GINA PEARCE

The Central New York Conservancy recently appointed GINA PEARCE as its new executive director. Pearce, an experienced development, marketing, and event management professional, has a strong nonprofit background, working with the Boilermaker and as a founding board member of Kristin’s Fund, a non-profit organization she started in 2017. As executive director, she will work with the Central New York Conservancy board of directors to advance the CNY Conservancy’s mission of preserving, restoring and beautifying Utica’s Olmsted-designed parks and parkway system during its 20th anniversary year and beyond. The Olmsted-designed parks in Utica include F.T. Proctor Park, T.R. Proctor Park, Roscoe Conkling Park, and the Memorial Parkway, all of them historically significant cultural assets designed by renowned American landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. In 2008, the CNY Conservancy succeeded in having Utica’s Olmsted-designed parks and parkway system listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since then, the Conservancy has continued to help improve the parks, create awareness, and encourage their use by the community.