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
- Benjamin Jones Seasonal Zone Gardener
- Diane Brownstone
- Lisa Caputo
- Alexandra Cohen
- Topher DesPrés
- Douglas Durst
- Adam Flatto
- Richard Gess
- Andrew Goldfarb
- Joshua Goldfarb
- Amy Goldman Fowler
- Tim Gunn
- Marc Heiman
- Mychal Johnson
- Catherine Jones
- Peter Jueptner
- Marc D. Klein
- Yoko Ono Lennon
- Ellen Levine
- Rob Light
- Margo MacNabb Nederlander
- Janice Parker
- Amanda Parsons, MD
- Elizabeth Peabody
- Frank Raffaele
- Barbara Wilks
- Andrea Woodner
Deborah Marton
Executive Director
Catherine Hall
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Gary Dearborn
Chief of Capital
Tim Domini
Chief Financial OfficerAdministration
- Alexis Braxton Administrative Assistant
- Karen Bravo Accounting Associate
- Caitlin Goodspeed Executive Assistant & Board Liason
- Steffanie Hiraldo Director of Finance
Capital
- Tayyab Buksh Director of Construction
- Ryad Benghabrit Construction Project Manager
- Monica Hernandez-Truitt Director of Design
- Filomena Riganti Senior Project Manager
Community Engagement, Public Programming & Education
- Sofia Balog Community Engagement Seasonal Assistant
- Allie Brody Environmental Educator
- Annel Cabrera-Marus Director of Community Engagement
- Corey Croughn Director of Public Programming
- Jon Crow Community Engagement Seasonal Assistant
- Matthew Dain Public Events Manager
- Michelle Dvorak Public Events Manager, Seasonal
- Mya Jenkins Education Manager
- Charlie Reynoso Community Engagement Manager
- Juan Rodriguez Community Engagement Coordinator
- Nina Salzman Director of Educational Programs
- Tess Wenstrup Environmental Educator
- Duke Yun Environmental Educator
Development
- Michael Collins Individual Giving and Special Events Coordinator
- Kayla Donley Manager of Development Partnerships
- Eben Fenton Development Coordinator, Seasonal
- Bethany Hogan Director of Government Affairs
- Steven Koplin Database Administrator
- Jason Osher Deputy Director of Development
- Michael Yerdon Deputy Director of Development, Major Gifts & Corporate
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
- Kedar Hawkins Seasonal Gardener Intern
- Brian Gonzalez Seasonal Park Gardener
- Kevin Gonzalez Seasonal Park Gardener
- Stacey Granda Brooklyn Zone Gardener
- Benjamin Jones Seasonal Zone Gardener
- Charles Lannie Hill Landscape Supervisor
- Oliver Martinez Seasonal Park Gardener
- Christopher McArdle Highbridge Natural Area Supervisor
- Sydney McGrath Seasonal Zone Gardener
- Afeni Powers Seasonal Zone Gardener
- Edwards Santos Swindler Cove Manager
- Yessenia Santiago Assistant Director of Operations
- Karen Satterthwaite Northern Manhattan Project Coordinator
- Jason Sheets Director of Garden Horticulture
- Simon Skinner Senior Director of Operations
- Jason Smith Director, Northern Manhattan Parks
- Andrew Stewart Brooklyn Zone Gardener
- Donte Taylor Deputy Director, Community Gardens
- Dustin Thomsen Chief of Repair and Construction
- Jeffrey Vasquez Seasonal Gardener Intern