MEET THE TEAM
ADMINISTRATION & OFFICE
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Stephen Searl
Executive Director
ssearl@sylvestermanor.org
Courtney Wingate
Director of Development
cwingate@sylvestermanor.org
Tracy McCarthy
Director of Operations
tmccarthy@sylvestermanor.org
Virginia Gerardi
Office Support
vgerardi@sylvestermanor.org
PROGRAMMING
Bennett Konesni
Co-Founder/Chief Ambassador
bkonesni@sylvestermanor.org
Alice Clark
Events Planner
aclark@sylvestermanor.org
Tom Hashagen
Musical Events Coordinator
thashagen@sylvestermanor.org
Caroline Scudder
Educational Coordinator
cscudder@sylvestermanor.org
HERITAGE
Donnamarie Barnes
Curator/ Archivist
dbarnes@sylvestermanor.org
Gunnar Wissemann
House & Grounds Manager
gwissemann@sylvestermanor.org
Sara Gordon
Planning & Sustainability
sgordon@sylvestermanor.org
FARM
Jocelyn Craig
Windmill Field Manager
jcraig@sylvestermanor.org
Joe Ornstein
Farm Apprentice
Sifeziwe Ntshangase
Farm Apprentice
Sabrina Simon
Farm Apprentice
Thomas Van Huffel
Farm Apprentice
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Benjamin Dyett
President
Marc Robert
Vice President
Chair, Finance Committee
Elly Karp Wong
Secretary
Peter Vielbig
Treasurer
Eben Fiske Ostby
Founding Trustee
Ingrid Bateman
Co-Chair, Farm To Table
Blair Borthwick
Julia Brennan
Whitney Browne
Chair, Audit Committee
Thomas F. Carrier
Kathleen DeRose
Steven Eisenstadt
Donna M. Emma
Chair, Governance Committee
Cynthia Flynt
Executive Committee
Chair, Farm Committee
Kathleen R. Gerard
William Johnston III
Executive Committee
Chair, Buildings & Grounds Committee
Edie Landeck, M.D.
Kareen Laton
Steve Mrozowski, PhD
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