Board of Directors 2012

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 Cooperative Extension

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

Steven Harnett, Senior Vice President – Chief Credit Officer, Adirondack Bank

John C. Kiechle, Owner, Philadelphia Grass Company

Daniel Mason, Manager, Exxon Mobil Research and Engineering (retired)

Marti Mozdzier, Owner, Wilemar Associates

Stephanie Ratcliffe, Executive Director, The Wild Center

Alice Recore, President & CEO, Mountain Lake PBS

Brian Ruder, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Skylight Partners Inc.

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