Staff

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

Ben Adamo

Field Supervisor – Special Services

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

Ahmed Cohen

Director of Sports Camp

Chloe Conceicao

Senior Manager of Communications

Lovell Corbett

Gardener

Gabriel Cruz

Volunteer Program Field Associate

Whitney Dearden

Director of Public Programming

Moira Delaney

Sustainability Coordinator

Antonia De Mello

Assistant Director of Sports Camp

Roberto Diaz

Gardener

Sabrina Dukes

Director of Finance & Administration

Shearrie Eure

Gardener

Lily Farr

Gardener

Jermaine Gilleo

Senior Ballfields Groundskeeper

Elias Gomez

Gardener

Shonaie Gutter

Senior Ballfields Groundskeeper

Brett Harding

Gardener

Alexander Inzerillo

Gardener

Winston Johnson

Gardener

Jessica Kaplan

Director of Horticulture​

Sally Kim

Park Operations and Systems Coordinator & Assistant to the Vice-President of Park Operations

Will Koffler

Associate Director, Riverside Tennis Association

Elephtherios Kotsanis

Gardener

Robert Leaver

Gardener

Jesus Macareno Tellez

Grounds and Facilities Technician

Kristen Meade

Director of Volunteer Initiatives

Cesar Monterrosa

Ballfields Supervisor

Harrison Nesbit

Director of Sustainability

Devorah Roberts

Special Projects Manager & Assistant to the President

Jonas Rociunas-Englert

Gardener

Ryan Schulte

Volunteer Program Field Associate

Michelle Segal

Senior Development Officer

Prayatmi Shakya

Programming and Facilities Manager

Lisa Shore

Volunteer Outreach Coordinator

Sadie Simpson

Gardener

Caroline Sullivan

Director of Institutional Relations

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

Nina Webb

Field Supervisor

Grace Willoughby

Individual Giving and Special Events Coordinator

Nat Xu

Field Supervisor

John Herrold

Riverside Park Administrator, NYC Parks; Senior Advisor, RPC

Margaret Bracken

Landscape Architect; Chief of Design & Construction, RPC

Nicole Phillip

Special Events Coordinator

Barbara (Basia) Nikonorow

Riverside Park South Facilities Coordinator

Milagros Cruz

Senior Park Supervisor