Eileen Reilly

Eileen Reilly is a lifelong Queens resident who grew up in Woodside as one of 13 children. For the past 23 years, she has been serving as Executive Director of the Maspeth Town Hall Community Center. Under her leadership, the Center has become an integral and vital part of the community, providing innovative programming that includes quality education, recreation, the arts and health awareness.

As a member of a large family, Ms. Reilly learned the meaning of “community” at an early age. She has used this personal commitment to the greater good as a guiding principle for her exceptional work in the Maspeth community. Since becoming involved with the Town Hall, she has seen the Community Center’s budget increase from $150,000 to more than $4.5 million. Today, the group employs 285 people, approximately 85 percent of whom are college students, and serves 500 clients a week.

Among many accomplishments over her tenure, Ms. Reilly oversaw a much needed $3 million renovation of the Maspeth Town Hall building to improve and expand its ability to serve the community. She developed a toddler program which serves 125 children and parents weekly, and has collaborated with local public schools, private foundations and the New York City Department of Education to provide highly successful Pre-K and after-school programming for local families. In addition, Ms. Reilly works diligently to initiate and maintain valuable partnerships with such entities as the Maspeth Federal Savings Bank, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Maspeth Kiwanis Club.

Apart from her work with the Maspeth Town Hall, Ms. Reilly has served for more than two decades as the St. Adalbert’s Ladies Guild coordinator, and has aided the Guild in raising more than $200,000 for the school. Her community service has been honored by Newsday, the New York City Council, and the Queens Borough President, among others.

Ms. Reilly has been married to her husband, Robert, since May 1970. The couple met when Robert was recovering in the hospital from wounds suffered in the Vietnam War, and Ms. Reilly happened to be volunteering at the facility after work. They are the loving parents of Michael, Amanda and Thomas, and the proud grandparents of Darrah Kate and Sydney Grace Reilly.