Barbara and Donald Tober, Co-Chairs
 Karen and John Klopp, Co-Chairs
Alice and Kevin Concagh, Vice Chairs
Anne Eisenhower, Vice Chair
Mark Gilbertson, Vice Chair
Jamee and Peter Gregory, Vice Chairs
Marlene Hess and James Zirin, Vice Chairs
Polly and Peter Millard, Vice Chairs
Melissa and Chappy Morris, Vice Chairs
Allison and Peter Rockefeller, Vice Chairs
Elizabeth Stribling and Guy Robinson, Vice Chairs
Bunny Williams, Vice Chair

Fernanda Kellogg and Kirk Henckels are “ambassadors” of preservation, architectural history and design in every sense of the word. Through individual pursuits and together, they have sought to safeguard and celebrate the built and natural worlds, infusing a spirit of warmth and generosity in their Park Avenue neighborhood and their farms in Millbrook and Aiken.  

Following a career in global public relations at Tiffany & Company, Fernanda became the Founding Chair of the Tiffany Foundation, directing substantial funds in support of the arts, preservation and placemaking, including significant support to the High Line’s revitalization. In 2010 she received the Rachel Carson Award from the National Audubon Society, which recognizes women leaders in conservation. Fernanda continues her stewardship work as a trustee of the World Monuments Fund, and involvement with the Bard Graduate Center and Dutchess Land Conservancy.

As Vice Chairman and Founding Director of Stribling Private Brokerage, Kirk Henckels is at the vanguard in preserving Manhattan’s most prestigious historic properties. Kirk’s lifelong fascination with architecture led him to publish Life at the Top: New York’s Most Exceptional Apartment Buildings, with co-author Anne Walker in 2017. Kirk is Vice Chair of the Institute for Classical Architecture & Art, on the board of the Aiken Land Conservancy and recipient of the Clelia Delafield Award for his years of service to the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Lifelong equestrians, Fernanda and Kirk are active with the Millbrook and Aiken Hunts, supporters of the U.S. Equestrian Team and for 25 years hosted the Fitch’s Corner Horse Trials, the premier lower-level equestrian event in the country.

Fernanda and Kirk are quintessential New Yorkers, embodying the spirit and sense of community that characterizes the qualities of a neighborhood that Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts seeks to protect and celebrate every day. We are thrilled to salute them with the 2019 Ambassador to the Upper East Side Award.