Staff and Board

Contact staff members at 412-682-7275 plus the extensions below.

Staff

Meg Cheever, President & CEO
Debbie Beck, Chief Financial Officer, ext. 205
Richard Reed, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ext. 228
Phil Gruszka, Director of Park Management and Maintenance, ext. 219
Marijke Hecht, Director of Education, ext. 208
Susan Rademacher, Parks Curator, ext. 212
Michael Sexauer, Director of Marketing and Membership Development, ext. 222

Laurie Anderson, Grants Manager, ext. 213
Kendall Ayers, Development Associate, ext. 227
Kim Barner, Accounting Assistant, ext. 215
Beth Bodamer, Executive Assistant, ext. 200
Joyce Collier, Development Assistant, ext. 210 
Lisa Conti, Development Officer - Annual Fund and Administrator of Development Systems, ext. 211
Laura Cook, Marketing Communications Coordinator, ext. 220
Erin Copeland, Restoration Ecologist, ext. 218
Bryan Dolney, Field Ecologist Technician, ext. 221
Adam Fedyski, Green Cities Fellow, ext. 232
William Ferguson, Development Officer - Corporate & Government Relations, ext. 209
Jim Griffin, Schenley Plaza Manager, ext. 224
Angela Masters, Gardener, ext. 231
Melissa McMasters, Online and Community Advocacy Manager, ext. 214

Board of Directors

Alan Ackerman
Dan Booker
Brian Bronaugh
Linda Burke
Meg Cheever, ex officio
G. Reynolds Clark
John Diederich
Curt Ellenberg
Helen Faison
Jeremy Feinstein
Audrey Hillman Fisher
Elise Frick
Vaughn Gilbert
Ethel Olmsted Hansen
Harry Henninger
Dan Holthaus
Becky Keevican
Robbee Kosak
John P. Levis III
Debra Meyer
Scarlet Morgan
Gary Mulholland
Brian Mullins
Marlee S. Myers
Susan Nernberg
Eliza Nevin
Illah R. Nourbakhsh
Robert Petrilli
Jim Rogal
Ritchie Scaife
Tom Schmidt
Christy Wiegand
Michael G. Zanic

Government Representatives

Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor, City of Pittsburgh
Dan Onorato, Chief Executive, Allegheny County
Dan Frankel, State Representative
Noor Ismail, Director of City Planning, City of Pittsburgh
Rob Kaczorowski, Director of Public Works, City of Pittsburgh
Mike Radley, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Pittsburgh