Board & Staff

Administration

Interim Executive Director

Ian J. Benjamin
Director of Operations and Special Projects

Michele Robinson
Consulting Chief Financial Officer

Nimesh Patel
Director of Finance

Jagruti Mehta
Director of Development

Brian H. Morrell
Senior Development Officer

Melissa Wansin Wong
Senior Grants Officer

Katie Borden
Administrative Assistant

Naimah Evans
Executive Assistant

Parrish McLaughlin

Youth and Family Education

Director of Youth and Family Education

Sarah O’Leary
Education Program and Internship Coordinator

Madeja Stewart
FoodCorps Service Member

Deja Jones
FoodCorps Service Member

Yaquana Williams
FoodCorps Service Member

Patrick Evans

Urban Agriculture & Food

Director of Urban Agriculture & Food Programs

Malcolm McClain
Hawthorne Ave Farm Manager

Mark Kearney
Assistant Farm Manager

Shannon Murphy
Community Greening Coordinator

Liam Stiefel
Jesuit Volunteer Corps

Facilities

Facilities Manager

Keith Williams
Landscape Assistant

Akeem Jones
Facilities Assistant

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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