Real estate marketing pioneer Louise Sunshine sold her Sunshine Group to Corcoran in 2005. She's currently the development director at Izak Senbahar's Alexico Group.

The son of Armenian housing magnate Kevork Hovnanian, Ara is the CEO of New Jersey-based K. Hovnanian, the sixth-largest homebuilder in the U.S. His wife is social fixture Rachel Hovnanian.

The son of Harry Macklowe, Billy is the president and chairman of the beleaguered real estate concern Macklowe Properties. His brother-in-law is fellow real estate plutocrat Kent Swig.

The son of mega-developer Jerry Speyer, Rob is a senior managing partner at his dad's real estate development company, Tishman Speyer, and heads up its activities in the New York area. His stepmom is real estate exec and Lincoln Center chair Katherine Farley.

Falcone is the senior managing director of Harbinger Capital Partners, a hedge fund with $20 billion under management. His fund was one of the few to profit during the global credit crisis—he walked away with $1.7 billion in 2007. He's now spending his winnings: Phil and his ever-social wife, Lisa, paid $49 million for the Guccione mansion on the Upper East Side in March 2008.

One of the city's elite co-op brokers—he's sold more than ten apartments in 834 Fifth alone—Kaiser runs Key-Venture Realty, a small residential brokerage previously controlled by his mother. His clients have included crooner Neil Diamond and fashion tycoon Kenneth Cole.

The former president of Merrill Lynch, Herb Allison most recently served as the chairman, president, and CEO of the Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund, or TIAA-CREF. He retired in April 2008.

One of New York's top condo salesmen, flashy Brown Harris Stevens broker Mangone has sold apartments to the likes of Beyoncé Knowles and Ricky Martin.

A major figure in commercial real estate circles, CB Richard Ellis global brokerage chair Steve Siegel seals deals on behalf of some of the city's biggest landlords and corporations. He works in close concert with CBRE regional CEO Mary Ann Tighe and regional chair Bob Alexander.

Modell is CEO of New York's best-known sports retailer, Modell's Sporting Goods, which has been in his family for four generations.

Formerly the chef of Daniel Boulud's Café Boulud, and the three-star Italian restaurant A Voce, Carmellini now heads up the kitchen at Locanda Verde and The Dutch.

Popularly known by her Barefoot Contessa moniker, Garten is a chef, author, TV host, and former White House nuclear energy analyst (who knew?).

François Payard made his name as the pastry chef at Daniel Boulud's eponymous flagship. The dessert doyen has since dotted the globe with outposts of his Payard Patisserie & Bistro.

Formerly the president of Advance.net, the digital arm of Si Newhouse's publishing empire, media vet Jeff Jarvis now teaches journalism, blogs at BuzzMachine.com, and pontificates on all things digital.

Audrey Saunders

The chief film critic for the Times for more than two decades, Maslin stepped down in 1999 to lead a more leisurely life as one of the paper's book critics.

Frederic De Narp

A former star reporter for the New York Times, Judith Miller "retired" atop a mushroom cloud of controversy in 2005 after becoming embroiled in the investigation into who leaked the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame. She's since gone on to become a commentator on Fox News and has written for the conservative outlet Newsmax.

Keller is senior pastor at the Redeemer Presbyterian Church and one of the city's most prominent Protestant leaders.

The founder of the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York City, Rev. Richard John Neuhaus was one of the most powerful Catholic leaders in America up until his death in January 2009.