Board Members

Please feel free to contact the GANYC Board if your have any questions, comments, or concerns: board@ganyc.org  Or you may correspond with individual officers at their emails below.

Michael Morgenthal President I am honored to be the GANYC President for 2024-2025. I previously served on the GANYC Executive Board as Vice President (2020-2021), Secretary (2018-2019) and member-at-large (2016-2017). I also… Read More
Beth Goffe Vice President I am a long-term Upper West Side resident and a New York City history lover. I became a licensed New York City tour guide, after my work focus shifted from Human Resources (Client Services and Data)… Read More
Katherine L. Hill Vice President I have been a NYC licensed tour guide for ten years, a happy downtown NYC resident for over 25 and have always believed that travel is an essential part of life. Every day, I strive to create… Read More
Sara Lyons Treasurer Sara Lyons (GANYC Treasurer) has been a licensed tour guide for seven years, a GANYC member for four years, and chair of the Awards Committee since March 2023. She joined GANYC seeking a community of… Read More
Leigh Hallingby Secretary I have been a licensed New York City tour guide since 2017. My actual walking tours and my virtual tours focus on 3 neighborhoods in Harlem, plus Morningside Heights, the Upper West Side and… Read More
Mitch Paluszek Secretary I am honored to be a Secretary on the Board of GANYC. I recently retired as an attorney after 37+ years of proud NYC service in several City agencies. And with all that jumping around, I really… Read More
Gary Dennis Member At Large If you had told me ten years ago that I would one day be on the board of this organization, I would have said the same thing I said when I found out there was to be a food court on the lower level of… Read More
Joseph Landon Member At Large Read More