Jesse Brackenbury, the acting executive director of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, was named the organization’s executive director.

Brackenbury joined the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy as chief operating officer in December 2009 and assumed the role of acting executive director following the January 2013 departure of founding Executive Director Nancy Brennan.

Prior to joining the Greenway Conservancy, Brackenbury worked for The Boston Consulting Group where he managed strategy, real estate, organizational development and other projects for Fortune 500 companies and government. He also has held management roles at the city of New York Department of Parks and Recreation.

"Jesse Brackenbury has proven that he is a very capable leader of the Greenway," Georgia Murray, chair of the conservancy’s board, said in a statement. "He has embraced the public/private partnership and promoted the Greenway as an economic driver for Massachusetts. He will help fulfill the Greenway vision of a great urban park: a place that welcomes people from all over the commonwealth and beyond, and gives both residents and tourists a beautiful space to play, relax and enjoy."