Who We Are

2023 Board of Directors

Marcia O. Kees

Marcia Kees has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University at Albany SUNY since 2011, teaching planning law, park and historic preservation planning, and planning studio courses. She serves as a member of the Community Advisory Board for the Masters in Regional Planning Program at UAlbany. Marcia completed thirty-five years of public service employment, retiring from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. She is past president of the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association and the Capital District Planners Association and has served as a board member or advisor for several non-profit organizations. She and her husband own and operate Mister Sew-N-Sew Custom Canvas in Halfmoon, NY.

Daniel McEneny

Immediate Past President

Daniel McEneny is a lifelong resident of the city of Albany.  His appreciation of Washington Park was instilled by his mother Barbara, who grew up in the Park South neighborhood and considered the park to be her childhood playground.  Daniel is employed with the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation; specifically, in the Division for Historic Preservation, where he oversees multiple functions that include federal advocacy, preservation grants administration, and working with colleague organizations, municipalities, and developers from across the state on preservation planning initiatives and economic development opportunities.  He and his partner Jon live on Spring Street in the Washington Park neighborhood.

Ta-Sean Murdock

Ta-Sean Murdock joined the Conservancy board in 2022.  He has been active on the Conservancy’s playground committee for the last several years, playing a key role in our community engagement efforts.

Ta-Sean is currently Executive Director of Grand Street Community Arts, located in Albany’s Mansion District.  A proven leader in Youth Program Development and Youth Advocacy, he has worked with youth and teens for the majority of his professional career. He is the author of the children’s book titled “I Can and I Will” created to show youth that they can be anything they want to be if they put their mind to it. This book shows the youth that they are “powerful even when others tell them that they are powerless.” that they are powerless.”

Ta-Sean lives in Albany with his wife Sumiko and son Zephaniah. He grew up on Madison Ave and attended Giffen Elementary, Hackett Middle and Albany High Schools.

OFFICERS

Jeff Crumpton. President
Marcia Moss, Vice President
Michaela Roberts, Secretary
Douglas Ebersman, CPA, Treasurer

DIRECTORS

Richard Conti
Marcia O. Kees
Daniel McEneny
Ta-Sean Murdock
Allison Newman
Heather Nowicki
Thomas Pfeiffer
Sarah Read
Stacey Stump

EX-OFFICIO

Jonathan Jones, Commissioner, Dept of Recreation
Jay Lavigne, City Forester
Jessica Morgan, Parks Division Supervisor
Sergio Panunzio, Commissioner, Department of General Services