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Tim Tompkins, President

Tim_Tompkins_Headshot_Rotated Tim Tompkins has been the President of the Times Square Alliance since 2002. The Alliance is a business improvement district that works to improve and promote Times Square - cultivating the creativity, energy and edge that have made the area an icon of entertainment, culture and urban life for over a century.

Prior to coming to the Alliance, he was the Founder and Director of Partnerships for Parks, which works to support New York City’s neighborhood parks. He has worked at New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, The New York City Charter Revision Commission, and was briefly the Nationals Editor at the Mexico City News, an English language newspaper in Mexico.

He has an undergraduate degree from Yale and an M.B.A. from Wharton, and currently teaches a class on Urban Economic Development at the NYU Wagner School.

When not in the most urban and unnatural place on the planet, he enjoys being in New York’s natural areas, ideally sailing or practicing yoga.


Robyn Brown | Executive Assistant to the President
Georgina M. Nichols | Chief Financial Officer
Shiho Ando | Controller
Dafina Simmonds | Associate, Finance
Tom Harris | Sr. Vice President, Security & Operations
Carl Barchus | Director, Public Safety
Joe Costarella | Director, Sanitation
Rick Diffendale | Asst. Director, Sanitation
Tyree Abernathy | Manager, Facilities & Office
Damian Santucci | Manager, Public Space
Verona Kennedy | Associate, Operations
Ellen Goldstein | Vice President, Planning, Policy, Design
Marianne Vernetson | Director, Economic Development
Ruben Moya | Senior Manager, Economic Development & Business Services
Reuben Fischer-Baum | Manager, Policy & Research
Gary Winkler | Vice President, Events & Programs
Natascha Theis | Director, Partnerships & Marketing
Sherry Dobbin | Director, Public Art
Ka-Man Tse | Project Manager, Public Art
Ellyn Bernstein | Manager, Sales & Sponsorships
Gia Storms | Director, Communications & External Affairs
Belle Domingo | Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications
Samuel Breidbart | Coordinator, Communications
Jennifer Gomez | Coordinator, Marketing
Yangin Shieh | Graphic Designer
Deborah Cook | Director of Human Resources
Hollis Kam | Assistant Director, Human Resources