Neighborhood Council

Members

The Neighborhood Council is an advisory group to help us understand and address the needs of our Lower Manhattan neighborhood. Members of the council — nonprofit leaders, community organizers, policymakers, residents, and other stakeholders — work with us and one another to improve the well-being of children and families in our community. 

2024 Members 

Thomas Armstrong 

Trinity Church congregation member 

Darren Block 

Executive Director, Greenwich House 

Mary Cannon 

Resident & Community Outreach Volunteer, Jacob Riis Houses 

Gisele Castro 

Executive Director, Exalt Youth 

Wellington Chen 

President & CEO, Chinatown BID/ Chinatown Partnership LDC 

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 

David Garza 

President & CEO, Henry Street Settlement 

Frank Gonzalez 

Founder, Loisada Realty; Lower East Side Community Concerns 

Donald ‘Don’ Hong 

Executive Director, UA3 

Jaime Inclán 

Founder & Director, Roberto Clemente Center 

Samara Karasyk 

President & CEO, Hudson Square BID 

Kelsey Louie 

Chief Executive Officer, The Door & Broome Street Academy 

Chui Man Lai 

Manager of Community Affairs, NYP-Lower Manhattan Hospital 

David McCorkle 

Social Worker, St. Marks in the Bowery 

Alison Overseth 

CEO, Partnership for After School Education 

Cecilia Scott-Croff 

Executive Director, BMCC 

Tiffany Winbush 

Lower Manhattan resident 

Eva Wong 

Director, Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health 

 

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