OHNY Celebrates 2025 Milestone Volunteers
On February 4, Open House New York held its annual Volunteer Milestone Celebration at the Arsenal in Central Park. This event honored volunteers who achieved milestones of 5, 10, 15, and 20 years of service with Open House New York Weekend in 2025.
Four volunteers—Hal Eskinazi, Ellis Farmer, Bob Gelber, and Margot Jacqz—joined our growing ranks of 20-year volunteers. Michael Roque was honored as our 2025 MVP Volunteer, in recognition of his extraordinary assistance to OHNY throughout the year. Cleopatra Matos was awarded Rookie of the Year for her outstanding service as a new volunteer during the 2025 OHNY Weekend.
Honorees for 20 Years of Service:
Hal Eskenazi
Ellis Farmer
Bob Gelber
Margot Jacqz
Honorees for 15 Years of Service:
Lisa Cartelli
Nina Clasen
Clinton Greiner
Randy Hans
Meredith Lewin
Richard Post
Diana Zuluaga
Honorees for 10 Years of Service:
Marcia Adams
Jamal Bing
Kristine Bruch
Michelle Chai
Jackie Cheong
Ciara DiSeta
Kimber Domke
Christopher Duran
Bridget Gramling
Diane Hadel-Bobetsky
Ben Helmer
Nancy Johnson
Alexandra Johnston
Renee Kessinger
Carolyn Lee
Roberta Levine
Sandra McKee
Dmitry Naidionov
Mary Ogorzaly
Dennis Rosenthal
Marian Rothstein
Emily Schmidt
Lois Surmacewicz
Honorees for 5 Years of Service:
Cyrine Ait oumeziane
Leo Alexandropoulos
Sally Atkinson
Maria Berkovich
Joanna Berritt
Melissa Burt
Lynne Calman Erlanger
Alida Camp
Heather DeVerna
Leon Erlanger
Sadie Forrester
Carri-ann Gay
Frank Guerra
Lamont Jones
Madison Kalson
Laszlo Kiss
Jenny Lai
Paula Lederman
Edward Leung
Allison Lin
Cliff Lu
Logan Lundie
Lisa Maddalena
Eileen Martin
Eugene Mayzel
Anne Mills
Annmarie Morris
Alexis Mucha
Giselle Munoz
Michael James O’hara
Minjung Park
Michelle Paulin
Katie Reilly
Robert Ripps
Mike Rosenbluth
Andi Sosin
Lydia Thomas
Viviane Topp
Lisa Truong
Mario Valenciano
Christopher Van Tuyl
Leslie Verter
Yu Wang
Craig Wing
Anne Wolff
Nancy Wood
Louise Yan
Robert Zilg
Recipient of the MVP Award:
Michael Roque
Recipient of the Rookie of the Year Award:
Cleopatra Matos
Volunteers are the heart of OHNY, and our programs, especially OHNY Weekend, would not be possible without their support. We are tremendously grateful for the commitment and enthusiasm of our volunteer community and proud to be an organization that inspires people to participate year after year. We are also thankful to NYC Parks and Recreation for generously hosting us in the Arsenal Gallery.
Questions about volunteer service? Email volunteer@ohny.org.
Top photo: Albert Tan