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Public Design Commission of the City of New York
Art Commission of the City of New York
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Commissioners

The Design Commission is composed of an architect, a landscape architect, a painter, a sculptor and three lay members, all of whom are nominated by the Fine Arts Federation (an arts consortium) and appointed by the Mayor. The Commission also includes a representative of the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library and the Mayor. All Commission members serve pro bono. The President and other officers of the Commission are elected by its members.
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MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION

Signe Nielsen, President, Landscape Architect
Philip E. Aarons, Vice President, Lay Member
Guy Nordenson, Secretary, Lay Member
Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos, The New York Public Library
Maria Elena González, Sculptor
Byron Kim, Painter
Otis Pratt Pearsall, Brooklyn Museum
James Stewart Polshek, Architect
Paula Scher, Lay Member
Kandace V. Simmons, Mayor's Representative
Ann G. Tenenbaum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jackie Snyder, Executive Director
Keri Butler, Director of Art & Conservation
Alicia West, Director of Capital Projects
Rivka Weinstock, Project Manager
Julianna Monjeau, Special Projects Manager
Alyssa DesRochers, Research Assistant

Joan H. Bright, Director of Tour Programs

William M. Heinzen, Counsel

 See the complete list of Design Commission members from 1898 to the present
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