State Council of Parks
State Council of Parks
The State Council of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation consists of the Commissioner of State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, Chairs of the eleven Regional Parks Commissions (including a representative of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission), and Chair of the State Board of Historic Preservation. The Regional Commissions are charged with acting as a central advisory body on all matters affecting parks, recreation and historic preservation within their respective regions, with particular focus on the operations of the State Parks and Historic Sites.
- Bryan Erwin, Chair, State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- Randy Simons, Commissioner Pro Tem, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
- Amanda Lefton, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation
- Doug Perrelli, Chair, Board for Historic Preservation
Annual Reports
2024 was the Centennial Year of the New York State Council of Parks. This report highlights the many activities held around the state to commemorate this milestone and the ways we connected with communities to showcase just how loved New York's state parks are by so many New Yorkers. This report highlights several major capital projects completed in 2024, as well as programs that deepen access and connection for all communities to state parks and historic sites.
- 2024 State Council of Parks Annual Report (pdf)
- 2023 State Council of Parks Annual Report (pdf)
- 2022 State Council of Parks Annual Report (pdf)
- 2021 State Council of Parks Annual Report (pdf)
Public Meeting Notice
Upcoming public meeting notices are published within the OPRHP newsroom.
Regional Commissions
- Wendy Myers Brand, Acting Chair
- Mike McLaughlin
- Hugh J. Dunne, Jr.
- Mark Holt
- Sandra A. Lewis
- Margaret Gray
- Allegany State Park
- 2373 ASP, Route 1, Suite 3
- Salamanca, NY 14779
- Phone: (716) 354-9101
- Jamie Kowalczk, Chair
- Cornelius Murphy, Jr.
- Lawrence Carpenter
- Terry Ettinger
- Bethaida "Bea" Gonzalez
- John D. Marsellus
- 6105 East Seneca Turnpike
- Jamesville, NY 13078
- Phone: (315) 492-1756
- Sharon Miller, Acting Chair
- Walter David Banfield
- Nicolette Wagoner
- Dia M. Carabajal
- Mitchell Cornish
- James C. Smith
- 2221 Taughannock Park Road
- Trumansburg, NY 14886
- Phone: (607) 387-7041
- Nathan Coogan, Chair
- Martin Miskell
- Gail Serventi
- Joel L. Frater
- 1 Letchworth State Parl
- Castile, NY 14427
- Phone: (585) 493-3600
- Bryan Erwin, Chair
- Linda Armyn
- Kevin Gershowitz
- Richard Remmer
- Susan Gordon Ryan
- Ruth Douzinas
- David Okorn
- Keith Corbett
- P.O. Box 247, Belmont Lake State Park
- Babylon, NY 11702-0247
- Phone: (631) 667-5055
- Alexander Durst, Chair
- Richard Lehmann
- Janet Felleman
- Michael Tannen
- Allison Whipple Rockefeller
- Adam Clayton Powell Office Building
- 163 West 125th Street, 17th Floor
- New York, NY 10027
- Phone: (212) 866-2740
- Lucinda Abbott Letro, Chair
- Stuart Angert
- Susan Swiatkowski
- Thomas Chambers
- Samika Sullivan
- Jeff Patterson
- Prospect Park, Niagara Reservation, P.O. Box 1132
- Niagara Falls, NY 14303-1702
- Phone: (716) 278-1702
- Bryce O'Brien, President
- Jeannette Redden
- David H. Mortimer
- Jennifer Cunningham
- Keith Cornell
- Administration Building
- Bear Mountain, NY 10911
- Phone: (845) 786-2701
- Heather Mabee, Chair
- Thomas O. Maggs
- Mark T. Ryan
- Barbara Linell Glaser
- Jack McEneny
- Eleanor K. Mullaney Coughlin
- Nancy Dwyer
- Clifford O. Mealy
- Raul Aguirre
- 19 Roosevelt Drive
- Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-6214
- Phone: (518) 584-2000
- Edgar Masters, Chair
- Frederick H. Osborn III
- Linda Tarrant-Reid
- Jared Rodriguez
- Emily Saland
- Ralph Odell
- Arthur L. Gellert
- Taconic Regional Office
- P.O. Box 308
- Staatsburg, NY 12580
- Phone: (845) 889-4100
- Joseph Chavoustie
- Myrna Ellen O'Neil
- Anastasia Pratt
- Lauren Piche
- Keewaydin State Park
- Alexandria Bay, NY 13607
- Phone: (315) 482-2593
