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.
Ahsan & Associates, PLLC
Vassar College
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
IBM Retiree
Malia K. Du Mont
Bard College
John Finch
Ulster Savings Bank
Phillips Oppenheim
Frances Barney Knutsen, CFA
BNY Retiree
Melissa A. Manna-Williams, Esq.
Cohen, Soloway & Wooldridge,
Melanie Matero
Community Volunteer
McCormick Management
Rebecca J. Reynolds, CPA, MBA
CPA, RBT
Anita Rice
Educator
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
Rebecca Reynolds, CPA
Secretary
Anita Rice
Treasurer
Edward L. McCormick
DUTCHESS COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Yu-Shin Chen – Chair
Eleanor Charwat
Pamela Governale
G. Angela Henry
Sandra J. Jackson
Anita Jones
Susan Kavy
Maureen Lashlee
Gaye Mallet
Edward L. McCormick
Gina McCann
John Nelson
Isabella Paquette
Jorge Luis Paniagua Valle
Phil Rosenbloom
Rendesia Scott
Trish Santini
Chip Simon
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
Kenneth Kearney
Frank E. Lucente, M.D.
Melanie Matero
Friedrike Merck
Frederick Osborn III
Nathanial S. Prentice
Lisa Hunter Rasic
Anita Rice
ULSTER COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Ashley Alleyne, MPS – Chair
Rev. Modele Clark
Samara Daly
Julie Stoil Fernandez, Esq.
John Finch
Johann Huleatt
Frances Knutsen
Nica Lalli
Thomas J. Murphy
Marianne Murray
Jeffrey D. Wood
