Board of Directors.

Uzoamaka N. Okoye, Board Chair

Uzoamaka N. Okoye is the Chief of Staff at The New Terminal One at JFK. In collaboration with the CEO and the Executive Leadership team, she drives strategy, planning and organizational development across all areas of the business. She oversees several functions that touch every area of the business, including sustainability, communications, board and company governance.

Uzoamaka brings more than two decades of experience in the construction and development industry, including substantial expertise as a legal adviser on construction and environmental law in the New York metropolitan area. She served for more than a decade at law firms Troutman Sanders (now Troutman Pepper) and Gibbons, prior to acting as Legal Counsel to The New Terminal One’s Project Management Office for four years before being appointed Chief of Staff in 2023.

She began her career as a project engineer in New York, working on water and wastewater infrastructure projects and assisting in the oversight and management of design and construction. Uzoamaka holds a Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers Law School, a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from New York University – Polytechnic School of Engineering and a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from American University.

Nadya Salcedo, Secretary

Director, Fair and Equitable Housing Office, NY State Homes & Community Renewal

Nadya is an attorney and oversees fair housing policy and marketing practices for state-financed housing portfolio. She started her career in housing at the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn and previously worked for a major international law firm as a litigator. She is a graduate of Rice University and NYU Law.

Nyanquoi Yargawon   

Yvonne L. Mbewe

Maaza Seyoum

Ouafaa Hmaddi

Annmarie Khan

More than fifteen years in nonprofit Finance and Accounting. Earlier in her career she worked at various nonprofit organizations and as of 2016 joined the City University of New York (LaGuardia Community College) as the Finance Manager whereby she manages the college Accounts Payable Operations. She is a graduate of Mercy University.