President
Cathy Breitenbach
Director of Cultural and Natural Resources
Chicago Park District
Secretary
Jessica Fong
Director of Education
Openlands
Treasurer
Wyllys Mann
Regional Development Director
MVAH Partners, LLC
Directors
Kate Ansorge
Managing Director
Illinois Facilities Fund
Robert Castaneda
Commissioner, Chicago Park District
Shemuel B. Israel, DC
Healthy Habits By Design and North Lawndale Greening Committee
Ari W. Krigel
Partner
Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, LLC
Michael D. Rodriguez
Alderman, 22nd Ward
Tara Stamps
Cook County Commissioner, 1st District
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Craig Stevenson
Open Architecture
Angela Tovar
Commissioner and Chief Sustainability Officer
City of Chicago Department of Environment
Jacqui Ulrich
Director
Conservation & Experiential Programming
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Christy Webber
President
Christy Webber Landscapes
Ex Officio Directors
Adam Bianchi
General Superintendent
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
General Superintendent & CEO
Chicago Park District
Staff
Ben Helphand
Executive Director
bhelphand@neighbor-space.org
Robin Cline
Assistant Director
rcline@neighbor-space.org
Alex Enarson
Project Manager
aenarson@neighbor-space.org
Tomas Goicouria
Intern
intern@neighbor-space.org
Yaritza Guillen
Stewardship Coordinator
yguillen@neighbor-space.org
Cody Legrand
Project Manager
projects@neighbor-space.org
Laura Miracle
Project Manager
fieldwork@neighbor-space.org
Sean O’Farrell
Finance Coordinator
sofarrell@neighbor-space.org
Natalie Perkins
Senior Steward
Nperkins@neighbor-space.org
Julie Pomerleau
Program Administrator
jpomerleau@neighbor-space.org