Commissioners
The
Human Rights Commissioners are appointed by the Mayor to serve
in a non-salaried position assisting the Commissioner and Chair,
Patricia L. Gatling, in addressing issues of discrimination.
Reverend
Dr. Calvin O. Butts III
Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, one of
the founders of the Abyssinian Development
Corporation, and President of the State University of
New York College at Old Westbury.
Dr.
Eda F. Harris-Hastick
ACSW, Ed.D., tenured Associate Professor of Social
Work at Medgar Evers College of the City University
of New York and a licensed clinical social worker.
William
J. Hibsher
Esq., Litigation Partner at Bryan Cave, LLP. in NYC,
and is Vice President of the Board of Directors for
the Medical Health Research Association of NY.
Dr.
Edison O. Jackson
President of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn.
Rabbi
Haskel Lookstein
Rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun and
Principal of the Ramaz School.
Grace
Lyu-Volckhausen
President of the Tiger Baron Foundation.
Omar
T. Mohammedi
Esq., Private attorney specializing in employment
discrimination and corporate and real estate
transactions.
Derek
Bryson Park
Ph.D., investment banker; Vice-Chair of the NYC
Industrial Development Agency; Vice-Chair of the
NYC Capital Resource Corporation; and Anglican
Priest-in-Charge of a Brooklyn parish.
Rabbi
Joseph Potasnik
Executive Vice President of the NY Board of
Rabbis, Senior Rabbi at Congregation Mt. Sinai in
Brooklyn Heights, author, and radio personality and
commentator.
Lisa
Quiroz
Senior Vice President of Corporate Responsibility for
Time Warner Inc.