Staff|Board of Directors

Staff

General Inquiries

Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 100
Email: info@thehort.org

Executive Director

Sara Hobel
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 116
Email: shobel@thehort.org

Horticulture

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

Nathan Lamb, Horticulture and Programming Associate
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 107
Email: nlamb@thehort.org

Administration

Claire Briguglio, Office Administrator
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 100
Email: cbriguglio@thehort.org

Cleo Lewis, Bookkeeper
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 108
Email: clewis@thehort.org

Jordan Scott, Web and Social Media Coordinator
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 171
Email: jscott@thehort.org

Membership Coordinator
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 121
Email: membership@thehort.org

Children's Education & Professional Development

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

Development

Please contact 212.757.0915, ext. 100 or email support@thehort.org

Exhibitions

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

GreenHouse and Horticultural Therapy

Mechthild (Hilda) Krus (HTR), Director of GreenHouse & Horticultural Therapy Programs
Telephone:(Work Cell) 646.327.2756
Telephone: (Office) 212.757.0915, ext. 104
Email: hkrus@thehort.org

Laurie Sexton (HTR), Horticultural Therapist and GreenHouse Instructor
Telephone: (Office) 212.757.0915, ext. 104
Email: lsexton@thehort.org

GreenTeam

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

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

Special Events

Stephanie Chin, Special Events Manager
Telephone: 212.757.0915, ext. 101
Email: schin@thehort.org

Special Projects

Dwaine Lee, Director of Special Projects
Email: dlee@thehort.org

Library and Archives

For information about our library or to schedule a research appointment,
please contact 212.757.0915, ext. 100 or email library@thehort.org

Board of Directors

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

Advisory Board
Elizabeth Scholtz

Financial Information

A copy of The Horticultural Society of New York's latest annual report or IRS Form 990 may also be obtained by writing to The Horticultural Society of New York, 148 West 37th Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018. IRS Form 990 is also available at Guidestar (this link will take you directly to our organization).