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ARTS COMMISSION

Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment

Elizabeth Birnbaum

 2/13/18 1/1/22

Y
Yvonne Byers
  1/28/20
  1/1/23
 		  Y
Linda Cover
  1/28/20
  1/1/24
 		  Y
Marilyn Kuksht
  1/28/20
 1/1/24
 		  Y
Janina A. Larenas

  1/22/19

  1/1/23
  Y
Louise Leong (chair)

  1/24/17  1/1/21 Y
Sean Swain McGowen

  1/22/19
 1/1/23
 Y


BOARD OF BUILDING AND FIRE APPEALS

Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment

Foster Andersen

1/27/04

1/1/23

Y

Peter Bagnall (vice chair)

1/28/14

1/1/21

Y

Myles F. Corcoran

4/28/98

1/1/21

Y

Gary L. Fusari

9/25/90

1/1/23

Y

William C. Kempf 

3/12/13

1/1/23

Y

Thomas Kern (chair)

3/27/07

1/1/23

Y

Joseph Quigg

1/25/05

1/1/23

Y

Patrick Splitt 

1/24/95

1/1/23

Y


COMMISSION FOR THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment
Delphine Burns
   1/14/20

1/1/21

Y

Krishna Leikind-Williamson

 1/22/19  1/1/23
  Y
Brooke Newman (vice chair)
5/12/15

  1/1/23

 N

Vrinda Quintero 

2/12/19

1/1/23

Y

Ann Simonton

 1/22/19
 1/1/21 Y
Beth Thurman
 1/28/20

1/1/21

Y

Tracy Wood (chair)

  6/25/19  1/1/21  Y


DOWNTOWN COMMISSION

Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment
Enda Brennan
 1/28/20 1/1/24

Y

Zachary E. Davis 

1/24/12

1/1/22

N

Matt Farrell (vice chair)

1/27/15

1/1/23

N

Joe Ferrara

  6/25/15  1/1/24  Y

Brett Garrett

1/22/19

1/1/23

Y

Deidre Hamilton (chair)

1/24/17

1/1/21

Y
Patrick Prindle

  1/24/17
  1/1/21
  Y


EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

       
Nancy Degnan

  1/28/20

  6/30/23
  Y

Tony Elliot

12/20/18

6/30/21

Y
Tremain Hedden-Jones (chair)
  6/20/17
   6/30/20

   Y

Elizabeth Howard-Gibbon

 11/14/18

6/30/22

Y
Jennifer Hooker

  5/10/19
  6/30/21
  Y
Robert Oatey 8/29/19
 		 6/30/22
  Y
Amanda Rotella (vice chair)

 1/7/20 
  6/30/21
  Y
Dora Shuey

 5/31/18  6/30/19  Y

Adam Spickler

7/22/14

6/30/20

N


HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment
Traci Bliss
 9/11/13
 		  1/1/23
  Y

Dennis F. Diego

  5/23/17
  1/1/24
 N

Ross Eric Gibson

 1/22/19

1/1/21

Y
Jessica Kusz

  1/24/17
  1/1/21
  Y

Don Lauritson (vice chair)

 1/23/18  1/1/22   Y

Joe Michalak (chair)

  1/23/18

 1/1/22

 Y 

Albert Narath

  9/11/18

1/1/24

Y



PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION


Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment
 J.M. Brown (chair)

  1/26/16
  1/1/24
 N

Gillian Greensite

1/22/19

1/1/23

Y
Altaira Hatton

  2/26/19
  1/1/22
  Y
Kristina Kincaid Glavis  1/23/18

1/1/21

Y

Hollie Locatelli 

 1/24/17  1/1/21  Y
Jane Mio (vice chair)

  1/23/18
  1/1/22
  Y
Dawn Schott-Norris 1/22/19

1/1/23

Y


PLANNING COMMISSION

       

Julie Conway  

1/27/15

1/1/21

Y
Cyndi Dawson  (vice chair)

  1/28/20
  1/1/24
  Y

Miriam Greenberg

1/22/19

1/1/23

Y
Sean Maxwell

  1/28/20
  1/1/24
  Y
Christian Nielsen

 1/28/14 1/1/22 N

Andy Schiffrin  (chair)

1/22/19

1/1/23

Y

Peter Spellman

1/28/14

1/1/22

N


SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE

Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment

Marta Beckwith

1/22/19

1/1/23

Y

Chandra Duffy

1/22/19

1/1/24

Y
Douglas Hull (vice chair)
  9/10/19
  1/1/21
  Y
Andrei Kiktev

  1/22/19  1/1/22  Y

Leo Jed

10/28/14

1/1/24

N

Jason McCluskey 

6/24/14

1/1/22

N
Michele S. Peregrin (chair)

 8/8/17   1/1/24  N

Andrea Rosenfeld

1/23/18

1/1/22

Y

 Linda Snook

1/24/17

1/1/21

Y
 Isabelle Tuncer

  1/22/19  1/1/23  Y
 Anita H. Wood

  1/22/19  1/1/23  Y


TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION

Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment

Philip Boutelle

1/27/15

1/1/23

N
Candace Brown

  1/28/20

  1/1/24

  Y
Jonathan Coleman

  1/28/20

 1/1/24

  Y

Peggy Dolgenos (chair)

10/28/14

1/1/21

N

Ron Goodman

1/28/20

1/1/24

Y

 Shaun Orgel-Olson

1/22/19

1/1/23

Y
Robert Orrizzi (vice chair)

  1/24/17
  1/1/21
  Y


WATER COMMISSION

Commissioner’s Name

Date First
Appointed

Term
Expires

Eligible for
Reappointment

Doug Engfer (chair)

1/26/16

1/1/20

Y
James Mekis

  1/24/17
  1/1/21
  Y
Alejandro Paramo

 1/28/20
 1/1/24 
  Y

Sierra Ryan (vice chair)

1/22/19

1/1/23

Y

Douglas R. Schwarm

1/28/14

1/1/22

N

Walter L. Wadlow 

1/24/12

1/1/22

N

Linda Wilshusen (County seat) 

1/22/13

1/1/21

N

 

N

Christian Nielsen