The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region’s Board of Directors is representative of our community’s rich business, civic, and cultural diversity. With a demonstrated commitment to philanthropic endeavors, Board members inspire the Foundation’s success in strategic grantmaking, philanthropic services, and community leadership. The Board establishes policies, organization-wide priorities, and program strategies, and ensures operational integrity and financial accountability.
2020-2021 Board of Directors
Chair
Mark Eagan
Capital Region Chamber
First Vice Chair and Treasurer
Alicia D. Lasch
Foy Family Advised Fund
Secretary
Jan Smith
Castle Rock Ranch Group, LLC
Immediate Past Chair
Kevin M. O’Bryan
Community Leader
Directors
Dorcey Applyrs, PhD
City of Albany
Christopher Cimijotti, CPA
Marvin and Company
Robert T. Hennes, CFP
Hugh Johnson Advisors
Belinda Hilton
Business Council of New York State, Inc.
Hyacinth Mason, Ph.D.
Albany Medical College
Olga Seme Stain Memorial Fund
Murray C. Massry
Tri City Rentals
Eileen McLoughlin
State University of New York System Administration
Meaghan Murphy, Esq.
Lavelle & Finn, LLP.
Victor A. Oberting III
The Herzog Law Firm
Chet Opalka
Community Leader
Opalka Family Donor Advised Fund
Robert S. Reynolds, Esq.
Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna
G. Neil Roberts
Health Care Consultant
John W. Rodat
Public Signals, LLC.
James A. Sidford, RHU, ChHC
Austin & Co., Inc., an Alera Group Company, LLC.
Sidford Family Fund
Frank M. Slingerland
The Freddie Institute
Geographic Fund Liaisons
Jessica Backer Brand, Esq.
Bethlehem Central Community Foundation
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Michael R. Breault,DDS,
Niskayuna Community Foundation
Directors Emeriti
Matthew Bender IV*
Bender Family Foundation
Phoebe Powell Bender
Bender Family Foundation
Marvin A. Freedman
Marvin and Sharon Freedman Fund
Barbara Linell Glaser, Ed.D.
Community/Land Preservation & Planning Fund
Barbara Hoehn
Hoehn Family Fund
Paul Hohenberg
Paul and Alane Hohenberg Fund
Charles M. Liddle III
Charles M. Liddle III & Nancy H. Liddle Fund
A.C. Riley
Almeda C. Riley Fund for Saratoga County
Ellen Sax
Sax-Greene Family Fund
*Deceased