BIG APPLE GREETER HALL OF FAME

Big Apple Greeter’s Hall of Fame pays special tribute to outstanding leaders in their fields who have made a special contribution to the well-being of New York City.

Big Apple Greeter Kicks-Off the Greeter for a Day Program

On July 15, 2009, former New York Giants superstar Tiki Barber and legendary actor Dominic Chianese joined Big Apple Greeter representatives, elected officials, and New York business and tourism officials to announce the Greeter for a Day Program, calling on other prominent New Yorkers to step forward to become part of the initiative.

The story was shown on television and published in newspapers and the internet around the world. To learn more about the Greeter for a Day program, please contact Founder Lynn Brooks at 212.669.2362. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer Greeter or an office volunteer, please visit our volunteer page for more information.

Greeter for a Day

December 7, 2009: David McManus - General Manager, Affinia Shelburne

October 27, 2009: Robert C. Lieber - Deputy Mayor for Economic Development

August 4, 2009: Lisa Colangelo - Daily News Columnist

July 30, 2009: Marty Markowitz - Brooklyn Borough President

July 21, 2009: Dominic Chianese - Legendary actor

July 14, 2009: Tiki Barber - Former New York Giants superstar

December 18, 2008: Mike Woods and Ines Rosales - WNYW (Fox 5) Television Broadcasters

August 15, 2008: Robert Catell - U.S. National Grid Chairman

BIG APPLE GREETER ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION BREAKFAST

PAST SPRING BENEFIT HONOREES AND BENEFIT CHAIRS

2009 Honoree Tiki Barber - Retired NFL Pro-Bowl Running Back, NBC News

Correspondent, “Football Night in America” Analyst,
Chairman of Tiki Ventures, LLC

Honoree Robert C. Lieber - Deputy Mayor of Economic Development

2008 Honoree William R. DeCota - Aviation Director, The Port Authority of NY & NJ

Benefit Chair Larry Kellner - Chairman & CEO, Continental Airlines

2007 Honoree Tim Tompkins - President, Times Square Alliance

Benefit Chair Michael J. Stengel - Market Vice President & Area General

Manager, NYC Marriott Hotels

2006 Honored Guests, Hon. Adolfo Carrion, Jr. - Bronx Borough President

Hon. Marty Markowitz - Brooklyn Borough President

Hon. Helen Marshall - Queens Borough President

Hon. James P. Molinaro - Staten Island Borough President

Hon. Scott Stringer - Manhattan Borough President, Honored Guests

2005 Honoree Carl Weisbrod - President, The Downtown Alliance

Benefit Co-Chair Bruce Ratner - President & CEO,

Forest City Ratner Companies

Benefit Co-Chair Thomas Renyi - Chairman and CEO,

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

2004 Honoree Stephen M. Ross - Founder & CEO of The Related Companies, L.P.

Benefit Chair Steve Spinola - President, Real Estate Board of New York

2003 Honoree Cristyne L. Nicholas - President & CEO, NYC & Company

Benefit Chair Joseph E. Spinnato - President,

Hotel Association of New York City

2002 Honoree Daniel L. Doctoroff - Deputy Mayor for Economic Development &

Rebuilding, The City of New York

2001 Honoree Charles A. Gargano - Chairman & Commissioner, Empire State

Development Corporation

Benefit Chair Elizabeth A. Baltz, Senior Vice President, MasterCard International

2000 Honoree E. Virgil Conway - Chairman, New York State Metropolitan

Transportation Authority

1999 Honoree Lewis Rudin - Co-Chair, Rudin Management

Benefit Chair Eugene R. McGrath - Chairman & CEO, Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, Inc.

1998 Honoree Robert R. Kiley - President & CEO, The NYC Partnership /

Chamber of Commerce

Benefit Chair Richard F. Syron - Chairman, The American Stock Exchange

1997 Honoree Richard D. Parsons - President, Time Warner, Inc.

Benefit Chair Robert R. Kiley - The New York City Partnership

1996 Honoree Douglas Durst - President, The Durst Organization

Benefit Chair Thomas G. Labrecque - Chief Executive Officer,

The Chase Manhattan Bank

1995 Honoree William Chaney – Chairman & CEO, Tiffany & Co.

Benefit Co-Chair Anthony M. Carvette - President, Structure Tone

Benefit Co-Chair Joseph G. Costabile – Sr. Director, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

1994 Honoree H. Eugene Lockhart – President & CEO, MasterCard International

Benefit Chair Thomas G. Labrecque - Chairman, The Chase Manhattan Bank

CELEBRATE NEW YORK

PAST FALL BENEFIT HONOREES AND BENEFIT CHAIRS

2008 John Catsimatidis – Chairman & CEO, Red Apple Group, Honoree

Charlotte St. Martin – Executive Director, The Broadway League, Honoree

Dennis Swanson – President, Fox Television Stations, Honoree

2007 Amanda M. Burden – Director of the New York City Department of City Planning

and Chair of the City Planning Commission, Honoree

Tim Zagat – Co-Founder, Co-Chair & CEO, Zagat Survey

Joseph E. Spinnato President & CEO, Hotel Association of New York, Inc.

Benefit Chairs

2006 Andrew R. Mann - Principal, Gardiner & Theobald, Inc., Honoree

Anthony Carvette - President, Structure Tone, Inc., Benefit Chair

2005 Katherine Oliver - Commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Film,

Theatre & Broadcasting, Honoree

Tome Kane, President and CEO, Viacom Television Stations Group,

Benefit Chair

2004 Robert F. Fox, Jr. - Partner, Cook + Fox Architects, Honoree

Douglas Durst - President, Durst Organization, Benefit Chair

2003 Joseph J. Seymour - Executive Director,

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Honoree

Larry Silverstein - President, Silverstein Properties and Diana Taylor -

Superintendent of Banks, New York State Banking Department, Co-Chairs

2002 John M. Vazquez - Senior Vice President & Director of Global Facilities

Services, J.P. Morgan Chase & Company, Honoree

2001 Charles J. Maikish - Executive Vice President, J.P. Morgan Chase, Honoree

Peter Striano - CEO, Unity Electric, Benefit Chair

2000 Brendan Sexton - President, Brendan Sexton & Associates & Lynn White

Host, WPIX TV Channel 11

1999 Scott Herman - V.P. & General Manager, 1010 WINS, Honoree

Lloyd Williams - President and CEO, Greater Harlem Chamber of

Commerce, Honoree

1998 Joseph Spinnato - President, Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., Honoree

Christopher P. Boylan - Deputy Executive Director,

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Benefit Chair

1997 Michael Hegarty - Vice Chairman, The Chase Manhattan Corporation, Honoree

Anthony M. Carvette - President, Structure Tone, Inc., Benefit Chair

1996 Tom Cusick - President, The Fifth Avenue Association, Honoree

Anthony M. Carvette - President, Structure Tone, Inc., Benefit Chair

1995 Arthur Surin - Senior Vice President of Hilton Hotels Corp., and Managing

Director, New York Hilton and Towers, Honoree.

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