President's Executive Advisory Board

Lloyd Williams (In Memoriam)

President & CEO, Greate Harlem Chamber of Commerce

Elinor Tatum
Publisher, Editor in Chief, NY Amsterdam News
Elinor.tatum@amsterdamnews.com

Geoffrey Eaton
President, NAACP Mid-Manhattan Branch
Geoffreyeric.eaton@gmail.com

Voza Rivers
Executive Producer & Founding Member of New Heritage Theater Group; Documentary Filmmaker;
1st Vice President, Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
vorivers@aol.com

Louis Katos
President, Jekmar Associates, Inc.
lkatsos@jekmarassoc.com

Sandra Harris
President, Washington Heights & Inwood Chamber of Commerce
Sh533@columbia.edu

Aneiry Batista
Chief of Staff, Congressman Adriano Espaillat
Aneiry.batista@mail.house.gov

Hon. William T. Castro
Commission, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (Manhattan)
william.castro@parks.nyc.gov

Dr. Joan O. Dawson

Chairperson, Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, Incorporated
Joan.odawson@nyc.edu

Rev. Jacques DeGraff
Chair & President, The Friends of Harlem Hospital Center
Eagle.rev@gmail.com

Padmore John
Chairperson, Manhatten Community Board 9
padmore.john.cb9m@gmail.com

Eric Pryor
President, Harlem School of the Arts
epryor@hsanyc.org

Judge Milton Tingling
Chairperson Board of Directors - West Harlem Community Development Corporation
miltontingling@yahoo.com

Clayton Banks
President, Silicon Harlem embertime@gmail.com

Last Updated: 02/27/2026 18:23