The Market East Revival is a unified push to revitalize the Market East corridor through public-private partnership, collaboration, and robust community engagement. The Advisory Group is led by Jessie Lawrence and Octavia Howell, the Director and Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Development, and Jerry Sweeney, President and CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust and the Chair of the Mayor’s Center City Revitalization Business Roundtable.
Members include a wide range of more than 60 business, civic, city planning, development, labor and government leaders. Chief of Staff Tiffany Thurman will serve as the Mayor’s primary liaison to the group.
Members of the Market East Advisory Group are:
- Allan Domb, Allan Domb Real Estate
- Andi Perez, SEIU 32BJ
- Angela Val, Visit Philadelphia
- Annie Allman, Reading Terminal Market
- Bill Glazer, Keystone Development & Investment
- Bryan Fenstermaker, City Ave District
- Carl Dranoff, Dranoff Properties
- Carlton Williams, Office of Clean and Green Initiatives
- Catherine Califano, Pennsylvania Department of General Services
- Chellie Cameron, Chamber of Commerce for Greater Phila.
- Cheryl Hill, Office of Homeless Services
- Colin Jones, The Goldenberg Group
- Daniel Killinger, National Real Estate Development
- Darryll Adams, The Loews Philadelphia Hotel
- David Adelman, 76ers / Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment
- David Thomas, PHDC
- Donald E. Moore, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Donovan West, Mayor’s Business Roundtables
- Doug Klein, The Notary Hotel Philadelphia
- Ed Grose, Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association
- Eleanor Sharpe, City Council President’s Office
- Fergie Carey, Midtown Village Merchants Association
- Gabe Morgan, SEIU 32BJ
- Jackson Hsieh, Macerich
- Jake Elghanayan, TF Cornerstone
- Jennifer Rodriguez, Greater Phila. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Jerry Sweeney, Brandywine Realty Trust
- Job Itzkowitz, Old City District
- Jodie Harris, PIDC
- John Chin, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
- John Hanson, PATCO, DRPA
- John McNichol, PA Convention Center Authority
- John Mondlak, Dept. of Planning and Development
- Joseph Cacchione, Jefferson University
- Karen Fegely, Commerce Department
- Kathryn Ott Lovell, Philadelphia Visitor Center
- Ken Bull, Five Below, Inc.
- Kenneth Reed, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
- Kevin Bethel, Philadelphia Police Department
- Khine Zaw Arthur, Asian American Chamber of Commerce
- Mark Lynch, IBEW Local 98
- Mark Merlini, Brickstone Realty
- Michael Carroll, Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems
- Mungu Sanchez, EAS Carpenters
- Nadir Jones, Office of Business Impact and Economic Advancement
- Nicole Cashman, Cashman and Associates
- Octavia Howell, Dept. of Planning and Development
- Paul Steinke, Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
- Prema Katari Gupta, Center City District
- Raheem Manning, Commerce Department
- Regina Hairston, African American Chamber of Commerce
- Rich Lazer, Philadelphia Parking Authority
- Rosslyn Wuchinich, UNITE HERE Local 274
- Rob Dubow, Finance Department
- Robert Zuritsky, Parkway Corporation
- Ryan Boyer, Laborers District Council
- Scott Sauer, SEPTA
- Tami Sortman, Washington Square West Civic Association
- Tom Reid, Comcast Spectacor/76ers Joint Venture
- Val Gay, Creative Philadelphia
- Zach Wilcha, Independence Business Alliance
- Zakary Pyzik, PA Restaurant & Lodging Association
Read the press announcement for the Market East Advisory Group and other updates about the work to revive Market East on the project website.
