Elizabeth Berger

Elizabeth Berger is President of the Alliance for Downtown New York, an organization dedicated to providing Lower Manhattan with a premier physical and economic environment, advocating for its businesses and property owners and promoting it as a world-class destination for companies, workers, residents and visitors. She is a member of the Municipal Art Society, The Battery Conservancy, Second Stage Theater, the New York Building Congress, Film Forum and the American Museum of Natural History. She served on the board of the former Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation. She established government relations practices at the law firms Lord Day & Lord Barrett Smith and LeBoeuf, Lamb Greene & MacRae, and is credited with creating the Department of Government and External Affairs at Lincoln Center. She served as an Assistant Mayoral Representative to the New York City Council during the Koch administration. A graduate of Yale College, Ms. Berger has been involved with civic organizations in New York City for more than 20 years.