"Members of the Natural Resources, Business, Cultural Resources, Real Estate, Recreation, Education, Science, and Hospitality communities serve on the Committee as do Representatives of the Borough of Highlands, the Borough of Sea Bright, Middletown Township, the Borough of Rumson, and the Monmouth County Freeholders."
Co-Chairs
Shawn Welch
US Army (retired)
Former Deputy Director for Infrastructure, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
Gerard Glaser
Former Executive for the National Science Foundation
Members
Patrick Collum
James Krauss
Certified Public Accountant
Chairman of the Atlantic Highlands Environmental Commission
Member of the Monmouth County Environmental Council
Linda Cohen
Founder and Director of Ocean Discoveries
Mary Eileen Fouratt
Program Associate at the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Former Executive Director of Monmouth Arts
Lillian G. Burry
Chosen Freeholder, Monmouth County
Former Mayor of Colts Neck
Member of the Fort Monmouth Redevelopment Board
Anthony P. Mercantante
Licensed Professional Planner
Township Administrator of the Township of Middletown
Formerly Director of Planning and Community Development of Middletown
Guy Hembling
President of Charles B. Hembling & Sons
Katherine Stevenson
Former Associate Director of Business Services for NPS
Former Associate Director of Cultural Resources for NPS
Michael E. Holenstein
USMC (retired)
Member of the Appraisal Institute
State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Karolyn Wray
Professional Real Estate Broker and Associate
Member of the Board of Directors for the Monmouth Ocean Regional Realtors
Michael Walsh
Legal and Compliance Risk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Former Councilman, Police Commissioner, and member of the Zoning Board of Fair Haven
Lynda Rose
President of the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Saunders
Former Administrator of the Historic Preservation Office of NJ, Department of Environmental Protection
Former Historic Preservation Specialist
Member of the Board for the Crossroads of the American Revolution, New Jersey Historical Commission, and the New Jersey Historic Trust
Dr. Howard Parish
Vice-Chair of the New Jersey Marine Science Consortium
Professor Emeritus of Geosciences at New Jersey City University
Member of the Board of Directors of the Jersey City Rotary, the Palisades Nature Association, and Board Chair of the United Way of Hudson County
Former Chair and Member of the Board of Directors of the Pocono Environmental Education Center
Gerry Scharfenberger
About the Federal Advisory Committee
The Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Federal Advisory Committee was formed in 2012 by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972.The Committee provides advice to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), through the Director of the National Park Service (Director), on the development of a reuse plan and on matters relating to future uses of the Fort Hancock Historic District of Gateway National Recreation Area.Its members come from a variety of disciplines including local government, real estate, hospitality, education, recreation, nature sciences, environmental action and more.Members must nominate themselves during a Call for Nominations. All meetings and all major changes to the committee, including its formation and changes to membership, must be announced in the Federal Register.
All meetings are open to the public, with a time regularly set aside for public comment. Come see a meeting for yourself.
The committee has met regularly since January 2013 to consider the future of the Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground National Historic Landmark. The Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, a National Park Service site created by an Act of Congress in 1972, covers the majority of the landmark district.As stated in the original Advisory Committee Charter (2012), the committee encourages leasing of the historic buildings for adaptive reuse. (The 2014 amended version of the charter is here.) This committee will follow its operating procedures to help the park develop plans consistent with Gateway’s 2014 General Management Plan (GMP).