Staff & Board Members

General Inquiries

Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 100
Email: hsny@hsny.org

Executive Director

Sara Hobel, Executive Director
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 116
Email: shobel@hsny.org

Apple Seed and Read & Seed

Pamela Ito, Director of Children's Education
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 106
Email: pito@hsny.org

Development

Steven Kerner, Director of Development
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 102
Email: skerner@hsny.org

Exhibitions

Chris Murtha, Curator
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 121
Email: cmurtha@hsny.org

GreenHouse and Horticultural Therapy

Hilda Krus, Director of GreenHouse
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 104
Email: hkrus@hsny.org

GreenTeam and GreenBranches

John Cannizzo, Director of The GreenTeam
Telephone: 917.886.8123 (work cell)
Email: jcannizzo@hsny.org

Mark Hill, GreenTeam Project Manager
Email: markalanhill@aol.com

Horticulture

George Pisegna, Director of Horticulture
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 115
Email: gpisegna@hsny.org

Library and Archives

Katherine Powis, Librarian
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 109
Email: kpowis@hsny.org

Special Events

Maureen Ferry, Director of Special Events
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 101
Email: mferry@hsny.org

Administration

Omar Davis, Administrative Operations & Executive Assistant
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 100
Email: odavis@hsny.org

Cleo Lewis, Bookkeeper
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 112
Email: clewis@hsny.org

Elizabeth Klaus, Program Finance Associate
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 105
Email: eklaus@hsny.org

Samantha Longman, Web and Communications Associate
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 171
Email: slongman@hsny.org

Membership Coordinator
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 121
Email: cmurtha@hsny.org

Board of Directors

Mary Van Pelt, Chair
Bruce W. Addison
George Ball, Jr.
CeCe Black
Sharon Casdin
Ethne Clarke
Marianne Engle
Andrea H. Fahnestock
Jay Herman
Dennis Hersch
Millicent M. Johnsen
Nancy M. King
Kamie Lightburn
Janet Mavec
David Muessel
Mario Nievera
Henry Hope Reed
Guy N. Robinson
Michael Rosenthal
Frances Schultz
Anne Shearman-Betts
Sheila Stephenson
Jessica Tcherepnine
Adrian Benepe, Ex-Officio

Advisory Board
Elizabeth Scholtz