Home » More About BBG » Annual Report » 2005
Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2005 Annual Report
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Staff as of June 30, 2005
Executive Officers
- Judith D. Zuk
- President
- Keith Stubblefield
- Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance
- Noreen Bradley
- Vice President of Marketing
- Steven Clemants, Ph.D.
- Vice President of Science
- Patrick Cullina
- Vice President of Horticulture and Facilities
- Leslie Findlen
- Vice President of Development and Membership
- Sharon Myrie
- Vice President of Education
- Elizabeth Scholtz
- Director Emeritus
Administrative Services
- Rochelle Cabiness
- Director of Human Resources
- Anna Berkovich
- Human Resources Assistant
- Mary Harney
- Secretary to Director Emeritus
- Maurice Louis
- Mailroom Shipping Manager
- Gary Phillips
- Mail Clerk
- Joan Pesonen
- Switchboard Operator, Receptionist
Business Affairs
- Patricia Coderre
- Controller/Director of Finance
- Wendy Russell
- Assistant Accountant
- Karen Woodruff
- Assistant Accountant
Capital Projects
- Ralph Morgan
- Director of Capital Projects
Computer Technology
- Andrei Gourianov
- Director of Information Technology
- Anya Miretsky
- Database Programmer
- Kang Yu
- Network Administrator
- Blaine Perry
- Desktop Administrator
Development
- Elizabeth Culp
- Director, Individual Giving & Corporate Relations
- Kirsten Munro
- Director of Institutional Funding
- Sarah Young
- Director of Gift and Estate Planning
- Caledonia Kearns
- Grants Manager
- Melanie Simmerman
- Grant Writer
- Tara L. Pilger
- Manager of Special Events & Corporate Sponsorship
- Alison Burke
- Development Coordinator
- Joe Alfano
- Development Associate
Education
- Ellen Kirby
- Director of Brooklyn GreenBridge, Community Horticulture Program
- Marilyn Smith
- Director of Children's Education and Family Programs
- Julie Warsowe
- Director of Continuing Education
- Barbara Kushner Kurland
- School Programs Manager
- Ellen Racioppi
- Registration Manager
- Robin Simmen
- Manager of Community Horticulture Program Brooklyn Greenbridge
- Nia Rhodes
- BASE Community Director
- Ely Arnone
- BASE Program Manager
- Romi Ige
- Manager of Continuing Education
- Ted Maclin
- Manager of Children's Garden & Family Programs
- Monika Hannemann
- Coordinator Discovery Garden & Exhibits/Supervising Instructor
- Lydia Sung
- Teacher Education Coordinator/Supervising Instructor
- Tracey Patterson
- Coordinator Project Green Reach/Supervising Instructor
- Emily Neustrom
- Brooklyn GreenBridge Outreach Instructor/Senior Instructor
- Joshua Cohen
- Manager Urban Compost Project, Brooklyn GreenBridge
- Karla Osorio-Perez
- Urban Compost Project Instructor, Brooklyn GreenBridge
- Martina Puchta
- Adult Education Coordinator
- Robert Wanvestraut
- Science Education Coordinator
- Erika M. Rhael
- Coordinator Early Childhood Education/Senior Instructor
- Barry Rogers
- School Programs & Children's Garden/Senior Instructor
- Sara Epstein
- School Workshops/Senior Instructor
- Lucia Edwards
- Registration Associate
- Asalayah Harris
- Education Associate
- Yacouba Diakite
- Brooklyn GreenBridge Office Assistant
- Nancy Cayemitte
- Coordinator Garden Apprentice Program/Supervising Instructor
Government and Community Affairs
- Bahia Ramos
- Director of Government and Commmunity Affairs
Horticulture
- Jacqueline Fazio
- Director of Horticulture
- Audrey Cushion
- Operations Associate
- Louis W. Provost
- Senior Foreman
- Mark Fisher
- Foreman of Conservatories & Tropical Pavilion
- Leonard Paul
- Foreman of Grounds
- Prapap Kongsmai
- Labels and Graphics
- Susan Aument
- Desert Collection, Tropical Entry House, and Trail of Evolution
- Alec Baxt
- Arborist/Grounds Care
- Karla Chandler
- Helen Matten Warm Temperate Pavilion
- Alessandro Chiari, Ph. D.
