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

• Signe Nielsen, President, Landscape Architect
• Philip E. Aarons, Vice President, Lay Member
• Laurie Hawkinson, Architect
• Manuel Miranda, Lay Member
• Richard Moore, Brooklyn Museum
• Susan Morgenthau, The New York Public Library
• Ethel Sheffer, Mayor's Representative
• Dr. Merryl H. Tisch, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Shin-pei Tsay, Lay Member
• Mary Valverde, Sculptor
• Hank Willis Thomas, Painter

Staff

• Justin Garrett Moore, Executive Director
• Keri Butler, Deputy Director
• Grace Han, Director of Capital Projects
• Rachel G., Senior Project Manager
• Julianna Monjeau, Archivist & Records Manager
• Rebecca Macklis, Design & Special Projects Manager
• Jenna E. Miller, Urban Design & Policy Manager
• Mary Beth Betts, Tour Manager
• Gail Cornell, Gary Deane, Gail Green, Deirdre LaPorte, and Patricia Orfanos, Docents