Board & Staff

Administration

Executive Director

Robin L. Dougherty
Director of Finance

Jagruti Mehta
Director of External Relations

Michele Robinson
Director of Development

Brian H. Morrell
Database Manager/Fundraising Assistant

*Vacant*
Administrative Assistant

Naimah Evans

Youth and Family Education

Director of Youth and Family Education

Sarah O’Leary
Nutrition Education Coordinator

Megan Sweet
FoodCorps Service Member

Shannon Murphy
NYLP Coordinator

Malcolm McClain

Horticulture

Farm Manager

Karen Rutberg
Landscape Supervisor

Keith Williams
Jesuit Volunteer

Sophie Palumbo
Farmer

Mark Kearney

Re-entry Services

Job Coach

Greg "Pop" Perry

About

Learn something new.

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

Emergency Food Distribution

Each week during the COVID-19 crisis, Greater Newark Conservancy and partner organizations including CareSparc Consulting, Table to Table, and Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District, distribute fresh produce to over 1300 Newark seniors and families.

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.

United Airlines
Prudential
Victoria Foundation
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
The Healthcare Foundation of NJ
Horizon Foundation
PSEG
Whole Cities
Investors Foundation
ShopRite Newark
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
Tito's Handmade