Executive Committee 2025-2027
Keri Watkins Webb – Co-Re-Founder & Chair
President, Cecil K. and Leroy J. Watkins Foundation
Zak Ivkovic – Co-Re-Founder & President/CEO
Immediate Past Commissioner, CUNYAC
Stacey Davis – Co-Re-Founder & VP Programs
NYCHoops.net
Sean Couch – Co-Re-Founder & VP Development
President, Jim Couch Foundation
Dr. Mike T. Cohen – Co-Re-Founder & VP Communications
Interim CEO 2020-2024
Katrina M. Adams – Board Member (Elected Term May 2025-June 2027)
President and CEO Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program
Hugo King – Board Member (Elected Term May 2025-June 2027)
President and CEO USA Brokers
Eric Rubin – Board Member (Elected Term May 2025-June 2027)
President and CEO of Uncommon Charitable Impact
Ryan Martin – Board Member (Elected Term May 2025-June 2027)
Director of Inclusive & Adaptive Sports CUNY
Ambassadors (In Formation)
- Kenny Anderson (Inducted 2008 – Appointed Ambassador 2025)
- Mario Elie (Inducted 2007 – Appointed Ambassador 2025)
- Tina Charles (Inducted 2024 – Appointed Ambassador 2025)
- Ron Naclerio (Inducted 2025 – Appointed Ambassador 2025)
Legacy Council (In Formation)
- Gail Marquis (Inducted 2009)
- Mel Davis (Inducted 1998)
- Ronnie Nunn (Inducted 2024)
- Mike Saunders (Inducted 2011)
- Peter Vecsey (Inducted 2001)
- Prof. Richard Lapchick (Inducted 2015)
- Kenny Anderson (Inducted 2008)
- Lauren Cargill (Inducted 2024)
- Len Elmore (Inducted 2001)
- (In Formation)
Advisory Council (In Formation)
- Coach Steve Konchalski – Hoops Canada
- Eric “Broadway” Jones – Harlem Wizards
- Gregg Cohen – MBWA
- Bruce Beck – WNBC
- Peter Vecsey (Inducted 2001)
- Prof. Richard Lapchick (Inducted 2015)
- Elizabeth Galloway-McQuitter – Legends of the Ball
- Lauren Cargill (Inducted 2024)
- (In Formation)|
History of the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame
The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame’s inaugural class was inducted in an elegant mega ceremony in NYC in May 1990.
The Hall’s first class included All-Time Basketball superstars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billy Cunningham, Red Auerbach, Coach Claire Bee, Bob Cousy, William “Pop” Gates, Connie Hawkins, Coach Dick McGuire, Holcombe Rucker, Dolph Schayes and Ms. Zelda Spoelstra.
The second class was no less stunning: Dolly King, Fuzzy Levane, Ned Irish, Tiny Archibald, Bobby Wanzer, Bob Douglas and Coaches Red Sarachek, Lenny Wilkins, Nat Holman and Red Holtzman. A similar level of greatness has continued throughout the years.
A total of twenty-seven classes of inductees were enshrined between 1990-2017 when two of the legendary founders Robert A. “Bob” Williams and Howard “Garf” Garfinkel passed away, followed closely by the passing of founding board members Cecil Watkins and Tom Konchalski. Founder Howie Evans died in May 2025 after a long debilitating illness. The only remaining Founder is the esteemed Peter Vecsey (Class of 2001)- who is well on his way to achieving his lifelong goal – to outlive everyone born in 1943.
Founders
* Deceased
Bob Williams*
Larry "Scout" Pearlstein*
Howard Garfinkel*
Bill Travers*
Howie Evans*
Peter Vecsey
Cecil Watkins*
