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Board of Trustees

Brooklyn Public Library's governing board is the Board of Trustees, consisting of 38 members, all serving in non-salaried positions. The Mayor and the Brooklyn Borough President each appoint 11 of the trustees. Twelve additional members are elected to serve on the Board. The Mayor, New York City Comptroller, Speaker of the City Council and Brooklyn Borough President are ex officio members of the Board. All non-ex officio members of the Board serve three-year terms.

Meetings of the Board of Trustees are held six times per year, on Tuesdays at 5:30PM in the Second Floor Meeting Room, Central Library, unless otherwise noted.



Brooklyn Public Library Board of Trustees 2008/2009
Thomas G. Amon, Esq.
Attorney
Chairman, BPL Board of Trustees

Jordan Barowitz
Director of External Affairs
The Durst Organization

Bonnie Bellamy-Watkins
NYC Transit Authority

Laurel Blatchford
VP for Development, NY Regional Office
General Growth Properties
NYC Mayor's Representative

Anthony W. Crowell, Esq.
Counselor to the Mayor
Vice Chair, BPL Board of Trustees

Joyce Cumberbatch
Retired Educator

Laura Ensler
Director of Community Development & Outreach
Children's & Family Services
Visiting Nurse Service of NY
Secretary, BPL Board of Trustees

Eric V. Eve
Senior Vice President
Community Relations
Citigroup Global Consumer Group

Jerry E. Garcia
Vice President,
JPMorgan Private Bank
Treasurer, BPL Board of Trustees

Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr.
Partner
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

Sharon Greenberger
President & CEO
NYC School Construction Authority

Honorable Ira B. Harkavy
Retired, Supreme Court of the State of New York
Kings County

Betty F. Kahn

Miriam Katowitz
Chief Operating Officer,
The Educational Alliance

Elly Kleinman
President & CEO
Americare Companies

Marianna Koval
President
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
NYC Council Speaker's Representative

Josh Mazess
Special Assistant to the Comptroller
NYC Comptroller's Representative

Gino P. Menchini
VP, Sales
North America Public Sector, CA, Inc.

Robert C. Miller
Partner
Davidson, Dawson & Clark LLP

Janet M. Offensend

Mable W. Robertson
Retired Educator, NYC Board of Education

Manuel A. Romero, Esq.
Attorney

Honorable Alice Fisher Rubin
NYC Civil Court
Kings County

Sandra Schubert
Vice President
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Carlo Scissura
Chief of Staff
Brooklyn Borough President's Office
Brooklyn Borough President's Representative

Danny Simmons
President, Rush Arts Gallery

Howard Smith
Chairman
Virginia Dare Extract Co., Inc.

Dr. Lucille Cole Thomas
Retired Educator
Immediate Past President, BPL Board of Trustees

Danny Tsoi
Ling Shing Realty
Forum Development LLC

Albert C. Wiltshire
Chief of Staff
Office of Representative Edolphus Towns

Antonia Yuille Williams
Director of Public Affairs
Con Edison