Staff

 

Executive Leadership

Marcel Van Ooyen, President/CEO

Julie A. Walsh, Strategy & Operations Executive Director

Accounting

Dennis Conroy, Director of Finance
Britta Ruona
David Francis
Elizabeth Martirosian

Jun Wang
Rafelia Collis
Vrushi Patel

Administration

Aaron Lerman
Amy Tam
Dave Chan
Diante Webb
John Munoz
Priscilla Rosado
Rameez Zafar

Advancement

Nick Rolf, Director of Advancement
Andrina Sanchez
Anne Craig
Ariel David
Arif Sunmonu
Bethel Hailu Dejene
Kal Vachev
Kate Boelkins

Education

Kristin Fields, Director
Aviva Magder-Pascaris
Chantel Kemp
Colleen Graves
DK Kinard

Jinky Nogales
Laura Casaregola
Luisa Mojica-Barreto
Sophia Leon                                           
Susie Spodek

Farmstand

Caroline Hiteshew, Administrative Manger
Meredith Clark, Field Manager
Rachel Pizzuti
Alexa Degioannini
Alexander Elisa
Alma Valdez-Garcia
Avery Hotchkiss
Carey King
Claudia Thomson
Dee Hernandez 
Dominique Carryl-St Louis
Fernando Londono
Feteri Tapia Silvestre
Harry Rosado
Hope Kowalczyk

Gregory Scott
Joshua Smith
Karsten Beling
Kelly Rose Nunziata
Kenneth Macias
Maddie Weiss
Margaret Gaby
Maria Guinnip
Nahomi Martinez
My Le
Nathan Pecchia
Oscar Xu
Shelby Keller
Spencer Kuhn
Ximena Coronado

Farmer Assistance

Tracy Lerman, Assistant Director
Emilyn Sosa

Erin Enouen
Nicole Yeo-Solano

Greening & Governor's Island Teaching Garden

Gerard Lordahl, Director
Mike Rezny, Assistant Director
Eve Brown, Program Manager, Teaching Garden
Aubrey Santistevan
Barry Rothstein
Brooke Randle Azpeitia

Genevieve Basso
Chloe Hirschhorn
Jasper Hartnett
Lars Chellberg
Maya Lee
Spencer Harbo

Greenmarket

Angela Davis, Director
Liz Carollo, Assistant Director
Tutu Badaru, Assistant Director
Ezra Pasackow, Greenmarket Operations Manager
Amelia Tarpey
Anthony Kuo
Aquilino Cabral
Cathy Chambers
Charlie Henzel
Corey Wilkins
Ellis Marshall
Grace Paik
Ian Frye
Iliana Garcia
Ivory Harris
Laurel Halter
Liam McLean
Margaret Hoffman
Naho Matsuzawa
Sam Klein
Siobhan Keys
Ali Ruxin
Andrea Pappert-Tenzer
Anne-Sophie Perrin
Arlene Sicardo
Ari Kazansky
Brionna Arrington
Brianna Guitierrez
Casey Dalrymple
Courtney Scheffler
Colleen Syms
Egon Lateef
Emma Stephens
Esmeralda Rodriguez

Freya Jardine
Gabe Feldman-Schwartz
Hayley Willner
Jack Szumski
Jennifer Baumgartner
Jo-Ann Wasilewski
Johanna Rivera
Kevin Capuno
Kim Sheu
Krista-Rae Anderson
Kristian Corpuz
Lauren Hicks
Lex Barlowe
Louis Bernier- Heroux
Lutfunnessa Islam
Lynzi Wilson
Maggie Israel
Marisah de Moll 
Marshall Weimer
Melanie Alvarez
Michael Isaacs
Miguel de Laveaga
Najm Villanueva
Ostun Nauth
Pierina Arias-Gentile
Sally Ann Velez Guzman
Sara Hepburn-Pinto
Simone Hoekstra
Sophia Gallagher
Sydney Weiser
Tammy Castrillo
Vanessa Paredes
Win-Sie Tow

Human Resources

Michelle Sarria, Director of Human Resources
Beatrice Frias
Christina Salvi

Fatumah Waggeh
Ife Lloyd
Sumir Bala

Wholesale

Corinna Lee, Director of Wholesale and Distribution
Henry Fosu
Ki Kiasi Powell
Lela Chapman
Leuris Batista Diaz
Marquis Sampson
Michelle Hernandez
Moises Enriquez
Naquion McNair

Jorge Echavarria
Paul Tribble
Rashawn Hooks
Richard Sicardo Jr.
Santos Rivera
Sarah Oziemkowski 
Sofia Degtyar
Tevon McNair

Zero Waste Programs

David Hurd, Director of Zero Waste Programs
Tyler Roosa, Assistant Director, Compost Program Vitaliy Piltser
Enmy Uribe
Nat Burr
Anthony Guevara
Austin Arocena
Brian Buchanan Jr.
Callias Zeng
Catherine Louie
Chris Black
Christopher Arias
Colin Jakubczyk
Cori Strell
David Gaul
Dee Perry
Doienne Saab
Elizabeth Quaranta
Ezra Ellingwood
Eunice Mak
Fatima Alhassan Jibril
Giselle Ladino Perez
Harvey Ng
Isabel Jordan
Jeanette Castillo
Jessica Holt
Jon Sock
Jonathan Chabla
 
Josue Mendez
Julian McKinley
Karen Schuld
Katie Lobel
Leah Butz
Lena Frey
LeRoy Whethers Jr.
Marcus Buitrago
Margalit Shetreat-Klein
Marie Josette Seraphin
Max Newland
Melissa Aguilar
Mikaela Charalambous
Monique Young
Nabiha Ali
Nathalie Huang
Pamela Davis
Phyllis Yip
Rowida Abdelhafez 
Ruth Groebner
Ryder Eaton
Sasha Panyuta
Tanya Oyewale Owens
Tsering Lama
Violet Black
Willow Friedland
Yasmine Shihab
Zara O'Brien

Zero Waste Schools

Kate Wimsatt, Director
Danielle Foster-Russell, Assistant Director
Adriana Daroqui
Alex Klein
Ana Moloney
Annisia Perry
Beto Spielvogel
Camila Guzmán Nuñez
Dhamar Romo
Eric Schaal
Emma Holtzman
Ethan Campbell
Gennie Moralez

Gem Sorenson
Hope Heideman
Jackie Junttonen
Maeve McGee 
Miranda Rugova
Rachel Boeglin
Rebeca Geneus
Sam Bews
Sam Goldberg
Sitra Bowman
Taige Rambarran
Tom Zoeckler

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Food Access & Agriculture

    Our network of Greenmarket farmers markets, Farmstands, and Fresh Food Box sites, coupled with GrowNYC Wholesale, ensures that all New Yorkers have access to the freshest, healthiest local food.

  • Zero Waste

    We provide food scrap drop-offs, clothing collections, Stop 'N' Swap® community reuse events, and zero waste trainings to make resource conservation easy for all.

  • Green Space

    We build and rejuvenate community gardens and urban farms in all 5 boroughs, and support even more gardens through volunteer days, technical assistance, school garden grants, & more.

  • Education

    We foster future environmental stewards by providing 66,000 children each year with programs that provide meaningful interactions with the natural environment.