Rhonda is the Executive Director of Gracie Mansion, the Official Residence of the Mayor of New York. Ms. Binda most recently served as head of ESG/CSR strategy for a publicly traded company and prior to this position, Rhonda served as the Queens Deputy Borough President. Rhonda is an award-winning Expert for the Development of Smart and Connected Communities and Emerging Industries, Co-Founder of Venture Smarter and in 2018, successfully led the “Smart Regions Infrastructure Challenge”, gathering interest from over 250 state and local governments.

Rhonda helped stand up the bi-partisan U.S. Congressional Smart Cities Caucus, Co-Chaired by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. She served in the U.S. Department of State as a diplomat and in the West Wing of the White House, in the Obama and Clinton Administrations, respectively. Between government tours, she practiced Financial Services and Technology Law at Alston & Bird LLP. Rhonda was named Executive Director of the Jamaica, Queens Business Improvement District (BID), the largest in Queens.

She is internationally recognized as the only American “people’s choice” leader in developing smart cities. Rhonda served on the boards for the NY Hall of Science, Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens, and Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation High School Women’s Leadership Academy. She also serves on the AIPAC National Council and the New York Venture Council. She is an Adjunct Professor at The City University of New York – Medgar Evers College and Queens College. Rhonda graduated from Duke University, Georgetown Law, and is an Oxford University Lord Rothermere Scholar, in Modern British Politics.