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.
2019-2020 Board of Directors
Chair
Kevin M. O’Bryan
Community Leader
First Vice Chair
Mark Eagan
Capital Region Chamber
Secretary
Jan Smith
Castle Rock Ranch Group, LLC
Treasurer
Alicia D. Lasch
Foy Family Advised Fund
Immediate Past Chair
Susan C. Picotte, Esq.
Cooper Erving & Savage, LLP
Susan and William Picotte Fund
Directors
Christopher Cimijotti, CPA
Marvin and Company
Virginia C. Gregg
Retired Chief Financial Officer
Robert T. Hennes, CFP
Hugh Johnson Advisors
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
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.
Ann M. Sharpe, Esq.
Ballston Spa National Bank
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
Michael R. Breault,DDS, Niskayuna Community Foundation
Directors Emeritus
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