Directors and Management

Board of Directors

**Members of the Board of Directors of the New York City Transitional Finance Authority serve ex-officio**

Jacques Jiha, Ph.D., Chairperson
Director of Management and Budget of the City

Tom Foley
Commissioner of the Department of Design and Construction of the City

David Womack, Executive Director
Mr. Womack was appointed Executive Director of the Authority in 2021. He is a graduate of Yale University and received an M.BA. from the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. He also serves as Deputy Director of Financing Policy and Coordination at the Office of Management and Budget of the City.

Laura Neesley, Vice President and Treasurer
Laura Neesley (née Tarbox) has served as Deputy Treasurer to the Corporation since 2020, previously serving as Assistant Treasurer. She is currently a Senior Assistant Director in the Financing Policy Unit of the New York City Office of Management and Budget, where she began working in November of 2008. Prior to joining OMB, she worked as a municipal credit analyst for CIFG Services, Inc. She received a B.S. in Urban Planning from Cornell University.

Raymond Lee, Comptroller
Mr. Lee was appointed Comptroller in December 2022. He is a graduate of the New York University Stern School of Business. He also serves as Assistant Director at the Office of Management and Budget of the City.

Kemraj Narine, Deputy Comptroller
Mr. Narine was appointed Assistant Comptroller in 2011, and subsequently was appointed Deputy Comptroller in 2014. He is a graduate of York College of the City University of New York.

Albert Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Rodriguez was appointed Assistant Secretary in 2013. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and Columbia Law School. He also serves as Chief of the Municipal Finance Division of the New York City Law Department.

Jeffrey Werner, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Werner was appointed Assistant Secretary in 2013. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Columbia Law School. He also serves as Deputy General Counsel at the Office of Management and Budget of the City.

Nameca Sharma, Accounting Manager
Ms. Sharma was appointed Accounting Manager in 2015. She is a graduate of York College of the City University of New York.