Bill de Blasio under fire for omitting Catholic clergy from 60-member transition team

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18. How would you know?

For one thing, the members of the transition time are not at the link.

Here they are:

In addition to the two chairs of the team, Carl Weisbrod and Jennifer Jones Austin, who were previously announced, here are the names unveiled by Mr. de Blasio:
•Thelma Golden, director and chief curator, Studio Museum of Harlem
•Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, president and founder of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
•Cheryl Cohen Effron, founder, Greater NY; former president, ATC Management
•Karen Brooks Hopkins, president, Brooklyn Academy of Music
•Alexa Avilés, program officer, Scherman Foundation; co-president, Parent Teacher Association of Public School 172
•Zakiyah Ansari, advocacy director, Alliance for Quality Education
•Maxine Griffith, executive vice president and special adviser for campus planning, Office of Government and Community Affairs, Columbia University
•Kate Sinding, senior attorney, New York Urban Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
•Una Clarke, former City Council member, Brooklyn
•MaryAnne Gilmartin, president and CEO, Forest City Ratner Companies
•Bertha Lewis, president and founder, The Black Institute
•Marcia A. Smith, president, Firelight Media
•Ana Oliveira, president and CEO, the New York Women's Foundation
•Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, senior rabbi, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
•Darren Walker, president, Ford Foundation
•Martha Baker, executive director and CEO, Nontraditional Employment for Women
•Dr. Katherine LaGuardia, assistant clinical professor, obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive science, Mount Sinai Medical Center
•Dr. Conchita M. Mendoza, chief of geriatrics, University Hospital of Brooklyn, Long Island College Hospital
•Cynthia Nixon, actress
•Arnold L. Lehman, director, Brooklyn Museum
•Oskar Eustis, artistic director, the Public Theater
•Edward (Ed) Lewis, founder, Essence Communications
•Richard Buery, Jr., president and CEO, the Children's Aid Society
•William Floyd, head of external affairs, Google
•Meyer (Sandy) Frucher, vice chairman, the NASDAQ OMX Group
•Orin Kramer, founder, Boston Provident LP
•Vincent (Vinny) Alvarez, president, NYC Central Labor Council
•Peter Madonia, COO, the Rockefeller Foundation
•Ken Sunshine, founder, Sunshine Sachs
•Harold Ickes, former White House deputy chief of staff
•Dr. Rafael Lantigua, professor of clinical medicine, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
•John Banks, vice president of government relations, Con Edison; Board Member, Metropolitan Transit Authority
•Douglas (Doug) Durst, chairman, the Durst Organization
•Derrick Cephas, partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges; former CEO and president, Amalgamated Bank
•Herb Sturz, co-founder, Vera Institute of Justice
•Jeremy Travis, president, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
•Rabbi Michael Miller, executive vice president and CEO, Jewish Community Relations Council
•Pastor Michael Walrond, Jr., director of Ministers Division, National Action Network; Seventh Senior Pastor, First Corinthian Baptist Church
•Udai Tambar, executive director, South Asian Youth Action
•David Jones, president and CEO, Community Service Society of New York
•Marvin Hellman, president, OHEL Children's Home and Family Services
•Rev. A.R. Bernard, founder and senior pastor, and CEO, Christian Cultural Center
•George Gresham, president, 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
•Dr. Steven Safyer, president and CEO, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
•Ken Lerer, managing director, Lerer Ventures; former chairman and co-founder, Huffington Post
•Imam Khalid Latif, executive director and chaplain, Islamic Center, New York University
•Marian Fontana, board member, Lower Manhattan Development Corp., Families Advisory Council
•Tim Armstrong, chairman and CEO, AOL.
•Kevin Ryan, founder and chairman, Gilt
•Pam Kwatra, president, Kripari Marketing; executive committee, Indian National Overseas Congress
•Elsie Saint Louis, executive director, Haitian-Americans United for Progress
•Vanessa Leung, deputy director, Coalition for Asian American Children & Families
•Paula Gavin, executive director, Fund for Public Advocacy
•Kim Sweet, executive director, Advocates for Children of New York
•Dr. Marcia Keizs, president, York College, The City University of New York
•Jukay Hsu, founder, Coalition for Queens
•Arnie Segarra, activist and longtime NYC public servant
•Elba Montalvo, founder, president and CEO, the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
•Mindy Tarlow, executive director and CEO, Center for Employment Opportunities
•Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, executive director, Queens Council on the Arts

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For another thing, how do you know none of them are atheists? Some, like you, may prefer to keep it secret in a professional setting. Or maybe they don't consider it significant.