who  artist • committee • funding • team

artist

Meredith Bergmann, sculptor and designer

Meredith Bergmann is a sculptor and poet who for over 40 years has been making artwork that deals with complex themes in an accessible, beautiful, and stimulating way. She seeks out commissions that explore issues of history, race, human rights, disabilities, and the power of poetry and music.

Her public commissions include the 2020 Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument for New York City’s Central Park, the Boston Women’s Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston’s Back Bay, and her bronze Memorial to September 11th for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Meredith was awarded the Cooper Union Alumni Association’s Augustus Saint-Gaudens award for professional achievement in art in 2019. Learn more at meredithbergmann.com.

 

the committee

Roosevelt Island Disabled Association

Jim Bates, President, 2010–2017
Wendy Hersh, President
Nancy Brown, Vice President

The Roosevelt Island Disabled Association enhances the quality of life of the disabled population on Roosevelt Island by providing activities, programs, and social services that are geared to individuals' strengths and abilities — mental, physical, and emotional.
We help people live more independent and socially active lives.

 

FDR Hope Memorial Committee

of the Roosevelt Island Disabled Association

current and past members:
Marilyn Atkins
Jim Bates
Ron Becker
Nancy Brown
Fay Christian
Marc Diamond, chair
Jonathan Kalkin
Rick O’Conor
Ellen Polivy
Howard Polivy
Archie Price
Dr. Jack Resnick
Margie Smith

 

primary funding

ALICE HEYMAN

This key donation was received via
New York State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright

 

Four Freedoms Park Conservancy

William J. vanden Heuvel, Founder and Chair Emeritus
Sally Minard, Past President and CEO

Generous support provided by the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy

 

ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION

OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Shelton J. Haynes, President and CEO

 

New York City Council

New York City Council Member Jessica Lappin

 

the team

Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation

project owner; oversight of plaza construction project

Shelton J. Haynes, President and CEO
Prince R. Shah, Senior Project Manager

plaza design, digital modeling

Marc Diamond
André Morawski RLA, ASLA
Will Garris LEED AP
Aanya Chugh
 

lettering consultants

Abbott Miller
Mattson Gallagher
 

One Lux Studio

lighting design

Jack Bailey, IALD, IES, LC, LEED AP, Partner
Huanhai Chenh, Associate
 

Michael Bergmann

project manager
 

Polich Tallix

bronze foundry
 

Sculpture House Casting

mold maker

Salvatore Perrotta, master mold maker
Joseph Ruggiero, master mold maker
Ramon Reynoso, master mold maker
Wilfredo Sierra, mold maker

 

artist’s life models

Brian Sloan
Serenity Martorell
Jamie Michelson
F.D. Reeve
James Wallert

 

artist’s sculpture assistants

Stephanie Borgese
Angela Cunningham
Mark Porter

 

historians

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Paul Sparrow, Director
Kirsten Strigel Carter, Supervisory Archivist
Herman Eberhardt, Supervisory Museum Curator

Roosevelt Island Historical Society
Judith Berdy, President

Roosevelt Warm Springs
Michael Shadix, archivist

 The LiRo Group

owner’s representative

Trevor Engblom, Project Manager
Emma Kravitz, Office Engineer
Joseph Peckelis, Resident Engineer

 Lawrence Group

architect of record

Cole Hoffarth, AIA
Jordan Wilkinson, PLA

 Ysrael A. Seinuk P.C.

structural engineer

 JFK&M Consulting Group

electrical engineer

Nazmul Chowdhury

 Sea Crest Construction

general contractor

Eric Read, VP Operations
Jim Dergin, Project Manager
Giovanni F. Morsello, Project Superintendent

Prestige Stone and Pavers

stone installer

The North Carolina Granite Corporation

stone supplier and fabricator

Richard Zinsmeister, NYC Sales Rep.
Doug Norman, Cut Stone Manager
Dale Marion, Chief Estimator
Alton Simmons, Project Manager
Chris Martin, Drafting Supervisor
Stanley Joyce, Senior Draftsman
Sam Dowdy, Senior Draftsman
Rocky Gwyn, Production Manager
Quarry Department
Fabrication Department
Shipping Department

Langan Engineering and Environmental

site survey

Joseph Romano, Principal / Vice President
Gregory Jensen, Laser Scanning Survey Technician
Matthew Sipple, PLS, Project Surveyor — 3D Laser Scanning

 

SavATree

arborist

Mark Van Nortwick, ISA Certified Arborist

 

Accu-Cost Construction Consultants

cost estimator

Patricia Neumann, CPSM, CEO and President

+ very special thanks to +

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Laura Gang

Daniel Gardiner

Randy Huber, Coldspring

New York State Assembly Member Mikah Kellner

Marianne Lau, AIA

Dick Lutz, The Main Street WIRE

Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, New York City

NYC Parks

New York City Public Design Commission

Percent for Art, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Roosevelt Island Visual Artists Association

Roosevelt Islander Online

Roosevelt Island Committee of NYC Community Board 8
Larry Parnes, Co-Chair
Jeffrey Escobar, Co-Chair
Ellen Polivy

Jane Swanson, Assistant Director, Government and Community Relations, Cornell Tech