Board of Directors
Officers
Rick Ruby, Sr., Chair
CEO, Ruby and Quiri
Christopher J. Simon, Vice Chair
Retired Executive Vice President, Business Development for Rockcliff Energy LLC
Marty Newell, Treasurer
COO, Center for Rural Strategies.
Barbara Lee, Secretary
Attorney at Law PLLC
Members
William Crankshaw
Superintendent, Greater Johnstown School District
Don Cropsey
Owner of D. Franklin Construction Services & D. Franklin Glassworks
Tom Flynn
Retired Founder & President of Jaeger
& Flynn Assoc., Inc.
Marc Gross
Attorney at Law PLLC
Kim Hart
Vice President of Fultonville Machine and Tool Co.
Jeannie Im
Administrative Coordinator, Neuberger Berman
Erik Kulleseid
President & CEO, Open Space Institute
Dan MacIvor
Owner, Power Growth Strategies, Inc.
Genia Meinhold
Retired Travel Consultant
Mary Peck
NYS Certified Business Teacher & Work-Based Learning Coordinator, Voorheesville Central School District
Nancy Purcell
Retired Director of Business Administration, architecture+
Steve Smith
President and CEO, L.L. Bean
Bruce Veghte
CFO Emeritus, Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Community Advisory Council
Bill Ackerbauer
Lorraine Carlson
Retired High School Math teacher, Lansingburgh Central Schools.
John DonVito
Owner, JDV Property Management, LLC.
Bill Fielding
Canada Lake Store and Marina
Sam Fielding
Doctor of Acupuncture & Mindset and Performance Coach
Kathy Manning
Vice President of Jeric Properties and Retired Registered Nurse
Kathy Merrell
Lois Miller
Chris Rohrs
Retired President, Television Bureau of Advertising
Clark Saunders
John Shea
Sales Manager, WNYT-TV
Linda F. Smith
Director of Development, Historic Deerfield, ret.
Faith Takes
Owner of Empire Education and CEO of Mildred Elley
International Artistic Advisory Council
Matthew Aucoin
Composer, 2018 MacArthur Fellow
Eddie Barbash
Saxophonist featured on the Soul soundtrack (Oscar and Grammy-winning)
Mike Block
Cellist, Grammy-winning innovator
Jeff Haydon
President & CEO, Ravinia Festival
Ayane Kozasa
Violist, Kronos Quartet
Kevin Kwan Loucks
CEO, Chamber Music America
Tommy Mesa
Cellist, 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient
Cole Randolph
Cellist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Jim Rosenthal
Chair Emeritus, Apollo’s Fire
Cara Samantha
Vocalist, Grammy-winning artist and voiceover professional
Renée Schine Crown
Board Member, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Uri Vardi
Professor Emeritus of Cello, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Feldenkrais Practitioner
Cory Wong
Guitarist, Grammy-nominated, Fender-sponsored artist
