Board Member	Date of Appointment	Date of Expiration of Term
Joseph P. Parkes, S.J. Chairman	04/08/2008	03/31/2013
Art Chang	07/01/2009	03/31/2012
Richard J. Davis	06/29/2009	03/31/2014
Katheryn C. Patterson	04/01/2005 (reappointment)	03/31/2010
Mark S. Piazza	05/16/2006	03/31/2011

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Board Member Bios

Joseph P. Parkes, S.J. is the President of Cristo Rey New York High School in East Harlem. He also sits on the Boards of St. Aloysius School in Central Harlem, St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, and St. Ann’s School in East Harlem. He previously served as President of the Fordham Preparatory School. He also served in a variety of posts within the New York Province of the Society of Jesus before his appointment as Provincial in 1990. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the Fordham Universty College of Philosophy & Letters, his M.A. in Medieval History from the University of Wisconsin and his Masters of Divinity from Woodstock College. Father Parkes was first appointed to the Board by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on May 29, 2007 and elevated to chairman on April 8, 2008. His term will expire March 31, 2013.

 

Art Chang founded Tipping Point Partners in 2005 to bring together experienced entrepreneurs and investors from both coasts to the benefit of the New York City technology startup community. Tipping Point typically incubates and builds fledgling Internet companies from concept to commercialization in mobile, media, and enterprise applications. Mr. Chang previously worked as an investment banker and venture capital professional and has been an entrepreneur in a dozen start-ups over the past 25 years. His civic experience includes positions at the New York City Corporation Counsel's Office and at Empire State Development. Mr. Chang has served on non-profit Boards at Safe Horizon and the Brooklyn Public Library and is an advisor to the Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship at New York University. He began his career in architecture, which ended with the architect I.M. Pei. He received his MBA from New York University and his BA from Yale. Mr. Chang was appointed to the Board by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on July 1, 2009. His term expires March 31, 2012.

 

Richard J. Davis is a partner in the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He has previously served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Enforcement and Operations) from 1977 to 1981, and prior to that served as an Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor and an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. Among other activities he has served as Chairman of the Board of Citizens Union (2004 to January 2008), Chairman of the Board of the Randall’s Island Sports Foundation (1995 to date), Chairman of the Mayor’s Commission to Combat Police Corruption (1996 to 2002), a member of the Task Force on Police-Community Relations (1997 to 1998) and Board Member and Vice Chair of the Legal Aid Society (2000 to Date). Mr. Davis graduated from the University of Rochester and the Columbia University School of Law. Mr. Davis was appointed to the Board by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. His term expires on March 31, 2014.

 

Katheryn C. Patterson is a former partner at the law firm Coudert Brothers. She is also a Trustee at the Juilliard School and the Trinity School, as well as a volunteer at the American Museum of Natural History. Ms. Patterson was a member of the New York City Charter Revision Commission in 2003. She holds an A.B. from Stanford University in Communication/Political Science, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Ms. Patterson was reappointed to the Board by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on April 1, 2005. Her term expires on March 31, 2010.

Mark S. Piazza is a partner with the law firm of Jacobi, Sieghardt, Bousanti, Piazza & Fitzpatrick, P.C. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Hofstra University, and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Piazza has served as President of the Richmond County Bar Association (2002-2004) and as a member of its Board of Directors (1996-2006). In 2005, he was appointed to the State of New York Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts and served on Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye’s Commission to Examine Solo and Small Firm Practice in 2004. Mr. Piazza volunteers as an arbitrator for the Civil Court of the City of New York’s Small Claims Part and was appointed to the Administrative Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York’s Housing Court Practitioner Committee in 1997. He has taught landlord-tenant law for the Richmond County Real Estate Institute and has lectured for the New York Urban League, the New York Public Library, the Staten Island Community Housing Resource Board, Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. of Staten Island and the Richmond County Bar Association. Mr. Piazza was appointed to the Board by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on May 16, 2006. His term expires on March 31, 2011.

Campaign Finance Board Members and their Terms of Service

July 1, 2009 – Present
Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., Chairman
Art Chang
Richard J. Davis
Katheryn C. Patterson
Mark S. Piazza

June 29, 2009 – June 30
Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., Chairman
Richard J. Davis
Katheryn C. Patterson
Mark S. Piazza

February 10, 2009 – June 28, 2009
Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., Chairman
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Katheryn C. Patterson
Mark S. Piazza

April 8, 2008 – February 9, 2009
Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., Chairman
Preeta D. Bansal
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Katheryn C. Patterson
Mark S. Piazza

May 29, 2007 – April 7, 2008
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Joseph P. Parkes, S.J.
Katheryn C. Patterson
Mark S. Piazza

April 1, 2007 – May 28, 2007
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Katheryn C. Patterson
Mark S. Piazza

May 16, 2006 – March 31, 2007
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Katheryn C. Patterson
Mark S. Piazza
Joseph Potasnik

April 1, 2006 – May 15, 2006
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Katheryn C. Patterson
Joseph Potasnik

September 16, 2004 – March 31, 2006
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Katheryn C. Patterson
Joseph Potasnik
Alan N. Rechtschaffen

October 27, 2003 – September 15, 2004
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman
Alfred C. Cerullo, III
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Joseph Potasnik
Alan N. Rechtschaffen

July 30, 2003 – October 26, 2003
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman
Alfred C. Cerullo, III
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Joseph Potasnik

April 1, 2003 – July 29, 2003
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Chairman
Alfred C. Cerullo, III
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Pamela Jones Harbour
Joseph Potasnik

October 17, 2000 – March 31, 2003
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Alfred C. Cerullo, III
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Pamela Jones Harbour
Joseph Potasnik

September 2, 2000 – October 16, 2000
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Alfred C. Cerullo, III
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Joesph Potasnik

May 31, 2000 – September 1, 2000
Joseph A. O’Hare, Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Alfred C. Cerullo, III
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Joseph Potasnik

May 18, 2000 – May 30, 2000
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Dale C. Christensen, Jr.
Bill Green
Joseph Potasnik

May 13, 2000 – May 17, 2000
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Bill Green
Joseph Potasnik

June 28, 1999 – May 12, 2000
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Bill Green
Dennis Mehiel
Joseph Potasnik

January 12, 1999 – June 27, 1999
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Bill Green
Dennis Mehiel

June 1998 – January 11, 1999
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Bill Green

September 19, 1997 – June 1998
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Joseph Erazo
Bill Green

June 2, 1997 – September 18, 1997
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Bill Green
Vaughn C. Williams

June 4, 1996 – June 1, 1997
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Martin S. Begun
Bill Green
James I. Lewis
Vaughn C. Williams

June 7, 1995 – June 3, 1996
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Bill Green
James I. Lewis
Vaughn C. Williams

July 21, 1994 – June 6, 1995
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
Bill Green
James I. Lewis
Joseph Messina
Vaughn C. Williams

December 11, 1992 – July 20, 1994
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
James I. Lewis
Joseph Messina
Vaughn C. Williams

September 23, 1992 – December 10, 1992
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
James I. Lewis
Joseph Messina

July 14, 1990 – September 22, 1992
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
James I. Lewis
Joseph Messina
Sonia Sotomayor

December 22, 1988 – July 13, 1990
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
James I. Lewis
Joseph Messina
Robert B. McKay
Sonia Sotomayor

April 1, 1988 – December 13, 1988
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., Chairman
James I. Lewis
Frank J. Macchiarola
Robert B. McKay
Sonia Sotomayor