Board of Directors and Staff
The offices of the Elizabeth Park Conservancy are housed in the “Cottage,” a small green building across from the Rose Garden.
This building was formerly the Caretaker’s Cottage for the Park, and is a two-story, frame and gable roof house with twin chimneys. It is the only building here that existed during the lifetime of the Park donor, Mr. Charles Pond. Documentation suggests it was most likely built around 1875, making it the oldest building in the Park. Theodore Wirth moved the Caretaker’s Cottage from Asylum Avenue to its present location in 1898 when he created the Farmstead as the working center for the Park.
Elizabeth Park Conservancy Staff
President & CEO
Christine Doty
cdoty@elizabethparkct.org
860-231-9443, ext 102
Director of Park Operations
Kathy Kraczkowsky
gardens@elizabethparkct.org
860-231-9443, ext 103
Director of Office Operations
Ann Drinan
development@elizabethparkct.org
Development & Marketing Manager
Kelly Nolen
knolen@elizabethparkct.org
860-231-9443, ext 106
Development Advisor
Margaret Tilney
Garmany Visitor Center Manager
Barbara Plante
visitors@elizabethparkct.org
Garmany Visitor Center Gift Shop Manager
Stephanie Webb
giftshop@elizabethparkct.org
Greenhouse Manager & Head Gardener
Ben Weidner
rosegardener@elizabethparkct.org
860-231-9443, ext 104
Head Rose Gardener
Mark Gutzmer
mgutzmer@elizabethparkct.org
Gardeners
Wesley Gage, David Rivera, & Constantino Ramirez
Seasonal Rose Gardeners
Terry D’Italia, Betty Hogan, & Janet Cemanes
Elizabeth Park Conservancy Consultants
Rosarian
Stephen Scanniello
roses@elizabethparkct.org
Horticulturist
Rosemary Aldridge
plants@elizabethparkct.org
Horticulturist Emeritus
Robert A. Prill
Elizabeth Park Conservancy Board of Directors
Current Directors
Chair Edward Samorajczyk
Vice Chair Nancy Porter
Vice Chair Avery Buell
Treasurer David Jepson
Asst. Treasurer Francine Christiansen
Secretary Bradley Harper
Asst. Secretary Rosemarie Tate
Immediate Past Chair Marian Kellner
Joanne Eudy
Liana M. Douillet Guzmán
Diana Jepsen
Christopher McCarron
Charlie Ortiz
Lewis Robinson
Leslie Smith
M. Laurie Wasserstein
Honorary Lifetime Directors
Tina Collias *
Michelle Drain
Mike Fuss
Joanna Gerber, MD*
Paul Grimmeisen
Victor Jarm *
Louis Lista
Marianne Lorenzo
Nancy Mixter*
John Balf Morgan
Levette Perkins
Dave Peterson
Sali Riege *
Eve Silvester *
Lisa Silvestri
William Turull
Lina Wagner *
Kim Yarum
* deceased
Former Presidents/Chairs
Laura Berman
Mike Fuss
Garnette Johnson *
Helen S Kaman *
Marian Kellner
Kathy Kraczkowsky
Charlie Ortiz
Dave Peterson
Anne Pinto *
Lisa Silvestri
Lina Wagner *
Milton Young *
* deceased
Elizabeth Park Conservancy Ambassadors
Beverly Baker
David & Sandra Bobowski
Eileen Buell
Kimberly Byrd
Susan Clemow
Adam Cohen
Halsey & Michele Cook
Jared & Clare Edwards
David Ellovich
Ann Marie Fauliso
Ben & Ellen Flynn
Al Gatti
Bill Gleason
Debbie Grazier
William Howard & Liz Kaplan
Violette Haldane
Karen Huhtanen
Susan Izard
Louise Kaufman
Kitty & Jack Keane
Rob Kret
Katherine Lambert
Paddi LeShane
Penny Lisi
Tina McCary
Kathy Marr
Mary Martin
Carole Mucha
Eileen Pollack
Nat Reeves
Marisela Sener
Kirsten Shea
Lisa Silvestri
Michelle Souza
Jessie Stasulis
Donna Stout
Elizabeth (Lisa) Stout
Mary Tulumaris
Connie Williams