Volunteers are the heart of Open House New York



Our Volunteers are crucial to the success of Open House New York Weekend and OHNY’s year-round programming!
Each year, more than 1,200 dedicated New Yorkers volunteer to welcome, greet, and guide tens of thousands of OHNY Weekend participants at notable sites across the city. By helping to open buildings and experiences not normally available to the public, OHNY Volunteers promote a deeper understanding of how the city works, encourage civic participation, and meet other curious New Yorkers.
Ways to Get Involved
OHNY Weekend

OHNY Weekend Volunteers serve as the public face of OHNY by greeting guests, assisting with check-in, managing lines, and providing information about OHNY Weekend. In 2021, Volunteers also supported the health and safety of OHNY Weekend participants by helping to enforce our Covid-19 policies. Volunteer shifts usually last about four hours and take place at one location, and Volunteers have the option to help out on one or both days of OHNY Weekend.
Volunteering during OHNY Weekend is a great opportunity to explore and learn about a new neighborhood or place in your city- or to share your love of a familiar place with Weekend visitors! We do our best to accommodate requests for volunteer assignments in specific neighborhoods, or requests to work with a friend or partner.
If you are unable to volunteer in person, OHNY also has opportunities for volunteer assistance with virtual programming, as this content has become an important part of the Weekend since 2020. These Volunteers may assist with recording headcounts and view counts for virtual programs, or troubleshooting basic technology issues that come up.
Volunteer Registration for Open House New York Weekend 2023 will open in April.
District Coordinators
A core group of experienced, highly dedicated Volunteers work throughout the entire OHNY Weekend as District Coordinators, and serve as the main point of contact between Weekend Partners and Volunteers.
District Coordinators are each assigned a District based on where Weekend experiences are geographically located, and work closely with Site Partners and Volunteers within that District to handle difficult or unexpected situations that arise and ensure programs run smoothly. District Coordinators are required to have at least 5 years of experience as an OHNY Weekend Volunteer.
OHNY taps into the passion and experience of District Coordinators by seeking their input on year-round outreach and programming.

Year-Round Programming & Events

Throughout the year, OHNY hosts tours, talks, open studios, and social gatherings to introduce new developments and notable scholarship and promote a greater understanding of and discussion about the urban systems that underpin the city’s operation. We often seek volunteer assistance with greeting, participant check-in, and tour group management at these events.
Special Skills
OHNY periodically seeks volunteer assistance with photography, social media, website updates, administrative tasks, research, and data entry, especially as OHNY Weekend approaches. If this is part of your skillset and you would like to volunteer in this capacity, we encourage you indicate that on the Year-Round Volunteer Registration form.

