Bill Lynch Named One of Harlem's 30 Most Influential Persons by Amsterdam News

As developed by a select committee comprised of members of the Harlem Business Alliance, Harlem Commonwealth Council, Harlem Community Development Corporation, New York Urban League, 100 Black Men of New York, Harlem Arts Alliance, Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Publishers Association and New York State branches of the NAACP and Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement.

• Bill Lynch, chairman, Bill Lynch Associates, LLC
• Curtis Archer, president, Harlem Community Development Corporation
• Dr. Harry Belafonte, internationally renowned entertainment and human and civil rights activist
• Dr. Lee C. Bollinger, president, Columbia University
• Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, senior pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church
• Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children Zone
• Hon. William "Bill" Clinton, former president, United States of America
• Hon. Inez E. Dickens, New York City Council member (Harlem) and majority whip, New York City Council
• Hon. David N. Dinkins, former mayor, New York City
• Hazel N. Dukes, president, New York State branches of NAACP
• Walter Edwards, chairman, Harlem Business Alliance
• Hon. Herman "Denny" Farrell, New York State Assembly member (Manhattan) and chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee
• Kenneth Knuckles Esq., president, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
• Hon. H. Carl McCall, former New York State comptroller
• Richard D. Parsons Esq., chairman, Citigroup and Apollo Theater Foundation
• Hon. David A. Paterson, former governor of New York
• Hon. Basil A. Paterson, renowned labor lawyer and political and civic activist
• Hon. Bill Perkins, New York State senator
• Dr. Muriel Petioni, nationally renowned health activist
• Hon. Charles B. Rangel, congressman (Harlem) and ranking member of Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives
• Jackie Rowe-Adams, president, Local 299
• Rev. Al Sharpton, media commentator and chairman, National Action Network
• Dr. Lisa Staiano-Coico, president, the City College of New York
• Elinor R. Tatum, publisher and editor in chief, New York Amsterdam News
• Hon. Melissa Mark-Viverito, New York City Council member
• Lloyd A. Williams, president and CEO, the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
• Deborah C. Wright Esq., chairman, president and CEO, Carver Bancorp Inc. and Carver Federal Savings Bank
• Hon. Keith L. T. Wright, New York State Assembly member (Harlem) and chairman, Assembly Committee on Social Services
• Voza Rivers, chairman, Harlem Arts Alliance
• Hon. William Thompson, former New York City comptroller