Staff & Board
LIC Partnership Board of Directors
Chair, Patricia Dunphy, Rockrose Development Corp.
First Vice Chair, Charles Boyce, Boyce Technologies
Second Vice Chair, Elliot Park, Shine Electronics Incorporated
Treasurer, Alvarez Symonette, Lady M Confections Co., Ltd.
Secretary, Justin Ginsburgh, JetBlue Airways Corporation
Vice Chair, Molly Kurzius, MoMA PS1
Vice Chair, Paimaan Lodhi, Tishman Speyer
Vice Chair, Matt Quigley, Plaxall, Inc.
Vice Chair, Jeremy Shell, TF Cornerstone
Vice Chair, John Werwaiss, Werwaiss & Co.
BID Chair, David Brause, Brause Realty, Inc.
Chair Emeritus, Gary Kesner, Silvercup Studios
Kenneth Adams, LaGuardia Community College
Robert S. Altman, Robert S. Altman, Esq., PLLC
Frank Amarante, Chase Bank
Mitch Arkin, Cushman & Wakefield
Kris Bagwell, Silvercup Studios
Eric Benaim, Modern Spaces
Chris Bresnan, Altice USA
Gus Buitrago, Flushing Bank
Ashley Cho, AYC Properties/Studio Artego
Sarah Cohen, Gotham Realty
Richard David, Con Edison
Wil Fisher, Rise Light & Power, LLC
Cameron Hernandez, Mount Sinai Queens
Alicia Ishakova, Wells Fargo Commercial Banking
Ed Jaram, King Street Properties
Adam Kaufman, Alexandria Real Estate Equities
Shibber Khan, Criterion Group, LLC
Steven Kim, Innovo Property Group
Anca M. Marginean, Courtyard by Marriott LIC/Manhattan View
John Mast, M&T Bank
Sohrab Mohebbi, Sculpture Center
Frank Monterisi, Jr., Related Companies, L.P.
Jeffrey Nelson, RXR Realty
Lydia Nikolic, Bank of America
Peter Papamichael, The VOREA Group
Hal Rosenbluth, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Inc.
Henry Rosenwach, Rosenwach Tank Co., LLC
Joshua Schneps, Schneps Media
Greg Smith, JRT Realty Group
Sabrina Snyder, LIC YMCA
Andrew Sommer, Hub Truck Rental, Corp.
Jane Swanson, Cornell Tech
Judith Zangwill, Sunnyside Community Services
Irene Zoupaniotis, Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Frank Zuckerbrot, Sholom & Zuckerbrot Realty LLC
LIC BID Board of Directors
Chair, David Brause, Brause Realty
Vice Chair, Patricia Dunphy, Rockrose Development Corp.
Treasurer, Paula Kirby, Plaxall, Inc.
Secretary, Gretchen Werwaiss, Thomson Avenue Associates LLC
Class A – Property Owners
North Subdistrict
David Brause, Brause Realty
Rachel Cohen, VOREA
Sarah Cohen, Gotham Realty
Patricia Dunphy, Rockrose Development Corp.
Allison DuVal, The Foundry
Adam Good, LargaVista Companies
Etai Gross, G Holdings
Lauren Larsen, Powercooling
Paimaan Lodhi, Tishman Speyer
Dan Mogolesko, The Durst Organization
Aaron Shirian, Lions Group NYC
Rachel Suna Britchkow, Silvercup Properties
South Subdistrict
Eric Benaim, Nardone Properties, LLC
Gianna Cerbone-Teoli, Cerbone, Vincenzo
Andrew Ebenstein, Shumer Properties
George Heslin, Failte Care Corporation
Paula Kirby, Plaxall, Inc.
Joe McManus, 47-46 Vernon Boulevard
Jasper Wu, ZD Jasper
East Subdistrict
Charles Boyce, Boyce Technologies
Ivan Karpov, Related Properties
Adam Kaufman, Alexandria Real Estate
Stephen Kim, Innovo Property Group
Navid Moradi, Faviana
Lawrence Smith, Sholom & Zuckerbrot
Lyudmilla Spajic, LaGuardia Community College
Christopher Weickert, Weickert Industries
Gretchen Werwaiss, Thomson Avenue Associates LLC
Hannah Worscheh, Atlas Capital Group
Class B – Commercial Tenants
North Subdistrict
Hao Chen, 929
Peter Chie, Bloomingdales
Erica Desai, City Pickle
JP Destreza, Aloft Hotel
Justin Ginsburgh, JetBlue Airways Corporation
Henry Goodfriend, Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Victor Nair, Lucky Pizza
Runze Yang, Dun Huang
South Subdistrict
Jason Beckman, Movement Gym
Ellen Day, BrickHouse Ceramics Art Center
Jerry LaSpisa, M&T Bank
Suraj Patel, Jungly
East Subdistrict
Ahmet Civelek, Hunters Point Studio
Mark Gregorio, TEI Group
Robert Jaegly, MANA Products
F. Lee Merwin, Joffrey Ballet School
Deborah Wolpert, dvDepot Studio & Equipment Rental House
Class C – Residents
North Subdistrict
Ido Simyoni
South Subdistrict
Sarah Weitlauf, SW! Consulting
Class D – Elected Officials
Mayor Eric Adams, Zaxx Abraham, NYC Department of Small Business Services
Comptroller Brad Lander, represented by Lei Zhu
Council Member Julie Won, represented by Nick Gulotta
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, represented by Shurn Anderson
Class E – Non Voting Members
Queens Community Board 1, represented by Florence Koulouris
Queens Community Board 2, represented by Debra Markell Kleinert
LIC Partnership Staff
President
Laura Rothrock
President, LICP and Executive Director, LIC BID
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More About Laura
Laura Rothrock is the president of Long Island City Partnership (LICP) and executive director of the Long Island City Business Improvement District (LIC BID), which is managed by LICP. From 2013-2022 Laura was an executive at Nicholas & Lence Communications, a government affairs and communications firm. She started her career at the New York City Department of Small Business Services, serving as the BID Program’s executive director, where she represented nearly 70 BIDs across the city and oversaw its $100 million contract management portfolio. Laura holds a B.A. in Political Science from Loyola University in Maryland and a Master of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Business Assistance
Charles Yu
Vice President, Economic Development
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BID Operations
Angel Hart
Senior Director, BID Field Operations
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Henry Smith
Senior Manager, Economic Development
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Events, Marketing & Communications
Bari Lasky
Senior Director, Events & Sponsorships
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Sierra Brown
Director, Marketing & Communications
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Signe Wurtz
Events and Marketing Manager
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Administration
Ying Huang
Chief Administrative Officer
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Quinn Dunham, They/He
Office Manager
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