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.

Aziz M. Ahsan, Esq.
Ahsan & Associates, PLLC
Carlos Alamo-Pastrana
Vassar College

Ashley Alleyne, MPS
Go Beyond Greatness, Inc.

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

Robert J. Cotter
IBM Retiree

Malia K. Du Mont
Bard College

John Finch
Ulster Savings Bank

G. Angela Henry
Phillips Oppenheim

Frances Barney Knutsen, CFA
BNY Retiree

Melissa A. Manna-Williams, Esq.
Cohen, Soloway & Wooldridge,

Melanie Matero
Community Volunteer

Edward L. McCormick
McCormick Management

Rebecca J. Reynolds, CPA, MBA
CPA, RBT

Margaret Rubin, Esq.
Community Volunteer

Myrna Sameth
Community Volunteer

Mary Etta Schneider
Historic Hugeunot Street

Rendesia Scott
SUNY New Paltz

Chip Simon, CFP
Community Volunteer

OFFICERS

Chair
Robert J. Cotter

First Vice Chair
Frances Knutsen, CPA

Secretary
Melanie Matero

Treasurer
Edward L. McCormick

DUTCHESS COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Yu-Shin Chen – Chair
Pamela Governale
G. Angela Henry
Sandra Jackson
Anita Jones
Susan Kavy
Maureen Lashlee
Gaye Mallet
Gina McCann
Ed McCormick
John Nelson
Jorge Luis Paniagua Valle
Isabella Paquette
Phil Rosenbloom
Trish Santini
Rendesia Scott
Charles “Chip” Simon, CFP
Paul Stoddard
Karen Unger
Toby Usnik
Gabriela Vega-Matthews
Ayoka Wiles
Lisa Wilson
Francine Wizner

PUTNAM COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Robert J. Cotter – Chair
T. Jefferson Cunningham III
Peter Hofmann, M.D.
Tatiana Kaletsch
Kathy Kahng
Kenneth Kearney
Kiko Lattu
Frank E. Lucente, M.D.
Melanie Matero
Friedrike Merck
Frederick Osborn III
Nathaniel S. Prentice
Lisa Hunter Rasic

ULSTER COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Ashley Alleyne, MPS – Chair
Rev. Modele Clark
Samara Daly
John Finch
Johann Huleatt
Frances Knutsen
Nica Lalli
Thomas J. Murphy
Marianne Murray
Julie Stoil-Fernandez