Our Community


We are extremely proud to have fostered a community of Volunteers who have maintained a multi-year commitment to OHNY! To celebrate their achievements, Volunteers who have participated in 5, 10, or 15+ OHNY Weekends are listed below:
15 +
Mary Farrell
Susan Katz
Kristina Farmer
Paul Herther
Stephen Mack
Hal Eskenazi
Ellis Farmer
Connie Finstad
Kimberly Jackson
Beth Neuman
Olga Piantieri
Margot Jacqz
Bill Thompson
Fiona Torres
10 +
Yul Bae
Claire Edwards
Bob Gelber
Michael Hirsch
Robert Ho
Michael Roque
Bernard Wides
Daphne Jay Bell
Janet David
Karen Eckhoff
Joseph Giargiana
Ruth Gold
Ethan Lercher
Sy Lukin
Tama Lukin
Leah Strigler
Barbara Torney
Judy Claybourne
Meredith Gardner
Phyllis Goodfriend
Arleen Gunzburg
Randy Hans
Alfred Kurchin
Helena Lai
Meredith Lewin
Kenneth Lin
Agatha Melvin
Myrna Payne
Natalia Ramirez
Kent Young
Diana Zuluaga
Nina Barucco
Anthony Cartelli
Judy Chen
Nina Clasen
Moses Gates
Sheila Greenberg
Clinton Greiner
George Hall
Paul Jansen
Paola Jordan
Anthony Kratunis
Joseph Kulhanek
Trudy Marchand
Ling Mark
Arlene Matlick
Kathryn McManus
Patrick Montlary
Connie Perry
Richard Post
Linda Roccos
Debra Scotti
Carmen Soubriet
Jean Vertefeuille
Blake Wayland
Christina Williams
Jean Andrews
Sharon Bermon
Ester Carballo-Jane
Ella Cardon
Donna Cohen
Cheree Dillon
Tatyana Epstein
Ken Frenkel
Ethel Gardner
Rachel Gellman
Stanley Goldberg
Maura Graziano
Anthony Hussey
Katie Killary
Alicia Kubes
Joy Palevsky
Inna Penek
Maggie Portis
Brian Pozun
Kenneth Reid
Cindy Riley
Norma Rosenthal
Minna Scharff
Roger Torda
Debbie Ullman
5+
Carolyn Benbow-Ross
Rita Callahan
Jon Cardon
Mac Chiulli
Elizabeth Colnaghi
Katy Dobbs
Audrey Drillich
Saul Ehrlich
Patricia Girardi
Ivy Goodman
Dorothy Guild
Karyssa Halstead
John Kelly
Eva Lam
Virginia Liebowitz
Kara Maser
Bob Moore
Gloria Neimark
Joan Palermo
Pilar Ramirez
Ann Reilly
Joan Reilly
Gilbert Rodriguez
Patricia Romeu
Sandy Roth
Margit Rott
Marta Schlitzer
Phyllis Shanley
Johanna Sterbin
Nancy Tepper
Carl Tyndall
Mike Weyand
Jane Woodbridge
Catherine Young
Gregory Zaic
Eric Aglow
Eric Ball
Katrina Barnas
Claire Bellin
Elena Bloom
Ina Bloom
Susan Bopp
Eugenia Chaplin
Michael Eginton
Muriel Ellenport
Amber Eng
Elizabeth English
Janette Farragher
Colleen Flett
Pat Garland
Carol Goldberg
Elizabeth Green
Tiffanie Green
Yvonne Griffith
Patricia Guida
Betty Haber
Jason Jeanjaquet
Marien Klushin
Richard Kressler
Adriana Kubes
Karen Lubitz
Michelle Matteson
Rhiannon McClintock
Leigh Montville
William Morris
June Muller
Philip O’Brien
Charlotte Pao
Diane Patrick
Cheryl Patterson-Zaic
M Rea
Seth Robbins
Ron Roth
Marian Rothstein
Erika Rupinski
Barry Schulman
Annette Shear
Wendy Shlensky
Laralu Smith
Elsie St. Leger
Catherine Stein
Kathy Sullivan
Sylvia Weiner
Joan Weingarten
Roberta Weiss
Ellen Wolff
Marcia Adams
Tia Adler
Abigail Amsterdam
Teresa Ayer
Justine Banda
Karen Bell
Catherine Bradley
Michelle Chai
Vincent Chin
Heide-Rose Cleary
Lindsay Crozier
Scott Devine
Antonio Fong
Jacob Ford
Melissa Friedman
Anna Gago
Mark Gardner
Diana Garrett
Jane Geller
Joe Gioco
Sharon Goldberg
Darrell Goode
Roswitha Graser
Naomi Greene
Beth Haines
Marilyn Hannum
Ben Helmer
Elisa Hertz
Vanessa Ip
Nancy Johnson
Kevin Josephson
Ursula Kay
Nicolas Lemery Nantel
David Li
Andrea Lillo
Joan Lurie
Jayne Lynch
Santa Martin
Jennifer McGarrity
Sandra McKee
Christian Melendez
Ben Meyer
Daniel Millstone
Gail Morse
MJ Morton
Svetlana Mudrik
Kathleen Murray
Bindu Nair
Kettly Nau
Ming Pan
Carole Post
Sylvia Pryce
Ruth Rennert
Peter Robbins
Magdalene Roberts
Eric Robinson
Lois Robinson
Sylvia Rosu
Rachel Roth
Arlene Sandler
Herbert Sandler
Jessica Sheridan
Michelle Somers
Odette Veneziano
Christian Jay Villanueva
June Wai
KC Weakley
Tamara Whitehouse
Allan Yashin
Christina Ziegler-McPherson
Bob Abelson
Joan Abelson
Peter Adams
