This public interest organization aims at making the 400 acres (160 ha) of urban parklands from the Boston Harbor to the Watertown Dam more attractive, active and accessible for all.
The Charles River Conservancy built a 40,000 sq ft skatepark that opened in 2015.
von Tscharner has co-written several books on public art, urban design and environmental education and has taught at several academic institutions in New England.
Prior to starting the Charles River Conservancy, she taught in the landscape program of Harvard's Radcliffe Seminars, she was a principal of The Townscape Institute, Assistant City Planner in Bern, Switzerland, and Planning Officer with the Greater London Council’s Covent Garden Task Force.
She has a degree in architecture and city planning from the Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.