Staff
Executive Leadership
Merritt Birnbaum
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ethan Miller
Chief Financial Officer
Roxanne Roth
Vice President of Operations
John Herrold
Riverside Park Administrator, NYC Parks; Senior Advisor, RPC
Conservancy Staff
Ben Adamo
Field Supervisor
Manuel Alarcon
Field Supervisor
Estephanie Betances
Director of People Operations
Taylor Bowne
Administrative Assistant
Nicole Brostoff
Director of Development
Stephanie Ashley Cabán
North Park Outreach Coordinator
Marcus Caceres
Volunteer Events Coordinator
Jeremy Cleveland
Groundskeeper
Ahmed Cohen
Director of Sports Camp
Lovell Corbett
Gardener
Jonathan Corrales
Groundskeeper
Gabriel Cruz
Volunteer Program Field Associate
Whitney Dearden
Director of Public Programming
Moira Delaney
Sustainability Coordinator
Roberto Diaz
Gardener
Alyssa Diodato
Gardener
Sabrina Dukes
Director of Finance & Administration
Alison Ettinger-DeLong
Communications Manager
Shearrie Eure
Gardener
Lovett Evans
Gardener
Anastasia Galkowski
Sustainability Manager
Elias Gomez
Gardener
Shonaie Gutter
Ballfields Gardener
Conrad Hanson
Senior Development Officer
Winston Johnson
Gardener
Jessica Kaplan
Director of Horticulture
Sally Kim
Park Operations and Systems Coordinator
Will Koffler
Associate Director, Riverside Tennis Association
Elephtherios Kotsanis
Gardener
Caroline Leary
Director of Institutional Relations
Robert Leaver
Gardener
Oliver Lopez
Gardener
Kristen Meade
Director of Volunteer Initiatives
Cesar Monterrosa
Ballfields Supervisor
Luis Jose Lizardo Nuez
Groundskeeper
Devorah Roberts
Special Projects Manager & Assistant to the President
Jonas Rociunas-Englert
Gardener
Ryan Schulte
Volunteer Program Field Associate
Prayatmi Shakya
Programming and Facilities Coordinator
Lisa Shore
Volunteer Outreach Coordinator
JT Silberstein
Executive Director, Riverside Tennis Association
Sadie Simpson
Gardener
Ryan Stiles
Clay Court & Ballfields Groundskeeper
Adrian Tapia Mejia
Fleet Manager
Namios Terry
Compost Operations Coordinator
Hayley Tessler
Field Research and Partnerships Coordinator
Aliou Traore
Gardener
Dani Turner
Riverside Park South Programming Coordinator
Avalon Watson
Field Supervisor
Avalon Watson
Groundskeeper
Nina Webb
Field Supervisor
Grace Willoughby
Development & Communications Associate
Nat Xu
Gardener
NYC Parks- Riverside Park Leadership
John Herrold
Riverside Park Administrator, NYC Parks; Senior Advisor, RPC
Kelli Jordan
Riverside Park Deputy Administrator
Margaret Bracken
Landscape Architect; Chief of Design & Construction, RPC
Wesley Hamilton
Riverside Park Manager
Nicole Phillip
Special Events Coordinator
Barbara (Basia) Nikonorow
Riverside Park South Facilities Coordinator
Milagros Cruz
Senior Park Supervisor