DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHNSON ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS INVOLVING HIS EXECUTIVE STAFF AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS UNIT

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today the appointment of Assistant District Attorney Maria T. Rivero to his Executive Staff. Ms. Rivero will serve as Administrative Assistant District Attorney. Prior to her promotion, Ms. Rivero was Director of Legal Recruitment, a position that she had held since July 1998. Mr. Johnson said that Ms. Rivero “ will retain overall responsibility for the process of recruiting the best new legal talent available to serve the people of Bronx County” in addition to assuming several other executive level administrative duties. Ms Rivero was appointed a Bronx Assistant District Attorney in September 1991.

L. Christopher Standora has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to being hired by Mr. Johnson, Standora worked for the New York State Unified Court System where he was Assistant Budget Director for New York City Courts, a post that he held since November 2000. Before that, Standora served for nearly four years as an Assistant to the Administrative Judge of New York City Criminal Court.

Lisa Payne Wansley has been named Administrative Chief. This promotion follows Ms. Wansley’s elevation to the Executive Staff in August 2005 when she was appointed Deputy Administrative Chief. Her responsibilities include oversight of Office Operations, Community Affairs, and Human Resources in matters involving approximately 400 support staff personnel. Ms. Wansley has worked for the Bronx District Attorney’s Office since May 1995 when she was appointed Director of Community Affairs.

Barbara Robles- Gonzalez, has been appointed Director of Community Affairs. She had been Acting Director since last August and prior to that Deputy Director since September 2002. Ms. Robles Gonzalez joined the Office in March 1999 when she was hired as Coordinator of Soundview /Bruckner/Castle Hill Weed and Seed, a federally funded crime prevention program jointly sponsored by the Bronx District Attorney’s Office and the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District.