Gail Addiss
Grace Jean Barraza
Jennifer Bassetti
Sue Bassetti
Ari Bergen
Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock
Jamal Bing
Adam Blumenkrantz
Bob Bodenstein
Edward Bohner
Joseph Broda
Elizabeth Brody
Mary Brownlee
Matthew Brozyna
Kristine Bruch
Jeffrey Calhoun
Kirsty Carroll
Bahij Chancey
Jackie Cheong
Valerie Chicvak
Seth Chodosh
Edwin Cifuentes
Martha Coe
Thelmo Cordones
Joan Davidson
Ciara Diseta
Kimber Domke
Bree Donnelly
Allison Donolli-Lamorte
Christopher Duran
Patricia Dyett
Petrina Engelke
Edward Ertle
Polina Ezrokh
Brian Findley
Mary Foutz
Philip Friedman
Craig Fuller
Erik George
Bridget Gramling
Matthew Greer
Deborah Gul Haffner
Diane Gunther
Suzanne Gurney
Diane Hadel-Bobetsky
Karen Hester
Charlene Hill
David Hogarty
Jennifer Hoppen
Jacob Horn
Kyle Innes
Elizabeth Jaffe
Ethel Jatlowsky
Jacqueline Jeffrey
Ted Johnson
Alexandra Johnston
Kathy Jolowicz
Coco Kanakis
Jenny Kane
Deborah Kapell
Nancy Karg
Heidi Katterhenry
Arthur Katz
Renee Kessinger
Susanne Koster
Alice La-brie
Eilene Lauer
Ron Lauer
Carolyn Lee
Tiffany Lee
Roberta Levine
Sara Levine
Kimberly Lin
Wendi Liu
Susan Lustig
Tobias Lustig
Amritha Mahesh
Christine Mahoney
Sharon Meyer
Lynn Michaels
Michael Morelli
Carol Morry
Kelly Murphy
Dmitry Naidionov
Nancy Nguyen Watiker
Gaby Niemeier
Barbara Odwak
Mary Ogorzaly
Christine Pao
Marilyn Papas
Marion Pearce
Sara Perkins
Michelle Pizzimenti
Randy Plemel
Jennifer Romeo
Ira Rosen
Susan Rosen
Dennis Rosenthal
Ritu Saheb
Julia Sahin
Francie Scanlon
Joan Schiller
Alan Schlesinger
Emily Schmidt
Martin Schneit
Nadia Severina
Jacqueline Shaw
Rosalie Shields
Amy Shulman
Lory Skwerer
Patrick Smith
Elaine Stanley
Karol Stonger
Jason Sudik
Lois Surmacewicz
Iris Talesnick
Mary Tao
Margot Tohn
Janice Tsao
Laura Wagner
Hua Wang
Stacie Wax
Joy Weeeng
Katherine Winkleman
Pia Yasay
Barbara Zimmerman
Suzanne Zuckerman
Eileen Ahearn
Jordan Auslander
Amanda Bennett
Neil Benowitz
Philip Betheil
Jill Blackford
Duane Blue Spruce
Ellen Bochner
Jennifer Brown
Rachel Buchanan
Elise Burton
Susan Butterick
Sophie Buttiens
Maryann Byrnes-Alvarado
Berclee Cameron
Greg Caputo
Rocco Cetera
Hubert Chang
Kerry Chrystal
Evette Clarke
Marsha Cohen
Aldyth Coler
Santanna Cowan
Alba Cruz
David Cunningham
Sarah Cunningham
Barbara Curry
Lilyan Deangelis
Richard Drezen
Phyllis Eckhaus
Elizabeth Eiser
Ellen Elkins
Alexandra Ellis
Richard Elrauch
David Erickson
Wendy Felton
Aaron Foley
Sandy Foutz
Katie Garde
Caroline Gerkis
Aleksandra Gofman
William Gordon
Kathleen Hachmeyer
Sarah Hahn
Ronnye Halpern
Eric Hollander
Edward Holtzmann
Jill Horn
Randalle Hughes
Barbara Jiang
Gregory Jones
Judy Jones
Ruth Kassanga
Edith Kealey
Randall Kellogg
Karen Kennedy
Nathan Kensinger
Drew Kerr
Kevin Kochel
Pavla Kochel
Robert Lamphier
Samantha Langer
Serena Lavine
Nicole Lee
Jennifer Lerud
Elinor Levin
Catie Liken
Yi-ching Lin
Alexandra Lind
Marie Logiudice
David Long
Patricia Lozano Quintana
Lauren Lucchesi
Eric Lustig
Lori Lustig
Ruben Maldonado
Brenda McCall
Arlene Mehlman
Leila Meltzer
Linda Morgan
Anja Murke
Katherine O’Kelly
Chris O’Neil
Lisa Park
Samantha Peek
Aya Port
Carol Poticny
Eric Quick
Kate Reggev
Jack Richards
Laura Rivas
Kathy Robatel
Nicolas Robatel
Suzanne Rockman
Kathleen Rogers McInerney
Courtney Ryan
Judith Ryan
Suchi Sanagavarapu
Alexander Schkrutz
Lenore Schlossberg
Kari Scuglik
Phyllis A. Sears
Alex Shaurette
Terry Shtob
Karolyn Silver
Nina Skriloff
Fidencia Solomon
Jen Spano
Ashley Spatafore
Ralph Spielman
Katherine St. John
Anna Stancioff
Janet Stark
Stephen Symbolik
Marc Sznajderman
Marivic Tagala
Harriette Tax
Judi Tolnai
Harry Tom
Jim Tormey
Megan Walsh
Mark Weinstein
Suzanne Welker
Karl White
Jacqueline Williams
Jolie Woodson
Kathryn Yu
Donna Zelle
If you have questions about your Volunteer tenure, please email us at volunteer@ohny.org.