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Board of Directors 2011
PRESIDENT
Stephen M. Erman, Regional Development Consultant
VICE PRESIDENT
John Bartow, Executive Director, Tug Hill Commission
TREASURER
Dale G. Brown, Assistant Vice President and Manager, NBT Bank
SECRETARY
Ross Whaley, Senior Advisor, Adirondack Landowners Association
CENTRAL REGION VICE PRESIDENT
Richard R. Bird, Owner, Bird’s Marine and Adirondack Real Estate
NORTHERN REGION VICE PRESIDENT
Paul M. Cantwell, Jr., Attorney, Cantwell & Cantwell
SOUTHERN REGION VICE PRESIDENT
Ron Montesi, Queensbury Town Board Member
WESTERN REGION VICE PRESIDENT
Michele Ledoux, Executive Director, Lewis County Cornell Coop. Ext.
Kelly Blazosky, President, Oneida County Tourism
Jill Breit, Executive Director, Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
Richard Burns, Manager, Community & Customer Management, National Grid
Kelly Chezum, Vice President for External Relations, Clarkson University
James T. Ellis, Former Principal, Tupper Lake High School
Eugene T. Falvo, Vice President, Falvo Manufacturing
Mike Farmer, Tourism/Publicity Director, Town of Webb
Bruce Ferguson, Owner, Scott Hill Farm
John C. Kiechle, Owner, Philadelphia Grass Company
Daniel Mason, Manager, Exxon Mobil Research and Engineering
Marti Mozdzier, Owner, Wilemar Associates
Stephanie Ratcliffe, Executive Director, The Wild Center
Alice Recore, President & CEO, Mountain Lake PBS
Arnie Talgo, Tug Hill Commission member; former Senior Policy Analyst, New York Power Authority
Patricia Tatich, Director, Warren County Planning Department
Eric Virkler, Director, Lewis County Economic Development and Planning