Staff & Board
Staff
Barbara Askins
President & CEO
Barbara Askins serves as President and CEO of the 125th Street Business Improvement District in Upper Manhattan (Harlem) in New York City. Her fields of specialization include Economic Development, Workforce Development and Community Building, Nonprofit and Grassroots Organizing, Urban Planning, Government, and Media Relations. She has done extensive work as a public involvement specialist throughout her career, spearheading countless improvement projects, including projects centered on transportation, environmental and facility planning, among others.
Anthony Baker
Director of Operations
Benjamin Kahan
Project Manager
Doslyn Moody
Executive Assistant
Christopher Reavley
Cross Functional Project Coordinator
Bookkeeper
Event Producer
Nicholas & Lence Communications
Public Relations
General Counsel
Board of Directors
Class A: Property Owners
Michelle Ebanks
Ross Jacobs
Enzo Fata
Drew Greenwald & James Tuman
Sharon Joseph
Alan Jemal &
Joseph Jemal
Sunny Choi
Madison International Realty
Sade Lythcott
Cy Richardson
Steven Feldman
Leah Abraham
Debra Alligood White
Colette Commodore
Class B: Tenants
Thierno Diallo
Cap USA
Donald Felix
Carver Federal Savings Bank
Kevin Young
Adam Doyno
C. Virginia Fields
CV Fields and Associates
Lewis Rice
Monifa Benison
European Wax Center
Carol Luna
Tamisha McPherson
Harlem United
Reverend Maurice Winley
Marcus Wilson
Ebony Davis
Pandora Jewelry
Anthony White
Class C: Residential Tenants
Charles Weathers
271 W 125th Street
Class D: Elected Officials
Yusef Salaam
Nina Saxon
Representing the Office of the New York City Comptroller, Mark Levine
Marielle Ali
Representing the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Hon. Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Ivi Lewis
Representing the Office of the Mayor, Hon. Zohran Mamdani / NYC Department of Small Business Services
Class E: Community & Affiliates
Ester Fuchs
Shaun Smith
Victor Edwards
Monique Hardin-Cordero
Kendall Glaspie
Marquis Harrison
Xavier Santiago
Adam Brija
