
Executive Team

Deborah Maher
President
Deborah Maher serves as President of the Randall’s Island Park Alliance. In this role, she administers the management, programming and restoration of nearly 400 acres of City parkland for active sports, entertainment and recreation use. Working with the Board of Trustees to strategically plan for Randall’s Island Park’s future… Read More »

Alexander Egan
Chief Development Officer

Nicole Galasso
Chief of Staff

Peter Hunter
Chief Director of Operations

David Salerno
Randall’s Island Park Administrator

Anne Wilson
Chief Director of Planning
Our Team

John Butler
Natural Areas Manager

Laniqua Dinkins
Icahn Stadium Manager

Chris Girgenti
Director of Environmental Programs

Anna Kemeny
Public Progams Manager

Benjamin Nash
Director of Grounds

Ciara Sidell
Urban Farm Manager

Veronica Tyson-Strait
Horticulture Manager

Louis Vazquez
Director of Icahn Stadium

Samuel Vincenzo
Sports Field Manager

Jennifer Wainwright
Communications Manager
Board of Trustees
Officers
Jonathan May
Founder and Managing Partner, Floresta Ventures
Co-Chair
Nancy Neff
Emeritus Trustee, Brown University
Co-Chair
Deborah Maher
Randall’s Island Park Alliance
President
Andrea K. Feirstein
Founder and Managing Director, AKF Consulting Group
Treasurer
Richard Gross
Lawyer and Consultant
Secretary
Richard J. Davis
Principal, R.J. Davis Law
Chair Emeritus
Karen Cohen
Philanthropist and Interior Designer
President Emerita & Founder
Eloise Ackman
History Teacher, Saint Ann’s School
Lucy Fato
Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Global Head of Communications and Government Affairs, AIG
Mark Levine**
Manhattan Borough President
Cesar A. Argueta Jr.
Director of Accounts, Client Services at Omnicom Group
Joel Feliciano
Client Relationship Executive Leader, Core FinTech and Banking & Capital Markets PwC
Tnyetta Mitchell
Private Client Advisor, Bank of America Private Bank
Denise Bailey-Castro
Head of Finance, BET Networks
Sandra Frenz
Head of Transformation, Deutsche Bank
Bradford R. Peck
Founder and Managing Principal, Taurus Asset Management
Timothy Barefield
Managing Director, Kotter International
Peter van der Goes
Partner, Goldman Sachs
Bimla Picot
Founder and CEO, Reboundwear
Robert Bose*
Principal, Charlestown Capital Advisors
Ramon Gonzalez
Principal, MS223
Eyal Seinfeld
Partner, Ernst & Young
Rodney Cohen
Head of Private Equity, Black Diamond Capital Management
Mark I. Greene
Senior Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
Brette Tannenbaum
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Susan Danilow
Trustee, New-York Historical Society
Sunil Gulati
FIFA Exec. Committee Member; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University
Matthew S. Washington
Vice President and Chief of Staff, Phipps Houses
Brenda DiLuigi
Global Head of Litigation and Investigations, Diageo
Courtney C. Hall*
Served 2010 – 2021 (deceased)
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Hillcrest Venture Partners
Patricia W. Shifke
Philanthropist
Susan M. Donoghue**
Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Justin G. Hamill*
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Sherri Williams
Partner, The Raine Group, LLC
Douglas F. Eisenberg
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, A&E
Dean I. Landis
President, Entrepreneur Growth Capital
*Mayoral Appointee
** ex officio
Honorary Board Members
Betsy Barlow Rogers
RIPA Trustee
Michael Bloomberg
RIPA Trustee
Jerome L. Goldman
RIPA Trustee
David Howe
RIPA Trustee
Richard Mack
RIPA Trustee
Patricia Shifke
RIPA Trustee
Thomas W. Strauss
RIPA Trustee
Andrew Tisch
RIPA Trustee