Current board members are listed below in alphabetical order following Mr. Perry, JGPC President. 

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Winston C. Perry (Jr.), President - After a 50-year career as an architect, Mr. Perry is devoting his time in retirement to local history and historic preservation.  A lifetime resident of Nyack, he is a Trustee of the Historical Society of the Nyacks, a former member of the Rockland County Historic Preservation Board, and former Village Historian of Upper Nyack.  A life-long small boat sailor on the Hudson, he is especially interested in Hudson River history.

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Shakira Chin - Ms. Chin has been in Hospitality Management for over 25 years. She has always had a deep love and appreciation for historic, character filled homes. She is elated and adheres to the vision of seeing the John Green House completed. Through her unquenchable love for art, music, history and the outdoors, she has spent her weekends for many years in the Nyack area, to where giving back in the community is her driving force. Ms. Chin serves on the committee of The Great Nyack Get Together and is a member of the Nyack Art Collective.

 

Claudia Cooney - Ms. Cooney grew up in Nyack where she developed a love of old houses that continues today in her professional role as a historic preservationist in New York City and the Lower Hudson Valley, as a member of Rockland County's Historic Preservation Board, and involvement in local preservation efforts.

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Robert Courtwright - Mr. Courtwright has owned and operated a financial services company, Courtwright Munn and associates in Paramus N.J. He retired in 2008. He was awarded the best restoration of a historic residence in Tenafly N.J., presented by the Bergen County Historical Society. Mr. Courtwright was a founding member of the Historic Preservation Commission Tenafly in 1988 and has restored both the insides and outsides of a South Nyack home.

 

Ben Falchuk - Mr. Falchuk is a computer scientist and longtime resident of Upper Nyack where he and his spouse are raising a daughter. He has contributed to many benevolent and creative initiatives in the region and is interested in the intersections of art, science, and community.  He holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering and is a published author.

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John Gromada - Mr. Gromada is a Tony-nominated and three time Drama Desk award winning composer and sound designer for theatre, film and radio. A thirty year resident of the village of Nyack, he served for six years on the village’s Planning Board and one on the Architectural Review Board. He recently completed a year as chair of the Rockland County Democratic Committee and is a Democratic Judicial Delegate in the 9th Supreme Court District. An activist and community organizer,  he has served on the Steering Committee of Rockland Citizens Action Network, and as board member of the New York Progressive Action Network.  For his work as founding member of the John Green Preservation Society, he received the County Executive’s Historic Preservation Award, and has served as board member for the Historical Society of the Nyacks and the Tappan Zee Preservation Coalition.  A former Captain of the Nyack Boat Club’s Oar and Paddle Fleet, he has been deeply involved in river advocacy, raising awareness of water quality issues and organizing Riversweep events with Riverkeeper.

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Janet Hamlin - Ms. Hamlin is an artist who has worked  in a variety of creative fields; with the Associated Press as a visual journalist/court artist covering the tribunals in Guantanamo Bay from 2006-2020,  a freelance illustrator for over 30 years, and is currently working as a scenic artist in the entertainment industry for TV and films. She has been a past board member at the Nyack Community Center, and has helped run a non-profit figure drawing venue via Hopper House since 2008 to present. She has a love and appreciation for  Nyack and it’s colorful history, of which the John Green House is part of. She believes there is great potential to renovate the home and make it a welcoming community space for Nyack. It’s a rare and historic structure that has weathered hundreds of years- with the hope of many more.

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Wendy Hofmann-Garrison - After moving to the area from Texas, she spent 20 years selling textiles in the interior design industry before transitioning into Technical writing. She renovated her house in Nyack with her husband who grew-up in Rockland, reflecting her deep appreciation for the history and architecture of the region. They enjoy exploring the local landmarks and cultural heritage together.

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Susan Pagan - With over 25 years of experience in finance, Susan Pagán managed the financial growth from start-up to annual sales of ~25 million for an internet company with over 30 employees nationwide. At SQB Financial, she provides full-charge bookkeeping and business management for small to midsize companies. As a long time Rockland resident whose daughter is a product of the Nyack school system, Ms. Pagán has a deep love and appreciation for the history of Rockland, and especially Nyack.  She has served as the treasurer of Inspire Nyack and worked in the financial department with many Not For Profit businesses in Rockland.

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Tom Perry - Mr. Perry is a retired high school teacher and Nyack native. As a child, he helped his father Win Perry work on the Edward Hopper House. Tom is glad to be involved in restoring another local landmark.

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Jennifer Rothschild - Ms. Rothschild is an avid preservationist with a background in law who has served on many boards and committees in this field.  She is currently vice-Chair of the Closter (NJ) Historic Preservation Commission, Secretary and trustee of the Historical Society of Rockland, and Chair of the “Friends of the Lustron” group that operates the Hess Lustron house museum.  She works for the National Trust for Historic Preservation at Lyndhurst.

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Kennon Rothchild - Mr. Rothchild is scenery designer for the theater, and over the past 40+ years has designed over 250 theater, dance, opera, television, and/or film productions in NYC Off Broadway theaters, regional theaters nationally, and for international tours. Much of that work has been for the Irondale Ensemble Project, a 40-year-old Brooklyn-based ensemble of which he is a member and also the Chairman of its Board of Trustees. Additionally, for the past twenty years he has been the Chief Operations Officer for H & Val J Rothschild, Inc., a Minnesota-based property management company managing over 550 units of multi-family housing. A 30-year resident of Upper Nyack, he is currently a Trustee on its Village Board. He and his spouse Hilarie Blumenthal (owner of Honor & Blume, a vintage jewelry and clothing store in Nyack) live in a house – the original part dates back to the 1830’s – located in the Van Houten Historic District.

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Robert (Chris) Sorensen - Mr. Sorensen has lived in an 1800’s sandstone house in Rockland County’s New City since 1985 and has been a college professor of political science for over 40 years. To Mr. Sorensen the loss of Rockland's Dutch Sandstone buildings has been a source of disappointment over what is gone and inspiration to save what is left.

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Advisory Board

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Bill Batson - Columnist, nyacknewsandviews.com; artist, activist

Mary Cardenas - Historian, Town of Orangetown; Director, Orangetown Museum

Kim Cross - Executive Director, Nyack Center

John Patrick Schutz - Historian, the Village of Nyack; realtor, Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty

Clare Sheridan - Co-chair Preservation Committee, Historical Society of Rockland County; broadcaster, writer, historian

Sue Smith - Owner, Logical Digs, Inc.

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