The ABC No Rio Board of Directors is the oversight body with the legal and fiduciary responsibility to supervise the running of ABC No Rio. While the general collective and subcollectives are primarily concerned with ABC No Rio programs and events, and maintaining and developing existing and new facilities, the Board takes a broader perspective, and is concerned primarily with ensuring the long-term health and vitality of ABC No Rio, and our effort to build our new facility at 156 Rivington Street.

Our Board is generally intimately acquainted with program and administrative operations, with several members active participants in our collectives. Decisions and actions are taken by a majority vote of those present, if there’s a quorum, as specified in the by-laws.

Issues that legally require the Board’s attention and action are referred by the executive director and/or the No Rio collectives to the Board with a recommendation, and the Board customarily seeks affirmations of its decisions from the director and collectives.

The executive director works closely with the collectives to help implement programming, is the lead of the new building construction project, writes grants to help sustain operations, reports and makes recommendations to both the Board of Directors and the collective, prepares financial statements and proposed budgets, and presents updates on program and building development, fundraising and the capital campaign, and other pertinent information.

In the Spring of 1998, Steven Englander was hired to oversee ABC No Rio administrative matters and to advise and assist collective members and volunteers to ensure the success of our programs and projects. After his death in December 2024, Gavin Marcus became executive director.

Executive Director:
Gavin Marcus

Board of Directors:
Rick Jungers, Co-Chair
Eric Goldhagen, Co-Chair
Ean Murphy, Treasurer
Terry Hope Romero, Secretary
Jack Bratich
Alexander Campos
Christine Halvorson
Anika Paris
Julie Hair

Board Member Emeritus:
Steven Englander
Alan Moore