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Pursuant to the Hudson River Park Act, the Board of Directors of the Hudson River Park Trust consists of 13 Directors. Five are appointed by the Governor; five are appointed by the Mayor; and three by the Manhattan Borough President. Eight members are required for a quorum and Board approvals.

Kathy Hochul,
Governor

  • Basil Seggos, Chair
  • Rose Harvey
  • Erik Kulleseid
  • Michael J. Kuh
  • Jeffrey LeFrancois

Eric Adams,
Mayor

  • Meera Joshi, Vice Chair
  • Susan Donoghue
  • Jeffrey Kaplan
  • Purnima Kapur
  • Michael Pastor

Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President

  • Idehen (I.D.) Aruede
  • Christine Berthet
  • Pamela Frederick

Hudson River Park Trust Related Documents

For board meeting minutes, agendas, videos and other board-related materials, click the link below:

Governance


Committees

Governance Committee

  • Basil Seggos
  • Meera Joshi
  • Susan Donoghue
  • Michael Kuh
  • Jeffrey LeFrancois
  • Michael Pastor

Hudson River Park Trust Governance Committee Charter

Audit Committee

  • Basil Seggos
  • Meera Joshi
  • I.D. Aruede
  • Jeffrey Kaplan
  • Michael Kuh
  • Jeffrey LeFrancois

Hudson River Park Trust Audit Committee Charter

Finance and Investment Committee

  • Basil Seggos
  • Meera Joshi
  • Jeffrey Kaplan (Chair)
  • I.D. Aruede
  • Christine Berthet
  • Purnima Kapur
  • Michael Kuh

Hudson River Park Trust Finance & Investment Committee Charter

Design Committee

  • Basil Seggos
  • Christine Berthet
  • Susan Donoghue
  • Pamela Frederick
  • Rose Harvey
  • Erik Kulleseid
  • Jeffrey LeFrancois

Sanctuary Committee

  • Basil Seggos
  • Pamela Frederick
  • Rose Harvey
  • Erik Kulleseid

Strategic Planning and Partnership Committee

  • Pamela Frederick
  • Michael Kuh

Hudson River Park holds Board meetings approximately 6 times per year, or once every other month. Such meetings are open to the public and publicly noticed.


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