Board and Staff

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

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