Betty Y. Chen, Commissioner

Betty Y. Chen is an architect in New York City.  As Vice President for Planning, Design and Preservation at the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC), she oversees the planning for the redevelopment of Governors Island in New York Harbor.  Prior to joining GIPEC, Ms. Chen was with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation where she was responsible for the development of the World Trade Center Master Plan and various other planning projects in Lower Manhattan.

As a former Project Architect with the New York firm, Tod Williams, Billie Tsien Architects, she has extensive experience in design, project management, and construction administration.  From 2000 – 2005, Ms. Chen served on the Public Art Network Council advising on issues in the field of Public Art.  In 1993 she won the competition to design the San Jose Veterans’ Memorial along with her partners in Manhattan Projects.  The memorial was built in a public park in downtown San Jose and dedicated in 1997. 

Ms. Chen has taught in the art history and architecture departments at Yale University.  She has served on design juries at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Penn, Carnegie-Mellon, and CUNY.  Currently she also serves as a co-chair of a Harvard New York City Schools Committee.

Ms. Chen holds a Masters degree in Architecture from Yale University and a Bachelors degree from Harvard University.  She is a registered architect in the State of New York.

MEMBERS of the CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
Amanda M. Burden, FAICP, Chair Kenneth J. Knuckles, Esq., Vice Chairman Angela M. Battaglia Rayann Besser Irwin G. Cantor, P.E. Alfred C. Cerullo, III Betty Y. Chen	Maria M. Del Toro Richard W. Eaddy Nathan Leventhal Anna Hayes Levin Shirley A. McRae Karen A. Phillips

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