- Plant Propagator
- Laura Furmanski
- Grounds Care
- Brian Funk
- Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
- William G. Giambalvo
- Plant Family Collection
- David Horak
- Orchid Collection and Robert W. Wilson Aquatic House
- John G. Kneisel
- Grounds Care
- Robert A. Mahler
- Bonsai
- Michael Mauro
- Plant Family Collection
- Caleb Leech
- Fragrance Garden & Plant Family Collection
- Anne O'Neill
- Cranford Rose Garden
- Meghan T. Ray
- Rock Garden/Plant Family Collection
- Ulrich Lorimer
- Native Flora
- Christopher J. Roddick
- Arborist/Grounds Care
- Daniel K. Ryniec
- Lilac Collection and Osborne Garden
- Ramon P. Santana
- Grounds Care
- Nancy Seaton
- Magnolia Plaza and Lily Pool Terrace
- Jennifer Shovlin
- Herb Garden
- Jennifer Williams
- Interior Displays/Washington Avenue Garden
- Crystal Burnham
- Gardeners Aide
- Robert Kulik
- Gardeners Aide
- Nancy Nieland
- Gardeners Aide
Library Services
- Patricia Jonas
- Director of Library Services
- Kathy Crosby
- Head Librarian
- Mae Pan
- Archivist
- Atiba Alexander
- Library Associate, Inter-Library Loan
Maintenance Services
- Rudy Rudloff
- Director of Facilities
- Joseph Zimmer
- Foreman of Maintenance
- Thomas Mastrosimone
- Supervising Maintainer
- Allen Peters
- Supervising Maintainer
- John Piro
- Supervising Maintainer
- Chusack Siriprasertvit
- Supervising Maintainer
- David Stewart
- Supervising Maintainer
- Pasquale Antignani
- Maintainer
- Antonio Arosemena
- Maintainer
- David Ioffe
- Maintainer
- Adam Siegel
- Maintainer
- Roland Thomas
- Maintainer
- Sidney Augustine
- Assistant Principal Custodial Supervisor
- Felipe Cordero
- Custodial Foreman Supervisor
- Nick Palante
- Custodial Foreman Supervisor
- Miriam Scipio
- Custodial Foreman Supervisor
- Pierre Altime
- Custodial Assistant
- Philemon Bhola
- Custodial Assistant
- Lindy-Ann Diaz
- Custodial Assistant
- Kim Henry
- Custodial Assistant
- Huxley King
- Custodial Assistant
- Joseph Wicker
- Custodial Assistant
Marketing Services
- Michela Belfon
- Director of Retail Operations
- Ralph Carfagno
- Manager, Retail Plants
- Eileen Hoey
- Assistant Gift Shop Manager
- Katherine Dana
- Graphic Designer
- Dominic DiPasquale
- Sales Clerk
- Giovanna Cueto
- Sales Clerk
Membership
- Wendy Barnes
- Membership and Individual Giving Manager
- Madeline Horn
- Membership Associate
- Williams Cabrera
- Data Entry Manager
President's Office
- Leslie Sterling
- Assistant to the President
- Kimberly Hill
- Secretary to the President
Public Affairs
- Leeann Lavin
- Director of Public Affairs
- Sofiya Cabalquinto
- Public Affairs Coordinator
Publications
- Janet Marinelli
- Director of Publishing
- Niall Dunne
- Editor
- Sigrun Wolff Saphire
- Senior Editor
- Alison Dorfman
- Website Manager
- Joni Blackburn
- Copy Editor
Public Programs
- Anita Jacobs
- Director of Public Programs
- Jill Conley
- Graphic Designer/Events Gallery Coordinator
Science
- Gerry Moore, Ph. D
- Director of Science
- Kerry Barringer, Ph. D.
- Curator of Herbarium
- Jinshuang Ma, Ph. D.
- Research Taxonomist
- Mark Tebbitt, Ph. D.
- Horticultural Taxonomist
- Steve Glenn
- Senior Research Assistant, New York Metropolitan Flora
- Paul Harwood
- Herbarium Supervisor
- Karen Kongsmai
- Plant Records Manager
- Linda Marschner
- Senior Research Assistant
- Adrian Bennett, Ph. D.
- Research Assistant
- Susan Pell, Ph. D.
- Laboratory Manager/Plant Molecular Systematist
- Benito Santos
- Herbarium Technician/Research Assistant
- Dan Shepherd
- Program Director BGCI (US)
- Brian Johnson
- Education Officer BGCI (US)
- Ginny Weaver
- Website Designer/Developer, BGCI (US)
Security
- Anthony C. Quarless
- Director of Security
- Glenn Curtis
- Security Supervisor
- Niurka Arias
- Senior Attendant Guard
- Noral Baptiste
- Senior Attendant Guard
- James Godfrey
- Senior Attendant Guard
- Raymond Lett
- Senior Attendant Guard
- Gregory Mendes
- Senior Attendant Guard
- Andre Blackman
- Attendant Guard
- William Brown
- Attendant Guard
- Rafael Carrion
- Attendant Guard
- Evin Charles
- Attendant Guard
- Paul Crandon
- Attendant Guard
- Kerron Mondesir
- Attendant Guard
- Michael McCatty
- Attendant Guard
- Freddie Rivera
- Attendant Guard
- Elizabeth Scott
- Attendant Guard
- Jimmy Thomas
- Attendant Guard
Visitor Services and Volunteers
- Louis Cesario
- Director of Visitor Services and Volunteers
- Jeanine Poggioli
- Assistant Manager of Visitor Services
- Loretta Young
- Visitor Services Assistant