Senior Leadership
Merritt Birnbaum
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ethan Miller
Chief Financial Officer
Roxanne Taylor-Roth
Vice President of Operations
Finance & Administration
Estephanie Betances
Director of People Operations
Sabrina Dukes
Director of Finance & Administration
Taylor Bowne
Administrative Assistant
Devorah Roberts
Special Projects Manager & Assistant to the President
Development
Nicole Brostoff
Director of Development
Conrad Hanson
Senior Development Officer
Alison Ettinger-DeLong
Communications Manager
Grace Willoughby
Development & Communications Associate
Institutional Relations
Caroline Leary
Director of Institutional Relations
Park Operations
Ben Adamo
Field Supervisor
Manuel Alarcon
Field Supervisor
Victoria Bolster
Gardener
Lovell Corbett
Gardener
Joshua Curwen
Gardener
Moira Delaney
Sustainability Coordinator
Roberto Diaz
Gardener
Alyssa Diodato
Gardener
Shearrie Eure
Gardener
Lovett Evans
Gardener
Anastasia Galkowski
Sustainability Manager
Elias Gomez
Gardener
Shonaie Gutter
Ballfields Gardener
Winston Johnson
Gardener
Jessica Kaplan
Director of Horticulture
Sally Kim
Park Operations Associate
Elephtherios Kotsanis
Gardener
Robert Leaver
Gardener
Oliver Lopez
Gardener
Cesar Monterrosa
Ballfields Supervisor
Jonas Rociunas-Englert
Gardener
Adrian Tapia Mejia
Fleet Manager
Sadie Simpson
Gardener
Ryan Stiles
Clay Court & Ballfields Groundskeeper
Namios Terry
Compost Operations Coordinator
Hayley Tessler
Field Research and Partnerships Coordinator
Aliou Traore
Gardener
Avalon Watson
Field Supervisor
Nina Webb
Field Supervisor
Nat Xu
Gardener
Volunteer Program
Kristen Meade
Director of Volunteer Initiatives
Stephanie Ashley Cabán
North Park Outreach Coordinator
Marcus Caceres
Volunteer Events Coordinator
Gabriel Cruz
Volunteer Program Associate
Ryan Schulte
Volunteer Program Associate
Lisa Shore
Volunteer Outreach Coordinator
Public Programs
Whitney Dearden
Director of Public Programming
Prayatmi Shakya
Programming and Facilities Coordinator
Dani Turner
Riverside Park South Programming Coordinator
Sports
Ahmed Cohen
Sports Camp Manager
JT Silberstein
Executive Director, RCTA
Will Koffler
Associate Director, RCTA
Jonathan Rosado
Facilities Coordinator, RCTA
Rafael Safadit
Gate Attendant, RCTA
Jackson Wagner
Gate Attendant, RCTA
NYC Parks & Recreation
Riverside Park Leadership
John Herrold
Riverside Park Administrator;
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
