Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Council

The Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Council is a network of nonprofit leaders, community organizers, and others invested in supporting the needs of people living below 14th Street in New York City. Neighborhood Council members work together to identify evolving needs in Lower Manhattan, share best practices, and find new ways to collaborate across issue areas. 

Current Members

Aldrin Bonilla

Executive Vice President, Fund for the City of New York

Mary Cannon 

Resident & Community Outreach Volunteer, Jacob Riis Houses 

Gisele Castro 

Executive Director, Exalt Youth 

Rosa Chang

Co-founder and President, Gotham Park

Sean Coughlin

Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs, Pace University

Minerva Diaz 

United Nations Representative; New York Metropolitan Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolence 

Barbara DiGangi 

Director of Families Thriving, University Settlement 

Tareake Dorill 

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dorill Initiative Inc 

Alejandro Epifanio 

Executive Director, Loisaida 

Matthew Fenton

Editor, The Broadsheet

David Garza 

President & CEO, Henry Street Settlement 

Donald ‘Don’ Hong 

Executive Director, UA3 

Samara Karasyk 

President & CEO, Hudson Square BID 

Kelsey Louie 

Chief Executive Officer, The Door & Broome Street Academy 

David McCorkle 

Social Worker, St. Marks in the Bowery

Adaeze Okoli

Chief of Staff, Rethink Food

Naomi Peña

Co-founder and Director of Community and Family Engagement, Literacy Academy Collective

Ashley Pirovano

Director of Community Science, BioBus

Cecilia Scott-Croff 

Executive Director, BMCC 

Nico Victorino

Principal, PS 150

Eva Wong 

Director, Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health