About
Board and Staff
Benjamin F. Needell Esq.
Chairman
Mitchell Silver
Ex-Officio
Josh Sirefman
Ex-Officio
Darcy A. Stacom
Vice President
Chairman's Council
- Joshua Sirefman, Chairman
- Diane Brownstone
- Lisa Caputo
- Alexandra Cohen
- Douglas Durst
- Adam Flatto
- Andrew Goldfarb
- Joshua Goldfarb
- Amy Goldman Fowler
- Tim Gunn
- Marc Heiman
- Bob Jacobs
- Catherine Jones
- Peter Jueptner
- Marc D. Klein
- Yoko Ono Lennon
- Ellen Levine
- Margo MacNabb Nederlander
- Amanda Parsons, MD
- Elizabeth Peabody
- Frank Raffaele
- Peter E Raymond
- John J. Studzinski CBE
- Barbara Wilks
- Andrea Woodner
- Caroline Bernal-Silva Director of Individual Giving
Deborah Marton
Executive Director
Gary Dearborn
Chief of Capital
Catherine Hall
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Ronald G. Miller
Chief Development Officer
Thomas Newman
Chief Financial OfficerAdministration
- Alexis Braxton Administrative Assistant
- Caitlin Goodspeed Executive Assistant & Board Liason
- Steffanie Hiraldo Director of Finance
- Matt Pych Office Manager
- Nathaniel Sutherland Accounting Associate
Capital
- Tayyab Buksh Director of Construction
- Monica Hernandez-Truitt Director of Design
- Filomena Riganti Senior Project Manager
Community Engagement, Public Programming & Education
- Corey Croughn Director of Public Programming
- Mya Jenkins Education Manager
- Rosemarie Miner Public Programs Manager
- Charlie Reynoso Community Engagement Manager
- Nina Salzman Director of Educational Programs
- Duke Yun Environmental Educator
- Annel Cabrera Director of Community Engagement
- Juan Rodriguez Community Engagement Seasonal Assistant
- Jon Crow Community Engagement Seasonal Assistant
- Sofia Balog Community Engagement Seasonal Assistant
- Michelle Olivero Community Engagement Data Assistant
- Jo Nelson Temporary Public Programs Manager
Development
- Caroline Bernal-Silva Director of Individual Giving
- Kayla Donley Development Partnerships Coordinator
- Bethany Hogan Government Relations & Special Projects Manager
- Elizabeth Lopez Database Manager
- Michael Collins Individual Giving and Special Events Coordinator
- Jason Osher Director of Institutional Giving
- Matt Shapiro Vice President of Development Partnerships
Marketing and Communications
- Sean Nevins Marketing and Communications Director
Operations
- Mony Baxendale Zone Gardener, Northern Manhattan
- Barry Elmore Manhattan Zone Gardener
- Lovett Evans Bronx Zone Gardener
- Ashton Francis Citywide Projects Coordinator
- Charles Lannie Hill Landscape Supervisor
- Yessenia Santiago Assistant Director of Operations
- Edwards Santos Swindler Cove Manager
- Jason Sheets Director of Garden Horticulture
- Simon Skinner Senior Director of Operations
- Jason Smith Regional Director, Northern Manhattan
- Andrew Stewart Brooklyn Zone Gardener
- Donte Taylor Deputy Director, Community Gardens
- Dustin Thomsen Chief of Repair and Construction
- Zach Kalas Seasonal Park Landscape Technician