Nyc mayor appoints two dominicans

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NYC Mayor appoints 2 Dominicans to senior staff


New York.- New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday appointed the Dominicans Finosky Pe?a Mora to lead the Department of Design and Construction, and Lisette Camilo to spearhead the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services.

The statement from the Mayor’s Office emailed by Roberto Perez:

Dr. Feniosky Pe?a-Mora is a leading engineer with vast experience managing infrastructure and construction projects in New York, the United States, and around the world. He is currently the Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Civil Engineering Mechanics, Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, and Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), where he has taught since 2009. He is also the founding partner of Pe?a-Alc?ntara Consultants, Inc., a firm specializing in the use of information technology and construction management techniques in infrastructure projects. Prior to joining the Columbia faculty, he was Associate Provost and the Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Lisette Camilo brings an extensive background in procurement, as well as familiarity with the office, having served most recently as the Office’s Acting General Counsel. Prior to being named Acting General Counsel in January 2014, Camilo served as MOCS’s Deputy General Counsel, and as Special Counsel and Assistant Director of the Vendor Programs Unit prior to that. From 2007 to 2011, Camilo was Counsel to the Committees on Contracts, Juvenile Justice, and General Welfare at the New York City Council. Before beginning her career in public service, Camilo was an associate at the law firm Pollack, Pollack, Isaac & de Cicco, where she practiced immigration law, and also served as General Counsel of UNITE HERE, Local 100 from 2002 to 2005.

Born and raised in Washington Heights by parents from the Dominican Republic, Camilo was the first in her family graduate from college. Camilo received her law degree from The George Washington University Law School and her undergraduate degree from Columbia College.

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