NYCxDESIGN Committees
Members of the New York City design community serve as part of the NYCxDESIGN Advisory Group, Steering Committee, and Strategy Task Force.
Advisory Group
Comprised of thought leaders from different disciplines within New York’s design community, the Advisory Group provides guidance for realizing NYCxDESIGN’s mission leveraging their unique perspectives and experiences to ensure NYCxDESIGN’s place as one of the leading design weeks in the world.
Photo by Erin Baiano
Caroline Baumann
Director: Cooper Hewitt
Smithsonian Design Museum
© Brigitte Lacombe
David Rockwell
Founder and President
Rockwell Group
John Edelman
Chairman of the Board
Design within Reach
Kinjil Mathur
CMO
Squarespace
© Randall Bachner
Ruben Toledo
Ilustrator, Artist, and Stage
Designer
Stacey Feder
CMO/Hudson Yards
The Related Companies
Strategy Task Force
A group of NYCxDESIGN participants that inform key strategies and tactics that align with the program’s mission. Strategy Task Force members provide guidance around the NYCxDESIGN programming and tackle initiatives to better serve the design community during the festival.
Lora Appleton
Founder
Female Design Council and
Kinder Modern
Alex Costas
Senior Vice President of Marketing
New York City Economic
Development Corporation
Anthony Curry
Director of Events and Special Projects
Parsons School of Design
Odile Hainaut
Co-Founder
WantedDesign
Kiel Mead
Director
American Design Club
Ilene Shaw
Founding Producer
Design Pavilion
Tim Tompkins
President
Times Square Alliance
Steering Committee
Representatives from the design community in New York City that lead the programming for NYCxDESIGN and act as liaisons with their respective sectors to ensure that NYC’s design community is engaged with and participating in NYCxDESIGN.
