The Trust for Governors Island
The Governors Island Corporation, doing business as The Trust for Governors Island, is the 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization created by the City of New York and charged with the planning, redevelopment, and ongoing operations of 150 acres of Governors Island. The Trust’s mission is to transform Governors Island into a vibrant resource for New York City, making the Island a destination with extraordinary public open space, as well as educational, not-for-profit, and commercial facilities. With the mandate to activate Governors Island, maximize public use and attract long term tenants, the Trust has led with arts, culture, and design.
The Trust is currently transforming Governors Island into a destination with extraordinary public open space, as well as educational, nonprofit, and commercial facilities. Thirty new acres of park and public spaces opened to the public for the first time in 2014. In 2016 the Trust opened The Hills, the crowning feature of the new park. Made of recycled construction and fill materials, The Hills rise 25 to 70 feet above the Harbor. The summit of the tallest hill provides visitors with a 360-degree panorama of the Statue of Liberty, New York harbor, and the Lower Manhattan skyline.
In addition to the completion of the park, the Trust is proceeding with an ambitious infrastructure program to ready the Island for expanded tenancy and activity. In addition to existing nonprofit and educational tenants, the Trust will soon welcome Governors Island’s first commercial tenant, QC Terme, a destination day spa. The move will help the organization achieve its goal of making the Island an extraordinary public resource with a vibrant mix of uses and activities
Board Members
Alicia Glen, Chair
Margaret Chin
Cheryl Effron
Carolee Fink
Karen Brooks Hopkins
Catherine Hughes
Patrick Kennell
Benjamin Lawsky
Susan Mercandetti
Daniel Neidich
Tokumbo Shobowale
Daniel Squadron
Carl Weisbrod
Staff
Clare Newman, President and CEO
Governors Island 2018 Year in Review
Board and Committee Meeting Notes
- Draft Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (October 4, 2019)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (June 19, 2019)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (March 27, 2019)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (January 22, 2019)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (October 16, 2018)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (June 19, 2018)
- Minutes from Executive Committee Meeting (May 22, 2018)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (March 29, 2018)
- Minutes from Executive Committee Meeting (January 16, 2018)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (December 15, 2017)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (October 11, 2017)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (June 20, 2017)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (March 30, 2017)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (January 17, 2017)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (September 14, 2016)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (June 15, 2016)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (March 15, 2016)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (January 21, 2016)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (October 15, 2015)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (June 18, 2015)
- Minutes from Audit Committee Meeting (June 2, 2015)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (May 12, 2015)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (March 9, 2015)
- Minutes from Audit Committee Meeting (February 5, 2015)
- Minutes from Board of Directors Meeting (October 28, 2014)
- Minutes from Audit Committee Meeting (September 28, 2014)