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
- Caroline Bernal-Silva Director of Individual Giving
- 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
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
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
- 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
- Veronica Maisch Temporary Public Programs Manager
Development
- Caroline Bernal-Silva Director of Individual Giving
- Kayla Donley Manager of Development Partnerships
- Bethany Hogan Government Relations & Special Projects Manager
- Michael Collins Individual Giving and Special Events Coordinator
- Jason Osher Director of Institutional Giving
- Matt Shapiro Vice President of Development Partnerships
- Steven Koplin Database Coordinator
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
- Christopher McArdle Highbridge Natural Area Supervisor
- Stacey Granda Brooklyn Zone Gardener