Board of Directors
Jared Goss, Chairman
Frances Schultz, Vice-Chair
Duncan Sahner, Vice-Chair
Bruce Addison, Treasurer
Martin Breheny, Secretary
George Ball
Elizabeth Cabot
James P. Druckman
Susan Donoghue, Ex officio
Timothy Hamilton
Michael A. Kovner
Mario Nievera
Lily O’Boyle
Louis A. Molina, ex officio
Patricia Sovern
Advisory Board
CeCe Black
Andrea Henderson Fahnestock
Janet Mavec
Staff
Sara Hobel, Executive Director
George Pisegna, Deputy Director & Chief of Horticulture
Administration
Katherine Biggar, Administrative Manager
Jasmine Chang, HR & Hiring Coordinator
Lisa Gilroy, Payroll Associate
Lauren Keane-Farrell, Senior Director of Administration
Nadine Kruczowy, Project Coordinator
Adriana Lall, Assistant Director of Finance
Cleo Lewis, Director of Finance
Charlotte Muth, Development Associate
Whitney Sessoms, HR Manager
Kevin Sullivan, Senior Grants Writer
Children’s Education & Professional Development
Mark Benedetti, Greenhouse and Garden Manager
Parrish Finn, Garden Educator
Thalia Flores-Perez, Garden Educator
Pamela Ito, Director of Education
Rosa Karim, Garden Educator
Bethany Kogut, Education Manager & Content Creator
Carla Shotwell, Greenhouse & Education Center Manager
GreenHouse & Horticultural Therapy
Jake Kennedy, GreenHouse Instructor
Mechthild(Hilda) Krus (HTR), Director of GreenHouse & Horticultural Therapy Services
Valentina Michelotti, Curriculum Writer
Douglas Pentland, GreenHouse Instructor
Rose Upton, GreenHouse Instructor
McLean Zauner, GreenHouse Instructor
Horticulture
Loissa Harrison-Parks, Account Manager (Horticulture)
Craig Zeitlin, Account Manager (Horticulture)
Raquelle Sewell, Administrative Assistant
Jeremy Jungels, Director of Horticulture
Georgia Faulkner, Director of Special Projects
Wilson Berroa, Field Supervisor
Jason Eisner, Field Supervisor
Paulene Hosein, Field Supervisor
Josuan Martinez, Field Supervisor
Kemberly Villalta, Field Supervisor
Lily Farr, Gardener
Alison Gish, Gardener
Reuven Hoffman, Gardener
Roger Levine, Gardener
Maria Nieves, Gardener
Karenna Northland, Gardener
Gabriel Roman, Gardener
Yismel Rosario, Gardener
Ailyn Salas Pacheco, Gardener
Azaryah Yisrael, Gardener
Natalie Brickajlik, Program Development Manager
Nicholas Guntli, Senior Director of Horticulture
Patrick Costello, Therapeutic Workshop Coordinator
Andrew Hall Therapeutic Workshop Instructor
Open Streets Team
Meet the Team