Adams Administration Appointment Tracker
Delivering on Mayor-Elect Eric Adams’ ambitious agenda will require a best-in-class senior staff. Fontas Advisors will be actively monitoring the Mayor-Elect's daily announcements, aggregating the names of the senior administration appointments including deputy mayors, agency commissioners, and City Hall senior staff members.
Appointments Announced To Date
City Hall/Mayor's Office
| Chief Advisor to the Mayor | Ingrid Lewis-MartinLinkedIn | Former: Brooklyn Borough President Office |
| Chief Climate Officer | Rohit AggarwalaLinkedIn | Former: Sidewalk Labs |
| Chief Counsel to the Mayor | Brendan McGuireLinkedIn | Former: Wilmer Hale |
| Chief Efficiency Officer | Melanie La RoccaLinkedIn | Former: NYC Department of Buildings |
| Chief Housing Officer | Jessica KatzLinkedIn | Former: Citizens Housing & Planning Council |
| Chief of Staff to the Mayor | Frank CaroneLinkedIn | Former: Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone |
| Chief Technology Officer | Matthew FraserLinkedIn | Former: NYPD |
| City Legislative Affairs Director | Jessica CarranoLinkedIn | Former: Red Horse Strategies |
| Communications Director | Maxwell YoungLinkedIn | Former: Everytown for Gun Safety |
| Deputy Chief of Staff/Senior Emergency Adviser | Molly SchaefferLinkedIn | Former: NYC Mayor's Office |
| Deputy Chief of Staff | Madeline LabadieLinkedIn | Former: NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission |
| Deputy Chief of Staff | Ryan LynchLinkedIn | Former: Brooklyn Borough President Office |
| Deputy Chief of Staff | Menashe ShapiroLinkedIn | Former: Shapiro Consulting Group |
| First Deputy Chief of Staff | Dawn MillerLinkedIn | Former: Coord |
| Intergovernmental Affairs Director | Roberto PerezLinkedIn | Former: NYC Mayor's Office |
| Press Secretary | Fabien LevyLinkedIn | Former: NYS Attorney General's Office |
| Senior Advisor and Director of Public Service Engagement | Andrea Shapiro DavisLinkedIn | Former: City University of New York |
| Senior Advisor for External Affairs | Tiffany RaspberryLinkedIn | Former: Tiffany Raspberry Consulting |
| Senior Advisor for Workforce Development | Jose Ortiz Jr.LinkedIn | Former: NYC Employment and Training Coalition |
| Senior Advisor to the Mayor | Joel EisdorferLinkedIn | Former: Brooklyn Borough President Office |
| Senior Advisor to the Mayor | Stefan RingelLinkedIn | Former: Brooklyn Borough President Office |
| Senior Advisor to the Mayor | Eric UlrichLinkedIn | Former: New York City Council |
| Senior Advisor to the Mayor/Director of Scheduling | Gladys MirandaLinkedIn | Former: Brooklyn Borough President Office |
| Special Assistant to the Mayor | Rachel AtchesonLinkedIn | Former: Brooklyn Borough President Office |
| State Legislative Affairs Director | Christopher EllisLinkedIn | Former: State University of New York |
Deputy Mayors
| 1st Deputy Mayor | Lorraine Grillo LinkedIn | Former: NYC School Construction Authority |
| Economic Development | Maria Torres-Springer LinkedIn | Former: Ford Foundation |
| Health and Human Services | Anne Williams-Isom LinkedIn | Former: Fordham University |
| Operations | Meera JoshiLinkedIn | Former: US Department of Transporation |
| Public Safety | Philip BanksLinkedIn | Former: CitySafe Partners |
| Strategic Initiatives | Sheena WrightLinkedIn | Former: United Way of NYC |
Major Departments & Commissioners
| Business Integrity Commissioner | Elizabeth CrottyLinkedIn | Former: Crotty Saland PC | Budget Director | Jacques Jiha LinkedIn | Former: NYC Office of Management and Budget |
| Chancellor of NYC Public Schools | David Banks LinkedIn | Former: Eagle Academy Foundation |
| Children's Service Commissioner | Jess DannhauserLinkedIn | Former: Graham Windham |
| Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner | Dawn Pinnock LinkedIn | Former: NYC Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services |
| City Planning Commissioner | Daniel GarodnickLinkedIn | Former: Riverside Park Conservancy |
| City Planning Executive Director | Edith Hsu-ChenLinkedIn | Former: NYC City Planning |
| Civilian Complaint Review Board Interim Chair | Arva RiceLinkedIn | Former: New York Urban League |
| Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner | Vilda Vera MayugaLinkedIn | Former: NYS Secretary of State Office |
| Corporation Counsel | Sylvia Hinds-RadixLinkedIn | Former: NYS Grievance Committee |
| Corrections Commissioner | Louis Molina LinkedIn | Former: Las Vegas Department of Public Safety |
| Cultural Affairs Commissioner | Laurie CumboLinkedIn | Former: New York City Council | Design and Construction Commissioner | Thomas Foley LinkedIn | Former: NYC Department of Design and Contruction |
| Economic Development Corporation President and CEO | Andrew KimballLinkedIn | Former: Industry City |
| Emergency Management Commissioner | Zach IscolLinkedIn | Former: Grid North Group |
| Environmental Protection Commissioner | Rohit AggarwalaLinkedIn | Former: Sidewalk Labs |
| Environmental Protection, Chief Operating Officer | Vincent Sapienza | Former: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Finance Commissioner | Preston Niblack LinkedIn | Former: NYC Comptroller's Office |
| Health Commissioner | Ashwin VasanLinkedIn | Former: Fountain House |
| Homeless Services Administrator | Joslyn Carter | Former: Department of Homeless Services | Housing Development Corporation President | Eric Enderlin LinkedIn | Former: NYC Housing Development Corporation | Housing Preservation & Development | Adolfo Carrión Jr. LinkedIn | Former: Metro Futures |
| Human Resource Administrator | Lisa Fitzpatrick | Former: NYC Human Resource Administration |
| Immigrant Affairs Commissioner | Manuel Castro LinkedIn | Former: New Immigrant Community Empowerment |
| Information, Technology & Telcom Commissioner | Matthew FraserLinkedIn | Former: NYPD |
| International Affairs Commissioner | Edward Mermelstein LinkedIn | Former: One and Only Holdings |
| Investigations Commissioner | Jocelyn Strauber (nominated) LinkedIn | Former: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
| NYC & Company President and CEO | Fred Dixon LinkedIn | Former: NYC & Company |
| Office of Appointments Director | Lisa Lashley | Former: NYC City Council |
| Office of Climate Change Executive Director | Kizzy Charles-Guzman LinkedIn | Former: NYC Mayor's Office |
| Office of Contract Services Director | Lisa Flores LinkedIn | Former: NYC Mayor's Office | Office of Criminal JusticeDirector | Deanna Logan LinkedIn | Former: NYC Mayor's Office |
| Office of Ethnic and Community Media Executive Director | José BayonaLinkedIn | Former: NYC Mayor's Office |
| Office of Faith Based and Community Partnerships Director | Gilford Monrose | Former: Mt. Zion Church of God Seventh Day |
| Office of Faith Based and Community Partnerships Senior Advisor | Fernando CabreraLinkedIn | Former: NYC City Council |
| Office of Labor Relations Commissioner | Renee CampionLinkedIn | Former: NYC Office of Labor Relations |
| Office of Media and Entertainment Commissioner | Anne del CastilloLinkedIn | Former: NYC Office of Media and Entertainment |
| Office of Operations Director | Dan Steinberg LinkedIn | Former: NYC Mayor's Office |
| Office of Policy and Planning Director | Sherif Soliman LinkedIn | Former: NYC Department of Finance |
| Office of Risk Management and Compliance Director | Marjorie LandaLinkedIn | Former: NYC Comptroller's Office |
| Parks and Recreation Commissioner | Sue DonoghueLinkedIn | Former: Nassau County Police Department |
| Police Commissioner | Keechant Sewell | Former: Nassau County Police Department |
| Probation Commission | Ana BermúdezLinkedIn | Former: Department of Probation |
| School Construction Authority President and CEO | Nina Kubota LinkedIn | Former: School Construction Authority |
| Small Business Services Commissioner | Kevin Kim LinkedIn | Former: Tactile Brain |
| Social Services Commissioner | Gary Jenkins LinkedIn | Former: NYC Human Resources Administration |
| Taxi and Limousine Commissioner | Aloysee Heredia Jarmoszuk LinkedIn | Former: NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission |
| Transportation Commissioner | Ydanis Rodriguez LinkedIn | Former: New York City Council |
*Widely reported in the press, but not officially announced.