Staff Directory

Brian T. Coleman
Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 12
br****@********ne.org

Michael Cavagnaro
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 15
mi******@********ne.org

Cassandra Smith
Senior Project Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 16
ca********@********ne.org

Gustavo Martinez
Project Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 14
gu******@********ne.org

Curtis Biederbeck
Property/Leasing Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 17
cu*****@********ne.org

Gerri Duka
Assistant to the CFO/Office Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 10
ge****@********ne.org

Liv Collins
Assistant Project Manager
Phone: (718) 383-3935 ext 18
li**@********ne.org

GMDC Board of Directors

Kate Ascher, Chair
Professor, Columbia University

Libby Ryan, Vice Chair
Broker, Compass

Harry Schwartz, Secretary
Urban Planner

Rosalind Paaswell, Treasurer
CEO NDC Resources, Grow America

Brian T. Coleman
CEO, GMDC

Mort Goldfein
Retired Attorney, Wilk Auslander LLP

Sebastian Hardy
Principal, Continentia Capital

Lorinda Karoff
Principal, Karoff Consulting

Judith Kunoff
Senior Vice President, Project & Program Management, WSP

Adam Tell Metzger
Senior Vice President, Equity Investments, The Community Preservation Corporation

Michael Nixon
Credit Analyst/Business Development Officer, Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp.

Meghan Taylor-Steshyn
Senior Program Officer, Mission Real Estate Development, Trinity Church NYC