Board of Trustees

The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley is governed by a Board of Trustees that includes local leaders in business, philanthropy and our community. Each is dedicated to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the organization, while targeting meaningful investments to meet the needs of the community. In addition, the Foundations is supported by local advisory boards in Dutchess, Putnam and Ulster counties. To see a list of former trustees, please click here.

Aziz M. Ahsan, Esq.
Ahsan & Associates, PLLC

Ashley Alleyne, MPS
Go Beyond Greatness, Inc.

Darrelyn A. Brennan, CFP
Benjamin F. Edwards & Co.

Eleanor Charwat
Community Volunteer

Yu-Shin Chen
Dunkin’ Donuts Franchisee

Robert J. Cotter
Community Volunteer

John Finch
Ulster Savings Bank

Michael Hamilton
NuEnergen

Melissa A. Manna-Williams, Esq.
Rusk, Wadlin, Heppner & Martuscello, LLP

Melanie Matero
Community Volunteer

Edward L. McCormick
McCormick Management

Rebecca J. Reynolds, CPA, MBA
CPA, RBT

Anita Rice
Educator

Margaret Rubin, Esq.

Myrna Sameth
Community Volunteer

Rendesia Scott
SUNY New Paltz

Chip Simon, CFP
Community Volunteer

Steven Tinkelman
Tinkelman Architecture, PLLC

OFFICERS

Chair
Chip Simon, CFP

First Vice Chair
Robert J. Cotter

Secretary
Anita Rice

Treasurer
Edward L. McCormick

DUTCHESS COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Yu-Shin Chen – Chair
Eleanor Charwat
Sandra J. Jackson
Anita Jones
Edward L. McCormick
Rendesia Scott
Chip Simon
Paul Stoddard
Gabriela Vega-Matthews
Lisa Wilson

PUTNAM COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Robert J. Cotter – Chair
T. Jefferson Cunningham III
Peter Hofmann, M.D.
Kenneth Kearney
Frank E. Lucente, M.D.
Friedrike Merck
Frederick Osborn III
Nathanial S. Prentice
Anita Rice

ULSTER COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Ashley Alleyne, MPS – Chair
Rev. Modele Clark
Samara Daly
John Finch
Jane Garrity
Linda Hopfenspirger
Johann Huleatt
Melissa Manna-Williams, Esq.
Thomas J. Murphy
Marianne Murray
Jeffrey D. Wood