citizens budget commission Two Penn Plaza • Fifth Floor • New York, NY 10121 Contact: Carol Kellermann 212-279-2605, ext. 322 Corey Kunz 212-279-2605, ext. 334 CBC ELECTS NEW TRUSTEES New York, NY – October 10, 2014 – The Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) today announced 29 new trustees have been elected over the past 11 months. CBC’s trustees play an essential role in the work of the Commission, providing crucial support by, among other things, informing and guiding research. Trustees are drawn broadly from New York’s civic, nonprofit, and business leadership and bring highlevel expertise to the wide range of issues CBC addresses, as it monitors and makes recommendations concerning the finances and operations of New York City and State governments. The distinctiveness of CBC’s trustees dates back to the founding of the organization in 1932 by Vincent Astor, Nicholas Murray Butler, John W. Davis, Henry Morgenthau and other prominent New Yorkers. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Melissa Román Burch, Executive Vice President, Director of Commercial & Residential Development, Forest City Ratner Companies John Buretta, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP John Cavaliero, Managing Director - Local/State Government Practice, Accenture Sean Doyle, Partner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP David Dantzler, Managing Partner - New York Office, Troutman Sanders LLP Anthony D. Dougherty, Partner, Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP Jake Elghanayan, TF Cornerstone Leecia Eve, Vice President of State Government Affairs Tri-state Region, Verizon Donald Favre, Partner, PwC Jeremy Feigelson, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Arthur Gianelli, President, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s; Special Advisor to the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System for Medicaid Strategy Jonathan Goldin, General Counsel, Goldin Associates, LLC John Hallacy, Managing Director, Assured Guaranty, Corp. Eileen Heitzler, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Caswell Holloway, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Bloomberg L.P. Suri Kasirer, President, Kasirer Consulting Andrew Kimball, Chief Executive Officer, Industry City Robert Knakal, Chairman, Massey Knakal Realty Services Heidi Levine, Co-Managing Partner - New York, DLA Piper David Lichtenstein, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Lightstone Group Stu Loeser, Founding Principal, Stu Loeser & Co. Haeda Mihaltses, Executive Director of External Affairs, New York Mets • • • • • • • Charles John O’Byrne, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, The Related Companies Nancy Packes, President, Nancy Packes Inc. Kevin Rampe, General Counsel, ACE North America, ACE Limited Dominick Servedio, Executive Chairman, STV Group, Inc. George A. Stamboulidis, Managing Partner - New York, BakerHostetler LLP Thomas Suozzi, Of Counsel, Harris Beach PLLC Martha Wooding, Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch We welcome these trustees and look forward to their participation and input into CBC’s work. Founded in 1932, the Citizens Budget Commission is a research and watchdog organization for all taxpayers and no special interests devoted to enhancing New York's competitiveness through promotion of sound state and local budget and management practices.