Contact
Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions. We can always be reached at info@TheRuin.org.
About Us
The mission of Friends of the Ruin is to excite interest in the cultural value of New York City’s historic Smallpox Hospital; engage the public in dialogue about its potential for adaptive reuse as open space; and raise essential funds to complete a restoration.
Friends of the Ruin is a registered 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization.
Board of Directors
Hansel Arroyo, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist trained at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Robert (Bob) Balder serves as the executive director of the Cornell Architecture Art Planning Program.
William (Jeff) Black is the managing director of Cantaro Capital.
Betty Chen is the managing director of investments at Rockefeller University.
Stephen Martin is an architect and former director of design and planning for Four Freedoms Park Conservancy.
Pamela Poland Chen, Esq. is partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Jonathan Salk, MD is a psychiatrist and co-author with his late father, Jonas Salk, MD, of the 1981 book, “A New Reality.”
Toks Sotande-Peters is a director in the International Corporate Bank for Barclays.