperson of Construction and Facilities Management
Columbia School of Pratt Institute

Becky Joseph Gomilla

Senior Project Manager
AECOM Tishman

Anna Lawrence

Project Manager
Gilbane Building Company

Sylvie Straus-Figueroa

Partner
Rothberg, Straus and Contrubis, LLC

Melanie Villatoro

Professor and Chairperson
Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology
NYC College of Technology

Karen Medeiros

Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Gilbane Building Company

Jayne Czik

Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Citnalta

Raquel Diaz

Vice President, New York Market Sector Leader
Gilbane Building Company

Stephanie Koeninger

Senior Vice President, Client Experience
STV Inc

Chanel Lubin, P.E.

Project Manager
AECOM

Peter Rescigno

Executive Secretary
New York Electrical Contractors

Deborah Bradley

President
Deborah Bradley Construction & Management Services

Erica Wang

Project Director
AECOM Tishman

Monica Pena

Project Manager
Sweet Group

Angelita Provvisiero

President
Nola Construction, Inc.

Anthony Campolo

Partner, Construction Practice-White Plains
CohnReznick