Foundation Board of Directors

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SUNY Adirondack Foundation

The SUNY Adirondack Foundation Board of Directors provides leadership and oversight in support of student success and institutional priorities.

Officers
  • Erinn C. Kolligian, president; manager, McGregor Village Development Corp.
  • Jim Casaccio, president-elect; owner/licensed real estate broker, Premier Properties
  • Robin Zitter, ’11, treasurer; CPA, CFE Audit Manager, KLR
  • Anastasia Urtz, J.D., SUNY Adirondack president
Board of Directors
  • Robert Bullock, prison education coordinator, SUNY Adirondack
  • James R. Burkett, principal, Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, P.C.
  • Karen Carpenter, accountant, Whittemore, Dowen & Ricciardelli LLP
  • Russell E. Danforth, ’76, owner, MEC Consulting LLC
  • Kristine D. Duffy, retired president, SUNY Adirondack
  • Richard J. Ferguson, chairman, community advisory board, Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co.
  • Kathy Grasmeder, financial planner, Morgan Stanley, Table Rock Group
  • John Howard, senior district manager at Stewart’s Shops Corp.
  • Donna Kirker, senior vice president, patient services and chief nursing officer, Glens Falls Hospital
  • Chad Mallow, ’97, president, Employee Benefits Practice leader, Upstate Agency LLC
  • Shelly Marcantonio, '91, vice president, Employee Benefits Practice leader, NBT Insurance Agency
  • Michael Murray, ’01, vice president, Commercial Lending, Adirondack Trust Co.
  • Robert Nemer, co-owner, Nemer Motor Group
  • James R. Nolan, Ph.D., professor of Quantitative Business Analysis and Computer Science, Siena College
  • Kate Romanov, human resources manager, Irving Consumer Products
  • Naftali Rottenstreich, Ph.D., division chair and professor of English, SUNY Adirondack
  • Desma Sheerer, MHSA, practice leader, Hudson Headwaters Women's Health
  • Jessica Hugabone Vinson, Esq., Vella, Carbone & Vinson, LLP
Directors emeriti 
  • Patrick M. Canavan, '91, vice president, Commercial Lending, Trustco Bank
  • Paul Dowen, ’79, CPA, partner, Whittemore, Dowen & Ricciardelli LLP
  • Richard J. Ferguson, chairman, community advisory board, Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co.
  • Edward L. Hanchett, executive director, Adirondack Radiology
  • Alan Redeker, consultant, Redeker Management Consulting
  • Sue Trumpick, retired chief information officer, SUNY Adirondack