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Brooklyn Botanic Garden 2006 Annual Report
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Staff as of June 30, 2006
Executive Officers
- Scot Medbury, 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
- Judith D. Zuk, President 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
- Loretta Young, Administrative Associate/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
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
- Ely Arnone, BASE Program Manager
- Joshua Cohen, Manager Urban Compost Project, Brooklyn GreenBridge
- Pattie Hulse, Manager of Children's Garden and Family Programs
- Barbara Kushner Kurland, School Programs Manager
- Ellen Racioppi, Registration Manager
- Nia Rhodes, BASE Community Director
- Robin Simmen, Manager of Community Horticulture Program, Brooklyn Greenbridge
- Nancy Blissett, Garden Apprentice Program Coordinator
- Monika Hannemann, Coordinator of Discovery Garden and Family Programs
- Tracey Patterson, Coordinator of Project Green Reach/Supervising Instructor
- Lydia Sung, Teacher Education Coordinator/Supervising Instructor
- Robert Wanvestraut, Science Education Coordinator
- Sara Epstein, School Workshops Senior Instructor
- Emily Neustrom, Brooklyn GreenBridge Outreach Assistant
- Karla Osorio-Perez, Urban Compost Project Instructor, Brooklyn GreenBridge
- Martina Puchta
- Adult Education Coordinator
- Erika M. Rhael, Coordinator of Early Childhood Education Senior Instructor
- Barry Rogers, School Programs and Children's Garden Senior Instructor
- Yacouba Diakite, Office Associate, Brooklyn GreenBridge
- Lucia Edwards, Registration Associate
- Asalayah Harris, Education Associate
Government and Community Affairs
- Bahia Ramos, Director of Government and Commmunity Affairs
Horticulture
- Jacqueline Fazio, Director of Horticulture
- Margarita Poulson, 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 Mattin Warm Temperate Pavilion
- Alessandro Chiari, Ph.D., Plant Propagator
- Brian Funk, Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden
- Laura Furmanski, Grounds Care
- William G. Giambalvo, Plant Family Collection
- David Horak, Orchid Collection and Robert W. Wilson Aquatic House
- John G. Kneisel, Grounds Care
- Caleb Leech, Fragrance Garden and Plant Family Collection
- Ulrich Lorimer, Native Flora
- Michael Mauro, Plant Family Collection
- Anne O'Neill, Cranford Rose Garden
- Meghan T. Ray, Rock Garden/Plant Family Collection
- 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
- Sylvester J. Velasco, Curator of Bonsai Collection
- Jennifer Williams, Interior Displays/Washington Avenue Garden
- Crystal Burnham , Gardener's Aide
- Robert Kulik, Gardener's Aide
- Nancy Nieland, Gardener's Aide
Information Technology
- Andrei Gourianov, Director of Information Technology
- Anya Miretsky, Database Programmer
- Kang Yu, Network Administrator
- Blaine Perry, Desktop Administrator
Library Services
- Patricia Jonas, Director of Library Services
- Kathy Crosby, Head Librarian
- Mae Pan, Archivist
- Atiba Alexander, Library Associate, Interlibrary Loan
- Michael Fox, GRC Associate
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
- Ismail Mehmedov, Maintainer
- Adam Siegel, Maintainer
- Roland Thomas, Maintainer
- Sidney Augustine, Assistant Principal Custodial Supervisor
- Felipe Cordero, Custodial Foreman Supervisor
- Huxley King, Custodial Foreman Supervisor
- Nick Palante, Custodial Foreman Supervisor
- Miriam Scipio, Custodial Foreman Supervisor
- Errol Adonis, Custodial Assistant
- Pierre Altime, Custodial Assistant
- Philemon Bhola, Custodial Assistant
- Lindy-Ann Diaz, Custodial Assistant
- Kim Henry, Custodial Assistant
- Joseph Wicker, Custodial Assistant
Marketing Services
- Cleatrice Johnson, Director of Marketing
- Michela Belfon, Director of Retail Operations
- Ralph Carfagno, Manager, Retail Plants
- Shelly Hunte, 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
- Joni Blackburn, Copy Editor
- Alison Dorfman, Website Manager
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
- Mark Tebbitt, Ph. D., Horticultural Taxonomist
- Susan Pell, Ph. D., Laboratory Manager/Plant Molecular Systematist
- Jinshuang Ma, Ph. D., Research Taxonomist
- Paul Harwood, Herbarium Supervisor
- Steve Glenn, Senior Research Assistant, New York Metropolitan Flora
- Karen Kongsmai, Plant Records Manager
- Debora Amos, 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
- Gregory Mendes, Senior Attendant Guard
- Andre Blackman, Attendant Guard
- Rafael Carrion, Attendant Guard
- Evin Charles, Attendant Guard
- Paul Crandon, Attendant Guard
- Michael McCatty, Attendant Guard
- Kerron Mondesir, 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
- Romi Ige, Visitor Services Assistant