Directors
Robert DelTorto, President
Bob is the former Head of Volunteers for the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. During his 33 year tenure he worked with over 300 volunteer groups throughout the County park system, coordinated the yearly system-wide “Pitch in for Parks” effort, and developed a specialty in advising on Eagle Scout projects. We are pleased that Bob takes an active role coordinating our volunteers, particularly the vine cutters, who he also trains. Bob serves as a member of the steering committee for the Native Plant Center located on the Westchester Community College campus. The Native Plant Center is the first national affiliate of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas.
Peter Thorp, Treasurer
Peter spent 40 plus years at Citibank/Citicorp working in human resources and with the Citicorp Foundation. He now works with various not for profit organizations in the Bronxville area as well as on Cape Cod.
Suzanne Nolan, ASLA
Suzanne is a landscape architect and planner and serves on the Westchester County Historical Society’s Historic Preservation Committee, as well as on the New Rochelle Heritage Task Force. She is a native plant enthusiast and an advocate for invasive plant control.
Ruth Walter
Ruth is a former Westchester County Legislator representing District 15, Bronxville and parts of Yonkers. A local environmental advocate, Ruth’s advocacy for the Bronx River Parkway Reservation deepened when she co-Chaired the Bronx River Advisory Board and served as Vice-Chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee from 2020-22. After leaving office, Ruth joined the Board of the BRPRC in 2022 and was gratified to serve as co-Chair of the successful Bronx River Day of Service in 2022, bringing together over 50 volunteers from three local Rotary clubs for cleanup and vine cutting under the tutelage of President Bob DelTorto. Ruth enjoys working on issues like tree planting, invasive removal and water quality and has proposed a senior fitness park near the Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital.
John Murtagh
John Murtagh is the Managing Partner of Gaines, Novick, Ponzini, Cossu & Venditti, LLP. a law firm in White Plains. John served as a City Councilman in Yonkers for eight years. John previously served as a Board member of the Hudson River Valley Environmental Education Institute and the Westchester-Putnam Boy Scouts of America and is currently on the board of the Westchester County Historical Society. Since 1997, John and his family have lived in a house overlooking the Bronx River Reservation.
John Fava
John is the retired Director of Park Facilities, having worked in the Westchester County Park system for thirty-five years. He and his wife Karolyn earned their landscape architecture degrees from UMASS. Since 2001, John has been Chairman of the North Castle Conservation Board. He has been the keeper of Bronx River Valley history, is active in numerous organizations, and knows every stretch and bend in park and river intimately.
Daniel J. Killourhy
Dan is a Certified Public Accountant and is currently Treasurer of the Energy Improvement Corporation, a N. Y. State Local Development Corporation dedicated to providing low cost financing to improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings. Dan was also an Audit Director of the Siemens Corporation for 18 years. Dan has an MBA from Iona College and is an enthusiastic volunteer with BRPRC's vine cutters group.
Bruce Dysenchuk
Bruce is a forty year resident of Eastchester. He was employed by the United Nations. When he is not walking on the Bronx River Pathway with his dog Rosie, he can be found working in his garden .
Moshe Rabinowitz
Moshe’s 50-year professional career was as a computer programmer and web designer in the financial, software, insurance and media industries. He has a B.S. in Math from Brooklyn College plus graduate courses in Computer Science at NYU. His hobbies include artistic and practical woodworking and photography. He helps out at Volunteer New York in addition to his work with our Bronx River Conservancy.
Mark Stefanov
A native of the Constitution State, Mark was a General Practice Dentist in Litchfield County for 38 years before relocating to Valhalla with his wife Michelle, who he met hang gliding. Mark is currently employed as a Museum Educator at Historic Hudson Valley teaching the social, cultural, political, and economic significance of race-based slavery in colonial New York. He also helps carve the pumpkins for The Blaze at Van Cortland Manor. In his off time, he enjoys trail running, biking, hiking, skiing, kayaking, traveling, gardening and painting.
