Who We Are

Our Mission


We seek to acquire and transform Blau House & Gardens into a community resource for educational programming dedicated to horticulture, arts, and culture.

We are a 501 c 3 non profit public charity 


Our Governance

  • Eileen Blau | In Memoriam

    Owner


  • Robert Cohen | Chair

    Robert Cohen Architect LLC, Chair


  • Emily Blau | Director

    Secretary / Treasurer


  • Walter Hlawitschka | Director

    Associate Professor of Finance, Charles F. Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University, Director

  • Duncan Himmelman | Advisor

    Professional horticulturist, administrator, and educator

  • Rachel Gordan | Advisor

    Professor Rachel Gordan is the Samuel “Bud” Shorstein fellow in American Jewish Culture & Society at the University of Florida

  • Richard A. Ungerer | Advisor

    Education and nonprofit organization consultant, former Executive Director, American Montessori Society

  • Tracy R. Kay | Advisor

    CEO, Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens


  • Wes Haynes | Advisor

    Historic Preservation Planner and Architectural Historian, Executive Director, Merritt Parkway Conservancy

  • Angel Ayón | Advisor

    Principal, AYON Studio Architecture • Preservation, P.C. (AYON Studio)

  • Marty Skrelunas | Advisor

    Architectural Preservationist, Architecture and Landscape Preservation LLC

  • Dan Urciuoli | Advisor

    Local Manager & Arborist Representative,Bartlett Tree Experts, Licensed Arborist

  • Kathleen Maher | Advisor

    Executive Director, The Barnum Museum


  • Jennifer Letitia, M.D. | Advisor

    Functional and Integrative Physician at Whole Body Medicine in Fairfield

  • David Green | In Memoriam

    Freelance Consultant. Previous Executive Director of the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County