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 & Center for Economic Growth
Vice Chair
Alicia D. Lasch
Foy Family Advised Fund
Treasurer
Robert T. Hennes
Graypoint, LLC
Secretary
Jan Smith
Castle Rock Ranch Group, LLC
Immediate Past Chair
Kevin M. O’Bryan
Community Leader
Directors
Dorcey Applyrs, Dr.PH.
City of Albany
Robert Audi, CPA
Community Leader
Fran’Cee Brown-McClure, Ph.D.
Union College
Christopher Cimijotti, CPA
Marvin and Company
David Craft, Esq.
Albany Law School
Aimee Dake
AIM Services
Belinda Hilton
Business Council of New York State, Inc.
Heidi Knoblauch, Ph.D.
University at Albany & Plumb Oyster Bar
Murray C. Massry
Tri City Rentals
Eileen McLoughlin
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Meaghan Murphy, Esq.
Barclay Damon, LLP.
Chet Opalka
Community Leader
Opalka Family Donor Advised Fund
Robert S. Reynolds, Esq.
Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna
John W. Rodat
Public Signals, LLC.
Frank M. Slingerland
The Freddie Institute
Cecil Stodghill
Doane Stuart School
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