Board and Staff

Cindy Hayes is a life-long resident of Berwyn. She graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business/Fashion Merchandising. She also has an Associate Degree in Arts and an Associate Degree in Applied Science from Morton College. Over the years, Cindy has worked as a store manager for various retailers, a design drafter for a local remodeling company, and a secretary at Mac Neal Hospital. Her most recent career started in 2009 with the South Berwyn School District #100. There she worked as a device lead for their 1:1 technology program and also as the Learning Center Assistant at Hiawatha School. Cindy is actively involved in her community. Currently, she is serving as a trustee for the Berwyn Township (since 2017) and a trustee for the Berwyn Public Library (since 2011). Cindy has been very active with the PTA/PTO in the South Berwyn Schools since 2005. Cindy began her new position with Park District in May of 2020 as the Superintendent of Finance and Human Resources. Cindy is excited to continue her career in the community that she is raising her family in.

In 2009, John Roberts started his parks and recreation career as a seasonal groundsman for the Arlington Heights Park District. After one year, he advanced to become grounds foreman where he oversaw 22 part-time and seasonal employees. John and his team cared for 13 baseball fields, managed a concession stand, and helped facilitate tournament play. In the off season, John coached, refereed, and score kept for both youth/adult basketball and adult volleyball. In 2016, he joined the Arlington Heights Park District trades department working as a general tradesmen supporting the needs of 58 parks which included, swimming pools, community centers, golf courses, playgrounds, tennis clubs, racquet clubs, athletic fields, and fitness centers. During this time, John was honored for his 10 years of dedicated service in Arlington Heights. In 2020, John joined the Berwyn Park District as the Superintendent of Parks supporting the development and supervision of all parks and facilities. John is proud to work for the residents of Berwyn and further the 100+ years of park and recreation service to the community.

Felipe Lopez is part of our Full-Time Maintenance team. He started his career in landscaping at the young age of 13 and is nearing a decade of lawn care experience, where he has spent 6 of those years with us at the Berwyn Park District. Along with ensuring our parks are kept clean, he is responsible for landscaping/forestry and setting up our ball fields. Felipe has greatly contributed to our T-Box renovation project, where he lent his expertise in redoing all T-Boxes at Proksa Park and transforming them into pavers, which allowed us the ability to install our disc golf course. Among his values, he puts his team first and is a great motivator when it comes to park projects big and small. On his time away from our parks, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing football and soccer with his friends, and focusing on running his family landscaping business.

Zak Kerby has spent the majority of his young life growing up in Berwyn, spending many hours in and around the parks in town. After obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout from Troop 31 in Berwyn, Zak graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Recreation Administration. After working for the Normal Cornbelters as their clubhouse manager for a season, Zak went on to spend time with the Bolingbrook Park District. There, he worked as an Assistant Facility Manager, as well as working as adult athletics manager, climbing wall instructor and before and after school assistant. Zak also has experience working for the Park District of Oak Park, helping to maintain and provide services for their gymnastics facility. Zak’s role with the Berwyn Park District is with managing Special Events, as well as teen, adult, and senior programming.

Ronald Moffatt joined the Berwyn Park District in January 2017. He started as a custodian and made his way to head custodian. Ron is outgoing, hard working and has good communication skills. He is certified in CPR for infants, children and adults. He loves his job and looks for ways to help make the Berwyn Park District better in any way he can.

Sam Steinbach is our jack-of-all-trades foreman in the Parks Department. Sam has been with the Berwyn Park District since 2013, when he started as a seasonal helper handling mainly grounds maintenance. During his career here, his scope has grown to cover multiple aspects of the parks day-to-day operations, including grounds keeping, small engine mechanics, event planning, landscaping, plumbing, electrical work, and operation of heavy machinery. When Sam is not working, he enjoys fishing, biking with friends and working on cars.

Prior to coming to the Berwyn Park District in 2020, Sandy worked for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage county for over 23 years, the last 15 years as the Manager of Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation of Willowbrook Wildlife Center, in Glen Ellyn. While at Willowbrook Wildlife Center, she handled the overall strategic and day-to-day operations of this nationally renowned wildlife rehabilitation and education center which included an annual operating budget totaling over a $1 million. She oversaw the development of the site’s master plan, including the strategic and marketing plan goals and objectives, as well as the business plan development. She worked closely with both state and federal agencies.

Prior to working for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Sandy worked for 14 years in the real estate property management business. She had volunteered for DuPage County for 8 years as a volunteer interpreter and 12 years of volunteer interpreter experience with Brookfield Zoo. She is currently volunteering for the PTSA of Freedom Middle School, serving as its President.

Sandy is a graduate of Elmhurst College with a major in Geography and a minor in Urban Studies, earned a Master’s Certificate in Leadership from North Central College in Naperville and was also in the first graduating class of the Morton Arboretum’s Naturalist Certificate Program. She has lived in Berwyn for 33 years with her husband, Robert and their 13-year old daughter, Lauren. Sandy has served the past 8 years on the Berwyn Park District Board of Commissioners. She is looking forward to leading the Park District to becoming a recreation destination for Berwyn residents and putting Berwyn Parks on the map as a destination location for all visitors.

Martha Houston graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and minors in Health Sciences and Driver Education. Martha began her recreational career at the Wheaton Park District’s Northside Family Aquatic Center concessions. After graduating college, Martha substituted in a few school districts while working as an after-school Site Coordinator for the YMCA of Metro Chicago Safe ‘n Sound branch. She worked as a Program Manager at Safe ‘n Sound assisting with twenty-one before and after-school sites, four summer camps and numerous days off school activities. Martha worked at the Hoffman Estates Park District overseeing the seven STAR before and after-school program, day camps and the days off school program. Martha’s role at Berwyn Park District is the Athletics and Recreation Manager. She is excited to bring her knowledge of sports and programming to the Park District.