Board of Trustees

Hon. Shahabuddeen A. Ally
Attorney and Civil Court Judge, New York County

Jeff Bauml, Board Chairman

Adrian Benepe
President & CEO, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Nancy Bruning, Friends Committee Chair
Public Health and Fitness Practitioner, Editor, and Author

Nobles Crawford
Assistant Vice President of Consumer Activation, L’Oréal

Richard Dattner, FAIA
Dattner Architects

Sue Donoghue, Ex Officio
Commissioner, NYC Parks & Recreation

Martin Englisher
YM& YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood

Sandra A. Garcia-Betancourt
Poet & Former Executive Director, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance

David Gmach
HDR–NY/NJ Lead for Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Engagement

Jennifer Hoppa, Ex Officio
Executive Director

Frank Juliano
Executive Director Reeves-Reed Arboretum, retired

Helen Morik

Michael Mitchell
Esquire

Anthony Perez, Ex Officio
Manhattan Borough Commissioner, NYC Parks

Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Psychosexual Therapist

Edith Kean, Vice Chair Emeritus, Founding Board Member
Garden Designer

Thomas V. Kissinger, Founding Board Member

Joseph Pierson, Founding Board Member
Cypress Films

Nicholas Quennell, Founding Board Member
Quennell Rothschild & Partners