Untermyer currently strengthens Greater New York’s transportation network at New Jersey Transit, where he tackles operational issues and capital projects that include the Gateway Program and New York's Pennsylvania Station. Untermyer previously served as Deputy Director of the Historic Districts Council, and is a frequent panelist and commentator on planning, preservation, and transportation issues impacting New York and the nation.
Untermyer’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Gotham Gazette, and the Transportation Law Journal, and he was named an Emerging Leader in Transportation by New York University’s Rudin Center. In 2016, Untermyer was featured in The New York Times for his successful plan to improve the Port Authority Bus Terminal by creating a performing arts center inside. Untermyer has also given lectures and tours for groups ranging from the National Park Service to the New York Adventure Club, and worked on the management team of the Urban Justice Center, an antipoverty legal services group.
Untermyer holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School, where he served on the Law Review as Casenote and Comment Editor, and clerked for Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Margaret Cangilos-Ruiz following graduation. In addition to his law degree, Untermyer holds a Master of Public Administration from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts in Metropolitan Studies from the University’s College of Arts and Science, where he studied under Carol Krinsky and Mosette Broderick.
Untermyer currently serves as Vice-Chair and Treasurer of the Woodlawn Cemetery Conservancy, a Trustee of the Historical Society of the New York Courts, and Vice-Chair of the New York Preservation Archive Project. He is a founding member of the Friends of George McAneny and is also an accomplished keyboard player who has appeared in Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean.
