Gretchen Robinson

Washington, DC, is where Gretchen Robinson was brought up. After completing her BA in French and Anthropology at UVA, she earned her JD at American Washington University College of Law. She has over a decade of practical experience representing her clients in justice and is licensed to engage in law in New York.

After starting as an attorney within the Queens District Attorney’s Office, Ms Robinson joined the Civilian Complaint Management Board’s Administrative Prosecution Unit. She presided over trials and negotiated plea deals in cases involving minor offences.

In 2015, she began working for the State of New York as the Quality and Governance Manager of Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. Ms Robinson was the senior legal counsel for the Section of Minority and Women’s Business Development at the Empire State Investment Corporation in 2018.

She guided policy matters and legislation impacting the MWBE Program. In addition to representing the Enforcement Division in administrative hearings, she provided advice on MWBE problems to state organizations and public-interest companies.

New York City, Roosevelt Island, September 6th, 2019 Gretchen Robinson was appointed as the Vice President and legal counsel of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation at the September 5th board meeting.

RIOC is a corporation that serves the public, and neither of those are her original ideas. Still, they both refer to the government of York’s legislative body.

“The RIOC Act,” which founded the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, gave them the power to develop, run, and enhance Roosevelt Island. For organizing, conceiving, creating, implementing, and maintaining Roosevelt Island, the State of New York established the RIOC as a corporation for public benefit in 1984.

RIOC is dedicated to serving the municipality’s housing population by implementing novel and eco-friendly solutions. Roads, playgrounds, structures, sports venues, and transit systems, such as the famed air tramway, are all supervised by Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation on the two-mile-long island. Moreover, RIOC’s Public Safety Department helps secure the area for everyone who lives, works, or visits.