Ellen Kahn, is an Emmy-award winning visual artist and pioneer in digital media and the music video genre. Ellen is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in Visual Arts. Ellen and her identical twin sister Lynda (AKA) TwinArt participated in international museums exhibits at The Whitney, The Met, Laguna Art Museum, Pompidou Centre, and ICA London. Ellen’s original vibrant and playful style caught the attention of MTV, Cable and Broadcast Networks and soon she developed a career as a Creative Director in the entertainment business. Her artistic vision is seen everywhere including Peewee’s Playhouse, Emilio Pucci, Martini & Rossi, Polaroid and Absolut TwinArt. Modern Harmonic released the vinyl LP TwinArt presents: Instant This / Instant That (2022). Most recently (2023) TwinArt exhibited AfterGlow X TwinArt at Melissa Morgan Fine Art in Palm Desert, CA.

April Krishnan is a residential interior designer who has lived and worked in the neighborhood for the past 12 years. She holds a graduate degree in Urbanism from the Cities Program at the London School of Economics, which is dedicated to the understanding of urban society and urban change. She completed her undergraduate studies at Wellesley College. Before becoming a designer, she was a Project Manager for a real estate development consultancy. April began volunteering in the Wednesday garden group at City Hall Park several years ago and is thrilled to be part of a positive wave of change for the Park.

Alessandra is trained as an architect and landscape architect, and joined the Project for Public Spaces team in 2007. Her expertise is in placemaking, and she is passionate about designing inclusive and welcoming spaces with communities. Her knowledge, skills, and design strategies equip people to fuel lasting changes. Prior to joining Project for Public Spaces she had a sixteen years career in landscape architecture, based in the New York area, with projects in the United States, and abroad. Alessandra's recent projects include low-impact designs for several parks, urban sites, waterfronts, and greenways. Her work often includes landscape and site design; designing and selecting amenities and other public spaces components; establishing a program; identifying opportunities for art; and design interventions with a high impact and a low budget. She is currently a visiting professor at the New York Institute of Technology, teaching site planning and architecture.

A 50-year resident of Tribeca, owner, and director of Children's Tumbling Studio for Children, which has been in operation since 1978. Under her supervision, many of her current and former students happily participate in the block parties of local schools, parks, and plazas walking on stilts in fun costumes. She has spent decades actively working with her neighbors and Community Board 1 in numerous community efforts.

Shellie Winkler is an award-winning New York City-based communications consultant. She is Founder & Principal of Concrete Advisors, a boutique professional services firm specializing in communications consulting, content, and coaching. Shellie and her husband Dean Winkler have called City Hall Park their front yard for more than 30 years. Shellie’s leadership experience includes chief learning officer, chief strategist, managing director and practice leader for firms such as Edelman, Ogilvy and Burson-Marsteller. Her capabilities were also honed as an in-house consultant, board member and volunteer for leading cultural institutions and not-for-profit organizations including Museum of the Moving Image, The New York Public Library, New York-Presbyterian and Morningside Center for Social and Emotional Learning.

Shellie earned a B.A. with high honors from the University of Michigan in the history of art, a M.A. from New York University in the history of art and a certificate in the principles and practices of organizational development from Columbia University.