Meredith Sorin Horsford is executive director of The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. She is responsible for all operational and programmatic aspects of the Fund's programs at Pocantico and the strategic vision for the 200-acre campus, which includes the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center, the Conference Center, and the Kykuit public visitation program. Ms. Horsford brings experience in historic preservation and historic house museum management, as well as operations and community engagement, to this role. She currently serves as president of the board of the Greater Hudson Heritage Network, a museum service organization, and is on the advisory council of Lyndhurst, a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Prior to joining the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, she was the executive director of the Historic House Trust of New York City (HHT), stewarding 23 historic sites in all five boroughs of New York City through advocacy, promotion, and technical expertise for the nonprofit partners that operate them. At HHT, she focused on advancing capital projects, fundraising, and managing relationships with multiple nonprofit and government stakeholders. She also served as the executive director of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in Upper Manhattan for eight years where she led her team toward creative and inclusive programming and interpretation with a community-focused perspective. In 2019, she led an extensive research project on the enslaved and free Black men and women that were instrumental in the prosperity of the Dyckman Farm. Her goal at the museum was to connect the past with the present through programs such as a recurring race lecture series, contemporary art installations highlighting the Black experience in America, and urban agricultural programs. Prior to her work at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, Ms. Horsford was the executive director of the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, the official Mayoral residence of New York City, and the deputy director of the Historic House Trust of New York City.
She holds a Master of Arts in geography from the University of Delaware, a Bachelor of Arts in geography from the State University of New York College at Geneseo, and a certificate in grantmaking and foundations from the George H. Heyman, Jr. program at New York University.