Gotham Center Staff
Mike Wallace, Director
Suzanne Wasserman, Associate Director
Julie Maurer, Education Director
Ryan Swihart, Graduate Assistant
Carrie Pitzulo, Graduate Assistant
Rebecca Uchill, Conference Coordinator
Leah Silverstein, Conference Assistant
Consultants
Jonathan Hooper, Web Design
Abe Rein, Web Design
Phil Acosta, Web Design
Teaching NYC History K-12 Program Committee
Cynthia Copeland, New-York Historical Society
Kerry J. Dawson, Hudson River Park Trust
Franny Eberhart, Historic Districts Council
Kim Estes-Fradis, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Kate Fermoile, Brooklyn Historical Society
Seth Flicker, Brooklyn Friends
Lynda Kennedy, Brooklyn Historical Society
L.J. Krizner, New-York Historical Society
Susan Lowes, ILT, Columbia University
Joyce Mendelsohn, Historic House Trust
Brenda Parnes, NYS Archives
Hannah Smith, Learning By Design: NY
Thomas Thurston, ILT, Columbia University
Sherry Tu, Liberty High School
Sponsors
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Booth Ferris Foundation
Old York Foundation
U.S. Department of Education
Special Thanks to
Wendy and Douglas Kreeger, Old York Foundation
Hildy Simmons, J.P. Morgan Chase
Jacqueline Elias, J.P. Morgan Chase
Alex Stein, U.S. Department of Education
At the Graduate Center, CUNY
Frances Degen Horowitz, President, CUNY Graduate Center
William Kelly, Provost, CUNY Graduate Center
Steve Gorelick, Vice President, CUNY Graduate Center
Shana Carey
Cecelia Denniston
Hilry Fisher
John Flaherty
Joan Piper Harden
Peter Harris
Foster Henry
Madelyn Kent
Chris Lowery
Mike Mahoney
Ray Ring
Julie Sajda
Maggie Schaetlze
Brian Schwartz
Daniel Yackel
Marina Vasilyeva
This conference is part of History,
First Hand, a professional development program funded by
the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History
Grant program. History, First Hand is a partnership with
City Lore and Community School District One.
Special thanks to our partners at Community School District
One
Helen Santiago, Superintendent
Alice Stabiner, Deputy Superintendent
David Bellel
Janet Chasin
and at City Lore
Amanda Dargan
Marci Reaven
Steve Zeitlin
and also thanks to
Maggie Martinez Deluca
Richard Greenwald
Andy Meyers
Program Guide Design
emphas!s design inc., nyc
K - 12 Conference
