Our Team

Hon. Donna F. Edwards
Hon. Donna F. Edwards
Trustee
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Adelaide P. Gomer
since 2009 and previously served as its Vice President since 1995. As
president, she reviews and rewards grants for independent media,
environment, and Democracy. She also helps assess and fund local
sustainable and community needs. Park’s attitude is to think globally
and act locally. All of this funding is done using an equity lens while focusing on
low-income and marginalized populations. She is also involved in
animal rights issues. Adelaide has initiated substantive reforms in the Foundation’s
investment policies, which now more closely align its mission with
its capital assets. She has helped develop the principle that
Park’s portfolio bottom line should reflect the good it does in the world.She has been heavily involved with Ithaca College, where she helped
establish the Park Scholarship Program which evolved into a $30
million endowment. She was on IC’s Board for over 20 years. At IC,
she initiated the Park Center for Independent Media, a progressive
speaker and internship program. She was also integrally involved with
the Park Scholarship Program at North Carolina State University, which
evolved into a $50 million endowment.Adelaide also served on the Boards of Defenders of Wildlife,
Greenpeace and Rachel’s Network.
Adelaide P. Gomer
President
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Jay R. Halfon
Secretary/Treasurer
Jerome B. Libin
Trustee
Alicia P. Wittink
Alicia Park Wittink is the Vice President of the Park Foundation. Alicia has been involved with the Foundation since 1998 in varying capacities and was instrumental in nurturing the Foundation’s program interests in both water and plastic reduction. Alicia has also helped in the formation of the Amazon Conservation Association; she has worked at The International Ecotourism Association, The Center for a New American Dream (aka: New Dream), and the Sierra Club of Virginia. Alicia has also served on the boards of: Environmental Working Group, Friends of the Earth, Center for a New American Dream, and the Foundation for National Progress, publisher of Mother Jones Magazine. Together with Leda Huta, Alicia co-founded EcoWomen, a nonprofit with five chapters that empower environmental leaders. Alicia graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Entrepreneurship and Environmental Studies. She lives in Ithaca, NY, and is an incredibly proud mother of two.
Alicia P. Wittink
Vice President
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