Leadership
Board of Trustees
BAM's Board of Trustees is chaired by Adam E. Max and includes a diverse mix of New York City's corporate, civic, cultural, and educational leaders.
BAM BOARD CHAIR
Adam E. Max
BAM BOARD VICE CHAIR
William I. Campbell
PRESIDENT
Katy Clark
SECRETARY
Joseph V. Melillo
Treasurer
James I. McLaren
Presidents Emeriti
Karen Brooks Hopkins
Harvey Lichtenstein (in memoriam)
Members
Jonathan S. Auerbach
Tony Bechara
Fran Bermanzohn
Gordon Bowen
Natalia Chefer
Linda Chinn
Henry Christensen III (in memoriam)
Pamela A. Codispoti
Dr. Rudolph F. Crew
Suzy Franczak Davis
Cheryl Della Rosa
Dinyar S. Devitre
Mark N. Diker
Yrthya Dinzey-Flores
Andre Dua
Thérèse M. Esperdy
Richard E. Feldman
Steven G. Felsher
Jeanne Donovan Fisher
Barry M. Fox
MaryAnne Gilmartin
Robert M. Greenberg
Anoushka Healy
G. Penn Holsenbeck
Anne Hubbard
Daniel A. Klores
Philippe Krakowsky
Edgar A. Lampert
Gary Lynch
Lorraine Lynch
Patricia E. Michels (in memoriam)
Ahrin Mishan
William A. Perlmuth (in memoriam)
David L. Picket
Frances A. Resheske
Jonathan F.P. Rose
Anna Kuzmik Sampas
Alberto Sanchez
Timothy Sebunya
Bartholomew A. Sheehan III
Brian Stafford
Axel Stawski
Doug Steiner
Joseph A. Stern
Alexa Davidson Suskin
Pedro J. Torres
John Usdan
Brigitte Vosse
Nora Ann Wallace
Veronica C. Westberg
Adam Wolfensohn
Claire Wood
Ex Officio
Hon. Bill de Blasio
Hon. Corey Johnson
Hon. Eric L. Adams
Hon. Tom Finkelpearl
Emma Wolfe, Rep. for Hon. Bill de Blasio
Lori Luis, Rep. for Hon. Eric Adams
Laura Popa, Rep. for Rep. for Hon. Corey Johnson
Chairmen Emeriti
Neil D. Chrisman
Seth Faison (in memoriam)
Alan H. Fishman
Bruce C. Ratner
Honorary Trustees
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Mallory Factor
Robert L. Forbes
Charles J. Hamm
Barbara B. Haws
William Josephson
Mary Kantor
John Lipsky
Laurie Mallet
Cathy-Ann Martine-Dolecki
David L. Ramsay, M.D., M.Ed.
Elaine Weinstein
Hon. Franklin R. Weissberg
BAM Endowment Trust Board
Gabriel Pizzi, Chair
Keith Stubblefield, Treasurer
William A. Douglass, III
Steven G. Felsher
Alan H. Fishman
Elizabeth Holtzman
Alberto Sanchez
Timothy Sebunya
R. Edward Spilka
Nora Ann Wallace
Adam E. Max (Ex Officio)
James I. McLaren (Ex Officio)
Joseph V. Melillo has been BAM’s executive producer since 1999.
Katy Clark was appointed BAM’s president in 2015.