Leadership

Our board of directors and advisory council are made up of diverse and dynamic individuals who volunteer their time to our organization, offering us guidance and expertise in a wide range of issues, and are motivated solely by their deep commitment to the City's birds.

President - Karen Benfield
Executive Vice President - Mike Yuan

Vice Presidents - Christian Cooper, Alan Steel, and Michael Tannen

Treasurer - Drianne Benner

Secretary - Deborah Laurel

Immediate Past President - Jeffrey Kimball

 

Gina Argento
Seth Ausubel 

Marsilia A. Boyle

Shawn Cargil

César A. Castillo
Angela Co

Steven A. Dean

Alexander Ewing

Linda N. Freeman, MD
Tatiana Kaletsch
Kyu Lee

Jenny Maritz
Patrick Markee

Andre C. Meade
Elizabeth Norman

Vivek Sriram
Richard Veit, PhD

 

Executive - Karen Benfield

Audit - Mike Yuan

Conservation - Marsilia A. Boyle

Education and Public Programs - Shawn Cargil and Richard Veit, PhD

Engagement - Shawn Cargil (interim Chair)

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility - Angie Co and Elizabeth Norman

Finance - Drianne Benner

Fundraising - Tatiana Kaletsch

Nominating - Jeffrey Kimball*
Personnel - Alan Steel

Publications - Marcia T. Fowle* and Lauren Klingsberg

 

Co-Chair - Marcia T. Fowle*

Co-Chair - James R. Sheffield

Richard T. Andrias

Sarah Grimké Aucoin

Claude Bloch, MD

Albert K. Butzel

Cliff Case

Rebekah Creshkoff

Andrew Darrell

Joseph H. Ellis

Andrew Farnsworth, PhD

Catherine Schragis Heller

Lynne Hertzog

Sarah Jeffords
Mary Jane Kaplan

Robert J. Kimtis

Lauren Klingsberg

Kimberly Kriger

Janice Laneve
Lawrence Levine

Pamela Manice

Peter Rhoades Mott*

Dorothy M. Peteet, PhD

Don Riepe

Lewis Rosenberg

John Shemilt

David Speiser

Tom Stephenson