Promotions, Announcements & Appointments

May joins JFKIAT as chief financial officer

JFKIAT, the operator of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, announced the appointment of James May as vice president of Finance and chief financial officer (CFO). May joins JFKIAT from Phoenix Services LLC, a global leader in steel mill services, where he served as chief financial officer.

May has more than 20 years of multinational experience in a variety of financial and nonfinancial roles across industries that range from manufacturing to private equity.

Prior to his role at Phoenix Services, May served as chief financial officer of Atlantic Aviation, where he redefined safety programs, leading to a substantial improvement in safety performance, and enhanced data capture and processing to improve the financial results and decision-making processes.

May has also worked with The Macquarie Group as a senior vice president, where he led more than $3 billion in debt refinancing, $2 billion in acquisitions and investments, 15 percent in cost reductions at Atlantic Aviation, and other performance measurement and enhancement initiatives.

In his new role at JFKIAT, he will oversee all financial activity for T4, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, risk management, procurement and legal functions.

“We are excited for James to join our team,” said Roel Huinink, president and CEO of JFKIAT. “His experience will help to support our strong results-focused culture, and we believe his unique mix of in-depth financial understanding, business awareness and commercial experience will be of a tremendous value to JFKIAT as we continue to elevate the customer experience within the terminal.”

May holds an MBA in Business Administration from Columbia University and an MA in Economics from The University of Edinburgh. He is also an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. MAY

Burrell returns to Legal Services NYC

Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) announced that Michelle Burrell began as the new Project Director of Queens Legal Services.

Queens Legal Services provides high-quality free civil legal services to thousands of lowincome Queens residents each year, protecting the rights of vulnerable people across the borough, including LGBTQ communities, survivors of domestic violence, and communities of color.

“For over a decade, Michelle has dedicated her career to protecting New York City’s most vulnerable children and families, and we are beyond thrilled to have her lead Queens Legal Services,” said Raun Rasmussen, executive director of Legal Services NYC. “Michelle’s work for the communities she serves is driven by a deep sense of justice.”

Burrell began her career as a staff attorney at Legal Services NYC’s Brooklyn Family Defense Practice. She then became a staff attorney in the Matrimonial & Family Law Unit at New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) where she represented litigants in matrimonial, custody, visitation and family offense cases.

She comes back to Legal Services NYC from the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDS), where she was the managing attorney of the Family Defense Practice.

In that role, she managed a staff of attorneys, social workers, parent advocates and paralegals that provide legal representation to indigent parents and family caregivers who have been accused of abuse and neglect in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and CUNY School of Law, where she was a member of the Black Law Students Association and a member of the Law Review.

“It is an honor to return to Legal Services NYC, where I began my legal career,” said Burrell. “Joining Queens Legal Services is an incredible opportunity to both champion the amazing individuals who provide support and advocacy to the borough’s most vulnerable populations and to work to dismantle the interlocking systems of oppression that impact our neighbors and friends.” BURRELL

ConEd taps Donnley for senior VP post

Deneen Donnley has been named senior vice president and general counsel of Consolidated Edison. Donnley succeeds Elizabeth Moore, who retired at the end of December.

Donnley comes to Con Edison after nine years at the USAA in San Antonio. During the last four years, she served as the corporation’s executive vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary.

For the previous five years, she was senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of USAA’s federal savings bank. Between 2000 and 2010, Donnley was an SVP, general counsel, and secretary at ING Direct USA, managing legal and compliance matters for the ING Direct bank and its subsidiaries in Wilmington, Delaware.

“Deneen brings a wealth of experience as a general counsel and as a thought-leading attorney, helping to manage dynamic businesses through a period of fast-paced marketplace change,” said John McAvoy, Con Edison’s chairman and CEO. “The challenges Con Edison faces as we move to a renewable, low-carbon energy future where customer needs drive our strategic actions will leverage off her strengths and resourcefulness.”

Donnley’s legal experience also includes six years as a staff attorney for the Federal Reserve in Washington, as well as two years at a Wilmington law firm. She also was a budget analyst for the City of New York for two years.

She earned a J.D. from Fordham University and also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. DONNLEY

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BUSINESS NEWS MANUFACTURING SPACE OPENS IN OZONE PARK

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the crowd during the grand opening ceremony.

BY SARA KREVOY

State and city officials joined Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center (GMDC) in January for the opening of the Ozone Park Industrial Center, a new space that will house local entrepreneurs like woodworkers, artisans and makers.

The project includes the $42 million rehabilitation of a 113-year-old factory, making GMDC’s investment one of the largest in the recent history of Ozone Park.

Spread over three buildings, the Industrial Center has 85,000 square feet of flexible manufacturing units leasable to more than two dozen small and midsize businesses.

Originally built in 1906, the lot previously served as the Spear & Company Factory, producing hats and wax novelty items. The building later transitioned into the headquarters for the Worksman bicycle company.

It is now listed as a historic place both by the state and nationally.

Calculated to provide 80 jobs, the project is part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to revitalize New York’s manufacturing sector. Nearly two-thirds of construction workers employed for the project live in Brooklyn and Queens.

“The new GMDC Ozone Park Industrial Center builds on our economic development strategy by transforming a historic structure into space that will allow manufacturers to thrive in Queens,” said Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. “Supported by significant state investment, this project embraces our past and charts a course for the future focused on job growth, innovation, and the continued rebirth of manufacturing across New York.”

In addition to nearly $11 million in funding from the state, including a grant from Empire State Development, federal historic preservation tax credits and money from NYSERDA to put toward solar power installations, the GMDC Ozone Park Industrial Center was also supported by the city’s Industrial Developer

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