Christopher J. Nolan brings more than three decades of experience in planning, design, construction, stewardship, and nonprofit management. He spent most of his professional career at the Central Park Conservancy, serving for more than twenty-five years on the organization’s executive leadership team during a period of significant transformation for both the Conservancy and Central Park. As Chief Landscape Architect, he led the planning, design, and delivery of a $450 million portfolio of capital projects, including major restorations of historic landscapes, recreational facilities, buildings, and infrastructure systems.

Beyond his project leadership responsibilities, Christopher played an important role in organizational planning, fundraising, governance, and long-term stewardship initiatives. He worked closely with trustees, donors, public agencies, community partners, and civic leaders to advance major capital campaigns and support the Conservancy’s mission. His work helped translate ambitious institutional goals into capital investments, operational systems, and enduring practices of care and stewardship.

Following his executive leadership tenure, Christopher continued to support the Conservancy as a consultant through Studio Nolan Landscape Architects & Planners, where he led completion of the Davis Center at the Harlem Meer, the largest capital project in Central Park’s history and the capstone of the Park’s decades-long restoration. Its completion marked the culmination of Christopher’s long relationship with the Conservancy and a defining contribution to the restoration and stewardship of Central Park.

Christopher earned a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University, where he met his wife and professional partner, Suzanne Nolan, principal of Studio Nolan Landscape Architects & Planners. Christopher and Suzanne are active parishioners of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Yonkers, NY, where Christopher serves as subdeacon.