Michael Adams-Liebman
Lauren Glant
Cas Holloway
James E. Rossman
Samuel W. Seymour
Lucy Baumrind
Peter D’Arcy
Valerie Oliver-Durrah & James Durrah
Judy & Alan Fishman
David Kramer
Robin Ottaway
Gail Stone & Matt Fishbein
Rudolph Wynter
Honoring
Christopher O. Ward is an urban infrastructure visionary and the former Executive Vice President and Chief Executive, Metro New York, for AECOM, a $17.4-billion, fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm that designs, builds, finances and operates infrastructure assets globally. At AECOM, Mr. Ward led strategic growth and profitability of the Design and Consulting Services group responsible for over 1,600 architects, engineers, scientists and support staff working on transportation, water and wastewater, environment, power, and buildings.
His 30-plus-year career comprises leadership roles in both the public and the private sectors, including a successful tenure at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where he led the World Trade Center rebuilding effort and delivered on a commitment to open the 9/11 Memorial by the 10th anniversary of the tragic events at the site.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Ward served the Bloomberg administration, leading the Department of Environmental Protection. Previous roles also included executive positions at Dragados USA, the General Contractors Association of New York, and American Stevedoring, Inc.
Recognizing
Tracy Cook-Person is an educator, lecturer, program designer, professional story teller and a published poet. A deep and lasting partner to both Brooklyn Historical Society and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Tracy worked with both to pilot and evaluate the Teen Innovators program at BLDG 92 in 2012. The program convenes a group of teens from neighboring high schools to investigate the history and future of the Yard as an engine for sustainable urban industry, environmentalism, and careers. In 2017 Teen Innovators was recognized with a National Arts and Humanities Youth Programs Award.
Previously the instructor of pedagogy for [email protected], a teacher preparation program at Teachers College, Columbia University; she is currently an instructor of pedagogy at Long Island University. Tracy is also a doctoral candidate at the Graduate Center at CUNY in Urban Education, Leadership and Policy. As an 11-year veteran teacher of the NYC public school system, she has collaborated with many NYC cultural institutions including The Brooklyn Museum, the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the New York Botanical Gardens.
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Honoree Tracy Cook-Person with her family
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Gala guests at the step and repeat
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Cocktail hour at the Fall Gala
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BHS Muslims in Brooklyn Project Director Zaheer Ali, Council Member Jumaane Williams & Debbie Almontaser
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Guests enjoying cocktail hour
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Guests enjoying dinner
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Christopher O. Ward receiving his award
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Guests catching up at dinner
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Gala guests dancing
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Fall Gala guests
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