Baykeeper & CEO NY/NJ Baykeeper, NY/NJ Baykeeper 2019-Present
NY/NJ Baykeeper, Deputy Director 2016 -2019
Conservation Director, NY/NJ Baykeeper, 2000 -2016
Baykeeper Associate, NJ/NJ Baykeeper, 1993 - 2000
Relevant Work
Advocacy and legal actions to uphold various elements of the Clean Water Act.
Lead Baykeeper’s Urban land acquisition Project from 2005 -20015. This resulted in in the acquisition preservation and restoration of over 2000 acres over two dozen sites in heavily developed northeast, where every acre of open space matters.
Served as the NJ Site Coordinator for Port Authority of NY/NJ ‘Hudson Raritan Estuary Resources Program. $ 60 million for natural land acquisitions in NY/NJ Harbor Region.
Directly engaged in advancing the clean-up of multiple contaminated sites including the Lower Passaic River, Raritan Bay Lead Slag, and a host of brownfield sites.
Part of a variety of successful legal actions leading to improvements in NJDEP public access regulations, enforcing stormwater violations in New York and New Jersey.
Coastal restoration and resiliency policy advocacy for the the NY/NJHarbor Region. Undertaking resiliency research and project implementation - oyster based resiliency structures, living shorelines in conjunction with the United States Navy through our Coastal Restoration Program.
Legislative work including co-drafting legislation to create the Meadowlands Conservation Trust and helping to draft both the Liberty State Park Protection Act and the Caven Point Protection Act.
Positions/Roles
Founding Member of Liberty State Park Conservancy
President 1999-present; V.P.1998, Treasurer 1997
Liberty State Park Public Advisory Committee 20012- 2018
Meadowlands Conservation Trust Board Member 2000-2014 (Governor’s appointment) Vice Chair, Meadowlands Conservation Trust 2014- Present
Advisory Board: Bergen Save Watershed Action Network 2003-2013
Advisory Board: Harsimus Stem Embankment Coalition, Jersey City.
Select Accomplishments
* Co-Drafted plans and legislation that created the Meadowlands Conservation Trust.
* With Hackensack Riverkeeper and NJ Meadowlands Commission identified and preserved hundreds of acres in the Meadowlands.
* Serves as a primary advisor to Hudson County and helped advocate and institute County’s Open Space Acquisition Fund.
* With Kevin Moore coordinated and hosted the 2006 Community based Urban Open Space Forum at Liberty State Park.
Select Awards
“Environmental Legacy Award New Jersey Environmental Lobby (2023)
“Land Conservation Award: Friends of Holmdel Open Space (2015)
“Governor’s Award” Honorable Mention for creating Healthy Ecosystems” (2007)
“Community Leadership Award” Old Bridge Township (2007)
“Spirit of Liberty Leadership” Award, Friends of LSP, Jersey City, New Jersey (2006)
