Staff Directory
Brian T. Coleman
Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 12
brianc@gmdconline.org
Michael Cavagnaro
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 15
michaelc@gmdconline.org
Cassandra Smith
Senior Project Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 16
cassandras@gmdconline.org
Gustavo Martinez
Project Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 14
gustavom@gmdconline.org
Curtis Biederbeck
Property/Leasing Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 17
curtisb@gmdconline.org
Gerri Duka
Assistant to the CFO/Office Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 10
gerrid@gmdconline.org
Brenda Lau
Assistant Project Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 18
brendal@gmdconline.org
GMDC Board of Directors
Sebastian Hardy, Chair
Principal, Continentia Capital
Libby Ryan, Vice Chair
Broker, Compass
Harry Schwartz, Secretary
Urban Planner
Rosalind Paaswell, Treasurer
CEO NDC Resources, Grow America
Kate Ascher
Professor, Columbia University
Brian T. Coleman
CEO, GMDC
Alireza Esmaeilzadeh
Senior Vice President, Investments, Brookfield Properties
Mort Goldfein
Retired Attorney, Wilk Auslander LLP
John Horowitz
Vice President/Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap
Lorinda Karoff
Principal, Karoff Consulting
Judith Kunoff
SVP and Program Executive, MTA Construction & Development
Adam Tell Metzger
Senior Vice President, Equity Investments, The Community Preservation Corporation
Michael Nixon
Credit Analyst/Business Development Officer, Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp.
