Centennial Leadership

  • Howard Permut, President, MTA Metro-North Railroad
  • Peter Stangl, Chair, Centennial Committee
  • Caroline Kennedy, Honorary Chair, Centennial Committee

Centennial Committee

  • Richard T. Anderson, President, New York Building Congress
  • Brian G. Andersson, Former Commissioner of NYC Department of Records
  • Kent L. Barwick, President Emeritus, The Municipal Art Society of New York
  • Laurie Beckelman, Principal, Beckelman + Capalino
  • John Belle, Principal, Beyer Blinder Belle
  • Dr. Jamshed Bharucha, President, The Cooper Union
  • Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University
  • Alfred C. Cerullo, III, President, Grand Central Partnership
  • Vin Cipolla, President, The Municipal Art Society of New York
  • Kenneth Cole, Chairman, Kenneth Cole Productions
  • Joan K. Davidson, President Emeritus, The JM Kaplan Fund
  • Dave Davis, President & General Manager, WABC-TV
  • George Fertitta, Chief Executive Officer, NYC & Company
  • Kenneth K. Fisher, Attorney, Cozen O'Connor
  • Mark C. Grossich, Owner & Chief Executive, Hospitality Holdings, Inc.
  • Keith Hernandez, Sportscaster, NY Mets
  • Bob Jeffrey, Worldwide Chairman & CEO, J.W. Thompson
  • Susan Henshaw Jones, President & Ronay Menschel Director, Museum of the City of New York
  • Peter Kalikow, President, H.J. Kalikow & Company, LLC & Chairman of the Grand Central Partnership
  • Spike Lee, Filmmaker & Founder, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
  • Randy Levine, President, New York Yankees
  • Gregory Long, CEO & President, The New York Botanical Garden
  • Peter Malkin, Chairman, Malkin Holdings
  • Dr. Anthony Marx, President & CEO, The New York Public Library
  • Nancy Shevell McCartney, Vice President, New England Motor Freight
  • Audra McDonald, Actress & Singer
  • Stephanie Meeks, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Michelle Mesenburg, Vice President of Style Marketing, Target
  • Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  • Cynthia Nixon, Actress
  • Jessye Norman, Opera Singer/Philanthropist
  • Fred Papert, President, 42nd Street Development Corporation
  • Rosie Perez, Actress & Filmmaker
  • Janet Poccia, Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant
  • Howard Rubenstein, President, Rubenstein Associates, Inc.
  • Steven Spinola, President, The Real Estate Board of New York
  • Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Chairman & Publisher, The New York Times Company
  • Kathryn S. Wylde, President & CEO, Partnership for New York City

Honorary Committee

  • Michael R. Bloomberg
  • James F. Brennan
  • Rubin Diaz, Jr.
  • Martin M. Dilan
  • Mr. David Dinkins
  • Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr.
  • Mr. Edward I. Koch
  • Liz Krueger
  • Carolyn Maloney
  • Marty Markowitz
  • Helen Marshall
  • James Molinaro
  • Mr. Howard Permut
  • Dan Quart
  • Christine Quinn
  • Charles E. Schumer
  • Dean G. Skelos
  • Scott Stringer
  • Robert Tierney
  • Keith Wright

Centennial Co-Directors

  • Randall J. Fleischer, Senior Director, Business Development, Facilities & Marketing, MTA Metro-North Railroad
  • Gabrielle Shubert, Director, New York Transit Museum