The NYC Mayor’s Office solicits applications to serve on the Panel. Once selected, members serve at the pleasure of the mayor.
NPCC members are leaders in their fields and are tasked with assessing and communicating the latest climate science information to help inform City policy.
Current Panel
Dr. Deborah Balk (co-chair), Professor of Public Affairs, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College at the City University of New York (CUNY); Professor, Economics, and Sociology Ph.D. Programs, CUNY Graduate Center, and Director, CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR)
Dr. Christian Braneon (co-chair), Research Scientist, Baruch College at the City University of New York (CUNY); Co-Director, Environmental Justice and Climate Just Cities Network at The Earth Institute of Columbia University
Dr. Robin Leichenko (co-chair), Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Geography, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Joel Towers (co-chair), Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design, Parsons School of Design; Co-Director, Tishman Environment and Design Center; and University Professor, New School University
Dr. Ana Baptista, Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management Graduate Program, New School University; and Associate Director, Tishman Environment and Design Center, New School University
Dr. Sheila Foster, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy, Georgetown University
Dr. Radley Horton, Research Professor, Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Dr. Kim Knowlton, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Mailman School of Public Health
Dr. Nicole Maher, Senior Coastal Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Dr. Thomas Matte, Senior Lecturer, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Dr. Peter Marcotullio, Professor of Geography and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Cities, Hunter College; Associate of the City University of New York (CUNY) Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC); and Faculty Member, Earth and Environmental Sciences Program, CUNY Graduate Center
Dr. Katherine McComas, Professor, Department of Communication, Cornell University
Dr. Timon McPhearson, Professor, Urban Ecology and Director, Urban Systems Lab, New School University
Dr. Franco Montalto, Professor and Director, Sustainable Water Resource Engineering Lab, Drexel University; Founder and President, eDesign Dynamics LLC; and Director, North American Hub, Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN)
Dr. Richard Moss, Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland
Dr. Philip Orton, Research Associate Professor, Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Bernice Rosenzweig, Faculty Member, Environmental Science, Sarah Lawrence College
Dr. John Kuo Wei Tchen, Clement A. Price Chair of Public History and Humanities and Director, Clement Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience, Rutgers University – Newark
Dr. Gernot Wagner, Climate Economist, Columbia Business School