Looks like Emily Lloyd will be taking over for Tupper Thomas, who is retiring from her job as Park Administrator and President of the Prospect Park Alliance.

Talk about big shoes to fill. Thomas is credited with transforming Prospect Park and creating a model for parks conservancies everywhere.

It was announced today by Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe and Prospect Park Alliance Board Chairman Albert H. Garner that Lloyd would begin the job in January 2011.

Lloyd, a longtime Brooklyn resident, has served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and Commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, as well as an Executive Vice President at Columbia University and most recently Chief Operating Officer at Trinity Real Estate..

“I am honored, and enormously excited, to be joining the Parks Department and the Prospect Park Alliance as part of the team that cares for such an amazing public green space,” Lloyd said today.

“In my years in city government and the private sector, I have visited almost every nook and cranny of New York City.  Each time I visit Prospect Park I’m always delighted to see how much people love being out in the Park.  I look forward to working with the Department of Parks & Recreation, the Alliance board, staff, volunteers and the community to make sure Prospect Park has the resources it needs.”