Commissioners & Staff

The Public Design Commission is composed of 11 members, who serve pro bono: an architect, landscape architect, painter, sculptor, and three lay members, all of whom are nominated by the Fine Arts Federation (an arts consortium) and appointed by the Mayor; and representatives of the Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, and Mayor’s Office. The President and other officers of the Commission are elected by its members.

Commissioners

• Deborah Marton, President, Lay Member
• Jimmy Van Bramer, Vice President, Lay Member
• Manuel Miranda, Secretary, Lay Member
• Kenseth Armstead, Painter Member
  
• Isabel Castilla, Landscape Architecture Member
• Laurie Hawkinson, Architecture Member
• Bill Heinzen, Mayor’s Representative
• Karen Kiehl, Brooklyn Museum Representative
  
• Susan Morgenthau, The New York Public Library Representative
  
• Dr. Merryl H. Tisch, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Representative
• Mary Valverde, Sculptor Member
  

Staff

• Sreoshy Banerjea, Executive Director
  
• Julianna Monjeau, Senior Archivist & Information Specialist
  
• Jenna E. Miller, Director of Urban Design & Policy
• Carolina Llano, Director of Art, Design & Technology
  
• Ryu Kim, Project Manager
• Chelsea Chaug, Project Coordinator
• Mary Beth Betts, Tour Manager
• Gail Cornell, Gary Deane, Gail Green, Deirdre LaPorte, and Patricia Orfanos, Docents