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
Alicia D. Lasch
Graypoint, LLC
Vice Chair
Robert S. Reynolds, Esq.
Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna
Treasurer
Robert T. Hennes
Graypoint, LLC
Secretary
Belinda Hilton
Business Council of New York State, Inc.
Immediate Past Chair
Mark Eagan
Capital Region Chamber & Center for Economic Growth
Chair, Audit Committee
Christopher Cimijotti, CPA
Marvin and Company
Chair, Scholarships Committee
David Craft, Esq.
Albany Law School
Chair, Grants and Initiatives Committee
Murray C. Massry
Tri City Rentals
Directors
Hon. Dorcey Applyrs, Dr.PH., MPH
City of Albany
Jean Bedell, CPA/PFS, CFP
The Bonadio Group
M. Christian Bender
Bender Family Foundation
Robert Audi, CPA
Community Leader
Aimee Dake
AIM Services
Eldon Harris, CPWA®, CRPC®
Morgan Stanley
Heidi Knoblauch, Ph.D.
University at Albany & Plumb Oyster Bar
Eileen McLoughlin
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Meaghan Murphy, Esq.
Barclay Damon, LLP.
Chet Opalka
Community Leader
Opalka Family Donor Advised Fund
John W. Rodat
Public Signals, LLC.
Frank M. Slingerland
The Freddie Institute
Jan Smith
Community Leader
Walter Thorne
Albany Business Review
Geographic Fund Liaisons
Jessica Backer Brand, Esq.
Bethlehem Central Community Foundation
Frederick Wetzel, D.D.S.
Niskayuna Community Foundation
Directors Emeriti
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
A.C. Riley
Almeda C. Riley Fund for Saratoga County
Ellen Sax
Sax-Greene Family Fund