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About Poe Cottage
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage is owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and operated by The Bronx County Historical Society, with the support of Historic House Trust.
We are also supported in part with funds from the New York Community Trust, New York State Council on the Arts, the Office of the President of the Borough of The Bronx, the Bronx delegation of the New York City Council, the Bronx delegations of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate, the New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Puffin Foundation, additional public and private entities, members, and individual donors.
Board of Trustees*
Jacqueline Kutner, President
Anthony Morante, Vice President
Patrick Logan, Treasurer
Gil Walton, Secretary
Steve Baktidy, Trustee
Robert Esnard, Trustee
Mei Sei Fong, Trustee
Dr. G. Hermalyn, Trustee
Joel Podgor, Trustee
Lloyd Ultan, Trustee
Jac Zadrima, Trustee
Hon. Zohran K. Mamdani, Mayor, City of New York, Ex officio member
Hon. Diya Vij, Commissioner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Ex officio member
Hon. Tricia Shimamura, Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Ex officio member
Hon. Vanessa Gibson, The Bronx Borough President, Ex officio member
*Board of Trustees of The Bronx County Historical Society, as operators of Poe Cottage. For information about leadership of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation or Historic House Trust, visit their respective websites, linked above.
Staff & Volunteers*
Dr. G. Hermalyn
CEO
Dr. Steven Payne
Director
spayne@poecottage.org
Teresa Brown
Chief Administrative Officer
tbrown@bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Roger McCormack
Director of Education
718-881-8900 x107
education@bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Jack McKernan
Librarian
718-881-8900×105
librarian@bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Christopher Padilla
Bookstore Manager
718-881-8900 x100
mailroom@bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Youssef Alaoui
Writer-in-Residence at Poe Cottage
youssef@poecottage.org
Lystria Hurley
Museum Educator
Ruth Poku
Museum Educator
Scarlet Gomez
Creative Expression Educator
Sonyi Lopez
History Keepers Program Coordinator
Edwin Pagán
Film Educator
STAFF 161
Urban Arts Educator
*Staff and Volunteers of The Bronx County Historical Society, as operators of Poe Cottage. For information about staff and volunteers of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation or Historic House Trust, visit their respective websites, linked above.