Task Force

The Hays Woods Task Force is chaired by Former Mayor Tom Murphy and Councilman Corey O’Connor of District 5, which includes Hays Woods. Members of the Task Force include representatives from the Departments of City Planning, City Parks, Public Works, the Office of Councilman Corey O’Connor, Friends of Hays Woods, Allegheny Land Trust, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Baldwin Borough, and the Heinz Endowments.

The Task Force established four subcommittees to go into greater depth on the following topics:

  • Programming and Education
  • Layout, Connectivity and Environmental
  • Management and Organization
  • Development

Future Task Force meetings will begin to identify the opportunities and constraints for Hays Woods, identify some shared guiding principles and draft a scope of work for planning efforts in 2019.

Task Force Members

  • Councilman Corey O'Connor, Pittsburgh City Council
  • Tom Murphy, Urban Land Institute
  • Ray Gastil, Department of City Planning
  • Mike Walsh, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
  • Darla Cravotta, Allegheny County, Office of County Executive Fitzgerald
  • John Barret, Baldwin Borough
  • Michael Knoop, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
  • Peg McCormack, Riverlife
  • Jacqui Bonomo, PennFuture
  • Roy Kraynyk, Allegheny Land Trust
  • Hannah Hardy, Allegheny Health Department
  • Jayne Miller, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
  • Heather Sage, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
  • Camila Rivera Tinsley, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
  • Joey Lynn Ulrich, Venture Outdoors
  • Ilyssa Manspeizer, Landforce
  • Sarah Koenig, Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
  • Lisa Brown, Economic Development South and Lincoln Place resident
  • Ryan Herbinko, 31st Ward Community Action Group and Lincoln Place resident
  • Sonya Tilghman, Hazelwood Initiative
  • Ross Chapman, Department of Parks
  • Karen Abrams, Heinz Endowments
  • Sylvia Fields, Eden Hall Foundation
  • Kate St. John, Friends of Hays Woods
  • Patrick Bondi, Baldwin Borough Shade Tree Commission
  • Dave Depretis, Baldwin Borough, Mayor
  • Anthony Asciolla, Borough of Baldwin

last updated: 23/04/2025

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