Yvi McEvilly
Assistant Commissioner
Design-Build Unit, New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC)

Lunchtable Host

Yvi McEvilly is the Assistant Commissioner of the Design-Build Unit at the New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC). She is a licensed landscape architect and expert in delivering capital projects in New York City’s complicated construction environment with 19 years of experience managing public projects from multiple vantage points within the private, non-profit, and government sectors. At NYCDDC, Yvi leads the agency’s program for alternative project delivery and is expanding the design-build portfolio for public buildings and infrastructure. Prior to NYCDDC, Yvi was a Vice President at New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) where she supervised a $500+M portfolio of waterfront, public building, open space, and infrastructure projects. Before NYCEDC, she was Director of Design at the environmental non-profit New York Restoration Project and a project manager at Ken Smith Landscape Architect. In 2023 she completed the rigorous Coro Leadership New York program. She holds a B.S. in Architecture and a M. Arch from the University of Virginia.