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July 2023 

NYCHA Employees Participate in New York Build Expo 

Latoya Jordan

Earlier this year, NYCHA employees participated in the New York Build Expo, an annual construction and design conference with more than 500 speakers, over 400 exhibitors, and attended by over 35,000 people, including architects, realtors, developers, civil engineers, and government and construction professionals. NYCHA’s team spoke on various panels about topics such as design and contract opportunities at NYCHA, updates on infrastructure programs, the Clean Heat for All Challenge, sustainability, the future of construction in New York, and more.  

Speakers from NYCHA’s Asset and Capital Management (A&CM) team included:  

two images, on the left a woman is holding a mic while seated on a stage, two other people are seated on stage, too. On the right, a group of people are standing around a table at an expo.
Joy Sinderbrand (left) spoke at a panel on infrastructure updates and the A&CM staff (right) at NYCHA’s Expo table.
  • Joy Sinderbrand, Senior Vice President for Capital Programs 
  • Matt Charney, Vice President of Design and Construction  
  • Dylan Baker-Rice, Director of Architecture and Engineering Services 
  • Siobhan Watson, Deputy Director of Sustainability Programs 
  • Debora Lopes, Policy Advisor 

Speakers from other departments were Arvind Sohoni, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Innovation, and Heather Belovin, Esq., Healthy Homes Environmental, Health, and Safety Department. 

The A&CM Department also hosted an information table at the two-day expo to support vendor outreach which was staffed by Cecelia Adames, Chris D’Alimonte, Francisco Contreras, Leah Kreger, and Kinta Dokubo. 

Featured photo caption: Dylan Baker-Rice, NYCHA’s Director of Architecture and Engineering Services, spoke at a panel on design and construction opportunities at the New York Build Expo.