Nonprofit leader and lifelong New Yorker Grace Bonilla currently serves as president and CEO of United Way of New York City, a leading citywide nonprofit helping low-income New Yorkers by coordinating service providers, companies and local government services. Bonilla previously served as Administrator of the New York City Human Resources Administration and as the first Executive Director of New York City’s Taskforce on Racial Equity and Inclusion.

Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is the nation’s leading antimonopoly champion. As the 57th FTC chair under President Biden, Khan spearheaded the administration’s efforts to reinvigorate antitrust and consumer protection enforcement. Before heading the FTC, Khan was an Associate Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and served as counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative law, and as legal advisor to FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra.

Housing and economic development leader Maria Torres-Springer has held numerous leadership roles in city government, most recently serving as First Deputy Mayor in City Hall. Torres-Springer was previously Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development and Workforce, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and president and CEO of the NYC Economic Development Corporation. She has also served as vice president for U.S. programs at the Ford Foundation and is the incoming President and CEO of the Revson Foundation.

Melanie Hartzog is the President and CEO of the New York Foundling, one of the city’s largest and oldest non-profit organizations that helps children, youth, adults, and families in need through services, support, and advocacy. Hartzog previously served across two mayoral administrations as New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, and as Family Services Coordinator for the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services and Deputy Commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services. She also led a social services unit in the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, and was a Director for the Human Services Council of New York City, Inc.

Transition Executive Director Elana Leopold has served on Mamdani’s campaign as a senior advisor, acting as a liaison to civic, business and cultural leaders across the city. Leopold, a native New Yorker, held several senior roles during the de Blasio administration including senior advisor to IGA and senior aide to the Mayor, as well as serving on the 2013 transition following his successful 2013 campaign.