Leadership
The Conservancy’s board and senior leadership work together toward the common goal of preserving and enhancing Central Park for future generations.
Betsy Smith
President & CEO, Central Park Conservancy
Elizabeth “Betsy” Smith has served as President & CEO of the Central Park Conservancy since 2018. Ms. Smith’s top priorities are to guide the Conservancy in it is efforts to preserve Central Park’s essential purpose as a retreat from the pressures of City life, and to elevate the profile of the Conservancy as the Park’s primary steward and an anchor institution critical to the health and vibrancy of the City.
Officers
Stephen Spinelli
Chief Financial Officer
Roger Mosier
Chief of Park Operations
Christopher Atkinson
Vice President for Finance
Eoghan Keenan
Associate General Counsel
Senior Leadership
Margaret Asaro
Vice President for Park Maintenance & Facilities
Erica Blum
Vice President for Women’s Committee & Special Events
Vinny Cirrito
Vice President for Landscape Management and Horticulture
Josh Ehrlich
Vinny Cirrito
Vice President for Landscape Management and Horticulture
Vice President of Information Technology
Olivia Freeland
Vice President for Construction
Abby Healy
Senior Vice President for Development & Campaign Co-Director
Sandra Huber
Senior Vice President for Capital Projects
Salmaan Khan
Chief of Staff & Vice President for Planning & Research
Diane Jackier Kestenbaum
Vice President for Program Management
Nick Koster
Vice President for Design
Suzanne Pennasilico
Vice President for People and Culture
David Saltonstall
Vice President for Government Relations, Policy & Community Affairs
Erica Sopha
Vice President for Park Use & Stewardship
Sylvia Tsen
Vice President for Business Solutions
Leah Day VanHorn
Senior Vice President for Public Engagement
Board of Trustees
July 2025
Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Andrew Davis
Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Michael Grobstein
Treasurer
Kenneth H. Heitner, Esq.
Secretary and General Counsel
Elizabeth W. Smith +
Judy Hart Angelo
Jeff T. Blau
Frank Carone #
Richard Cashin
Martin Cohen
Pamela J. Craig
Dr. Gayatri Devi
Dr. Angela Diaz ^
Dr. Thelma Dye ^
John Ehrenkranz
Ben Ellencweig
Glenn Fuhrman
Paul Goldberger
Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr. #
Anne S. Harrison
Jane Heller
Damaris Hernández #
Tracey Huff +
Dr. Sandye Johnson ^
Jill Lafer
Shelly Lazarus
Hon. Mark Levine +
Carol Sutton Lewis
Robert C. Lieber #
Jay P. Mandelbaum
Nelle Miller
Gillian Miniter
Clarence Nesbitt
Amelia Ogunlesi
ILA Paliwal
Yesim Philip
Jenny Price
Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa +
Didi Schafer
Richard G. Schneidman
Laureen E. Seeger
Norman C. Selby
Alfred J. Shuman
John Steinhardt
Erana M. Stennett
John Stossel
Harry D. Taylor
Judy Vale
Anne Williams-Isom
Toya Williford
Barry M. Wolf
Nanar N. Yoseloff
Life Trustees
Lewis W. Bernard
Norma T. Dana*
Henry R. Kravis
Sheila C. Labrecque
Lynden B. Miller
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
Janet Ross
Eric Rudin
Elizabeth R. Varet
Emeritus Trustees
Elizabeth H. Atwood
Jane Bayard
Suzanne Cochran
Bennett Goodman
Leni May
Joe Roby
Founding Trustees
William S. Beinecke *
Douglas Blonsky
Gordon J. Davis, Esq.
Richard Gilder *
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
+ Ex Officio
# Mayoral Appointee
^ Board Appointed
* In memoriam