Face to Watch

Maintaining law and order inNew York City parks is the primary role of Sara Hobei '76, director of the N.Y.C. Parks andRecreation Department's UrbanPark Rangers. The former businesswoman with an M.B.A.from Columbia came to theparks job from the rush andrumble of Wall Street and business news publishing, whereshe left a highly successfulnewsletter written with ElaineGarzarelli, the analyst who predicted the stock market crash of1987 Combining her love forhorses and the outdoors, Hobelvolunteered as a ranger afterthe birth of her children andeventually rode to the director'sjob. The negotiating expertiseshe learned at Dartmouth andon Wall Street recently helpedher secure a National Geographic Society grant of $2million for the park rangers. Themoney will be used to establishExplorer Programs for childrenin the nature centers of thecity's 28,000-acre park system.