Commissioners

JOSHUA lAIRD, Executive Director

James E. Hanson II, President

D. Bryce O’Brien II, Vice President

David H. Mortimer, Secretary

Hon. Paul Tomasko, Treasurer

Jeanette A. Redden

Rose Marie Manger, Esq.

Kevin B. Tremble

We work hand in hand with the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, or PIPC, which is a bi-state governmental entity formed in 1900 to operate the Palisades Interstate Park system in New Jersey and New York.

In 1937, Congress authorized the creation of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, a joint corporate municipal instrumentality of the States of New Jersey and New York, through a Compact that required approval of the President of the United States. The Compact provided that the Palisades Interstate Park continue to exist and be maintained in the two States as an Interstate Park. The States pledged faithful cooperation in the future planning, improvement, development, maintenance, government, and management of the Park.

The Governor of New York and the Governor of New Jersey each appoints five Commissioners to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission who serve staggered five-year terms. The Commissioners serve without pay.