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Mayor
Justin C. Brasch
Mayor2026-01-02 – December 2029
City council
Victoria Presser
Council PresidentJanuary 2019 – December 2027
Evelyn Alicea-Santiago
Council Member2026-01-05 – December 2029
Thomas Caruso
Council Member2026-03-04 – December 2026
Jeremiah Frei-Pearson
Council MemberJanuary 2024 – December 2027
Valerie Simmons
Council Member2026-02-02 – December 2026
Nick Wolff
Council Member2026-01-05 – December 2029
Former officials (5)
Richard Payne
Council Membermonth-level start: January 2022 per City Archivist list "White Plains City Council Members 1916 to 2026" (cityofwhiteplains.com DocumentCenter 12107, 3-11-26) (Year Started 2022; elected Nov 2021, Examiner 11-9-21). Re-elected Nov 2025 and took the oath Jan 5, 2026 (agenda + minutes: "newly reelected Richard Payne"), then absent Jan 26 and off the Feb 2 roll call; resignation (employment abroad, announced Dec 2025 per WPCNR May 5, 2026) effective date unpublished. 2026-03-04 is the date his seat was filled by Thomas Caruso (Mar 4 minutes), recorded as term_end for that reason; the city list shows Final Year 2025, which the Jan 5 minutes contradict.
Thomas Roach
Mayor2011-02-19 – 2026-01-01. Mayor from Feb 19, 2011 (acting) to Jan 1, 2026 per Wikipedia infobox "Thomas Roach (mayor)"; did not seek re-election, succeeded by Brasch (city page: Brasch term began Jan 1, 2026). Not mayor in 2026 meetings.
Jennifer Puja
Council Membermonth-level start: January 2019 per City Archivist list "White Plains City Council Members 1916 to 2026" (cityofwhiteplains.com DocumentCenter 12107, 3-11-26) (Year Started 2019). month-level end: December 2025 per City Archivist list "White Plains City Council Members 1916 to 2026" (cityofwhiteplains.com DocumentCenter 12107, 3-11-26) (Final Year 2025) and WPCNR May 5, 2026 (left the Council in the last two months of 2025, elected Westchester County Legislator); vacancy filled by Simmons Feb 2, 2026.
John Martin
Council Membermonth-level start: January 2022 (second stint; elected Nov 2021, Examiner 11-9-21 "Brasch, Martin, Payne Prevail"; city list shows two separate stints since 1994). month-level end: December 2025 per City Archivist list "White Plains City Council Members 1916 to 2026" (cityofwhiteplains.com DocumentCenter 12107, 3-11-26) (Final Year 2025); seat filled by Wolff Jan 5, 2026.
Nadine Hunt-Robinson
Council Membermonth-level start: January 2014 per City Archivist list "White Plains City Council Members 1916 to 2026" (cityofwhiteplains.com DocumentCenter 12107, 3-11-26) (Year Started 2014). month-level end: December 2023 per City Archivist list "White Plains City Council Members 1916 to 2026" (cityofwhiteplains.com DocumentCenter 12107, 3-11-26) (Final Year 2023); successor Frei-Pearson started 2024.
Boards & commissions
Elizabeth Marrinan
Planning Board MemberSarina Russell
Planning Board MemberJohn Ioris
Planning Board ChairmanMark Elliott
Planning Board MemberLauren Morris
Planning Board MemberTanya Norris
Planning Board MemberThelma Davenport-Tulloch
Mayor's Youth Board MemberChristopher Kent
Recreation & Advisory Committee MemberEnrique Jinete
Mayor's Youth Board MemberLucille Capello
Mayor's Youth Board MemberMaya Amir (Y)
Mayor's Youth Board MemberAnthony Marena
ChairRev. Jeffrey A. Geary
Historic Preservation Commission MemberLauren McCallion
Conservation Board MemberDawn Barrett
Mayor's Youth Board MemberJennifer Cruz
Recreation & Advisory Committee MemberChristopher McCants
Recreation & Advisory Committee MemberJosh Kaplan
Zoning Board of Appeals MemberNorman DiChiara
Design Review Board MemberLeonard Gruenfeld
Recreation & Advisory Committee MemberMichael Goldman
Conservation Board MemberAlan Ramsa y
Conservation Board MemberVincent Fields
Mayor's Youth Board MemberAdriana Feng (Y)
Mayor's Youth Board MemberCecilia Bikkal
ChairKent Johnsson
ChairDaisy Marcatoma (Y)
Mayor's Youth Board MemberTimothy Baird
Mayor's Youth Board MemberHon. Brian Hansbury
Board of Ethics MemberKim Holland
Conservation Board MemberWalter Eddie
Zoning Board of Appeals MemberDan Weiller
White Plains Urban Renewal Agency MemberValerie Daniele
Recreation & Advisory Committee MemberMichael Bellantoni
Design Review Board MemberMichele Schoenfeld
Recreation & Advisory Committee MemberKatrina Jackson
Mayor's Youth Board MemberKathleen Cooney Bonistall
Mayor's Youth Board MemberRev. Gregory Smith
Board of Ethics MemberMonte Suber
Mayor's Youth Board MemberRalph Reda
Historic Preservation Commission MemberBonnie Hagen
Conservation Board MemberKevin Hodapp
Board of Ethics MemberJennifer Lee
Historic Preservation Commission MemberJonathan Schere
Recreation & Advisory Committee MemberDavid Schiff
ChairSuveer Savharwal (Y)
Mayor's Youth Board MemberAndrew Berger
ChairErwin Ong
Design Review Board MemberRobert Burg
Conservation Board MemberCharles Morgan
Recreation & Advisory Committee MemberRosemarie Eller
Board of Education MemberCity staff
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