Shara Perlman Borus – Board Chair
Affiliations:
Non-Profit Consultant
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood
The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan’s Summer Camps
Jacob’s Pickles
Henry Kaufman Campgrounds
Insurgo Project
Brandy Cochrane – Board Treasurer
Affiliations:
Founder and Program Director, Friends of the Woods
Founder and Director of Sustainable Initiatives
Community Board 8 Resident
Sustainable Initiatives
Jeanie Bird Foundation
The Bronx News Network
The West Bronx Community Coalition
The Bronx Community Coalition
Girls Empowerment Movement
Dart Westphal – Board Secretary
Affiliations:
Organizational Development Consultant, The Support Center for Nonprofit Management
Community Board 8 Resident
Bronx River Alliance
Harlem River Working Group
West Harlem Environmental Action
Riverdale Nature Preservancy
Bartow Pell Mansion Museum
Bronx Council for Environmental Quality
Transportation Alternatives
Manhattan College
Columbia School of Social Work
Lehman College
Karolyn Chamberlin
Affiliations:
Economic Development Consultant
Friends of Rosemary’s Playground
Greater Geneva Bern (Switzerland)
Aileen Reynolds
Affiliations:
Executive Director of Housing Opportunity, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Richman Property Services
Fordham University
Christine Whelan, Ph.D.
Affiliations:
Clinical Professor, School of Human Ecology, Univ. of Wisconsin
Director, MORE: Money, Relationships, and Equality
University of Wisconsin
University of Oxford
University of Pittsburgh
University of Iowa
Princeton University
AARP
SEEKSafely
Roberta Todras
Affiliations:
Psychotherapist
Roosevelt Hospitals
Peace Corps
Board Committees
Executive Committee – Chair, Dart Westphal
Finance Committee – Chair, Brandy Cochrane
Our Director
Our founder, Jennifer Beaugrand, has worked in community-led horticulture in the Bronx since 2005. She began in the Parks Department and maintains a strong relationship with the agency.