Board Directors and Staff

Board of Directors

Kathy Abbott, Co-Chairperson
The Trustees of Reservations
Sharon, MA

Elizabeth Goldstein, Co-Chairperson
CA State Parks Foundation
San Francisco, CA

Jackie Carrera, Secretary
Parks & People Foundation
Baltimore, MD

Morton J. “Jerry” Baum
National Association for Olmsted Parks
Baltimore, MD

Drew Becher
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Philadelphia, PA

Kathy Blaha
Kathy Blaha Consulting
Miami Beach, FL

Doug Blonsky
Central Park Conservancy
New York, NY

Yvette Bowden
Piedmont Park Conservancy
Atlanta, GA

Meg Cheever
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Pittsburgh, PA

Steve Coleman
Washington Parks & People
Washington, DC

Caroline Cunningham
Trust for the National Mall
Washington, DC

Mary Eysenbach
Neighborhood Nature
Chicago, IL

Catherine Morrison Golden
New Yorkers for Parks
New York, NY

Betsy Shure Gross
Brookline, MA

Amy Harmon
Urban Market Partners
Denver, CO

Peter Harnik
Trust for Public Land
Washington, DC

T. Destry Jarvis
Outdoor Recreation and Park Services, LLC
Hamilton, VA

Dan Jones
21st Century Parks
Louisville, KY

Liam Kavanagh
NYC Parks and Recreation
New York, NY

Richard Killingsworth
Nemours Health & Prevention Services
Wilmington, DE

Jim Mann
Taylor Family Office
St. Louis, MO

Timothy J. Mitchell
Chicago Park District
Chicago, IL

Kevin Moore
Urban Environmental Group
Newark, NJ

Gil Penalosa
8-80 Cities
Toronto, ON, Canada

Joan Reilly
Philadelphia Green – Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Philadelphia, PA

Eunita Rushing
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Chicago, IL

Oliver Spellman
National Parks Conservation Association
New York, NY