Board & Staff

Administration

Executive Director

Natasha S. Dyer
Director of Operations and Special Projects

Michele Robinson
Consulting Chief Financial Officer

Nimesh Patel
Director of Development

Brian H. Morrell
Senior Grants Officer

Katie Borden
Database Coordinator/Administrative Assistant

Naimah Evans

Youth and Family Education

Director of Youth and Family Education

Sarah O’Leary
Farm to School Coordinator

Patrick Evans
FoosCorps Service Member

Bridgette Byrd
FoosCorps Service Member

Julia Sienkiewicz
FoosCorps Service Member

Pablo Verissimo

Urban Agriculture & Food

Director of Urban Agriculture & Food Initiatives

Abeni Ramsey
Hawthorne Ave Farm Manager

Mark Kearney
Assistant Farm Manager

Shannon Murphy
Farm Stand Coordinator

Delicia Trotz

Facilities

Facilities Manager

Keith Williams
Landscape Assistant

Laquan Thomas
Facilities Assistant/ Plot-It-Fresh Coordinator

Jasmine Johnson

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Greater Newark Conservancy offers hands-on, inquiry based environmentally themed programs. The Conservancy’s professional staff is a partner in educating your students.

Volunteer with us

Get outside and enjoy some nature at our Outdoor Learning Center or Urban Farm! Volunteers are a vital part of Greater Newark Conservancy’s mission and operations. You can volunteer as an individual or as a group.

Visit Our Center.

We’re very proud that the opening of our Judith L. Shipley Urban Environmental Center in 2004 marked the very first appearance of an urban environmental center in New Jersey.

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Victoria Foundation
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
The Healthcare Foundation of NJ
Whole Cities
ShopRite Newark
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
EY
Tito's
Bayer Fund