Advisory Board Detail
Chester Crocker
Advisory Board Member
Chet is a the former Assistant Secretary of State and Georgetown professor
Jack Delehanty
Advisory Board Member
Jack is the retired District Attorney for Franklin County, NY
Sue Goodspeed
Advisory Board Member
Sue is the former Secretary of the Adirondack Park Institute who served the API for over 10 years.
Sarah P. Lewin
Advisory Board Member
Sarah works for the Adirondack Experience museum in Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Elizabeth (Betsy) Lowe
Advisory Board Member
Betsy is a former Region Director at the NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation and a co-creator of the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, NY
Mike Pratt
Advisory Board Member
Mike is the former President and CEO of the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA)
Philip G. Terrie
Advisory Board Member
Phil is an Adirondack Historian, Author, and former Adirondack Experience Museum curator
Kathy Hutchins Welling
Advisory Board Member
Kathy is the daughter of our Founding President, Frank Hutchins. She is also a board member at Paul Smith's College.
Ross Whaley
Advisory Board Member
Ross is the President Emeritus of State of NY University College of Environmental Studies and Forestry (SUNY ESF), and is the former chair of the Adirondack Park Agency
Paul Hai
Trustee
Paul is a co-director of the SUNY ESF’s Newcomb campus.
Mark Leta
Trustee
Mark is a retiree from NYSEG and is now working for Northline Utilities, an energy utility related business successful in the Adirondacks. He and his wife Debbie live in Peru. Mark is also a Trustee for Clinton CC, and is a Clinton County IDA Board Member
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Col. Robert "Bob"
C. Lilly
Trustee
Bob is a retired Colonel from the US Air Force. In retirement he has been very involved in activities involving Newcomb and Essex County. He is a long time Board Member and for a time was Executive Director of API.
Chuck Monzeglio
Chuck owns a construction business in Connecticut. He was a longtime friend of our founding President Frank Hutchins.
Melany Putman
Trustee
Elizabeth "Liz" Thorndike
Elizabeth “Liz” Thorndike served for nearly 16 years as an Adirondack Park Agency commissioner and then 20 years as member of the board of directors of NYSERDA.
She is an educator in the field of natural resource policy and planning and has
been part of many teaching and learning teams with the Center for Environmental Information in Rochester and adjunct faculty at Cornell where she taught “Wilderness and Wildlands: Sustaining the Built Environment.
A board member of the API for many years, she also serves currently on the boards of the Adirondack Research Consortium and Paul Smith’s College.
Trustee
Troy Trombley
Trustee
A North Country native who graduated from Beekmantown High School and received Bachelors Degree in Business Management from SUNY Plattsburgh, Troy has been working at NYSEG for 5 years. Originally hired as a Natural Gas Marketing professional, he now works with the Government and Community Relations group. Troy covers the North Country Territory. Troy and his wife Taylor have a 4 year old daughter Charlotte. In his free time he loves to golf, go on long trail walks, and enjoy activities on beautiful Lake Champlain.
Stuart Angert
Trustee
Stuart Angert is the founder, and served as President and CEO, Remarketing Services of America, a team of 700, providing automotive lease portfolio programs for the nation’s largest banks and the captive finance companies of the manufacturers. RSA was subsequently acquired by Daimler-Benz, parent of Mercedes-Benz.
Currently, Stuart serves on several boards of trustees and director, as as Chairman of the Independent Health Foundation Stuart earned his BA from Colgate University, and an MBA with a concentration in International Business from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
Robert Calihan
Trustee
Rob owns Callihan Law in Rochester, a specialized firm.
James C. Dawson
Trustee
Mike German
Trustee
Mike has served on the API Board for over 20 years. He loves the Adirondacks and hiking. Mike is retired from NYSEG and in retirement started his own energy business, Corning Gas. Mike is past president of the Board. He and his wife Susan live in Connecticut.
Paul Hai
Trustee
Paul is a co-director of the SUNY ESF’s Newcomb campus.
Mark Leta
Trustee
Mark is a retiree from NYSEG and is now working for Northline Utilities, an energy utility related business successful in the Adirondacks. He and his wife Debbie live in Peru. Mark is also a Trustee for Clinton CC, and is a Clinton County IDA Board Member
Col. Robert "Bob"
C. Lilly
Trustee
Bob is a retired Colonel from the US Air Force. In retirement he has been very involved in activities involving Newcomb and Essex County. He is a long time Board Member and for a time was Executive Director of API.
Chuck Monzeglio
Chuck owns a construction business in Connecticut. He was a longtime friend of our founding President Frank Hutchins.
Melany Putman
Trustee
Elizabeth "Liz" Thorndike
Elizabeth “Liz” Thorndike served for nearly 16 years as an Adirondack Park Agency commissioner and then 20 years as member of the board of directors of NYSERDA.
She is an educator in the field of natural resource policy and planning and has
been part of many teaching and learning teams with the Center for Environmental Information in Rochester and adjunct faculty at Cornell where she taught “Wilderness and Wildlands: Sustaining the Built Environment.
A board member of the API for many years, she also serves currently on the boards of the Adirondack Research Consortium and Paul Smith’s College.
Trustee
Troy Trombley
Trustee
A North Country native who graduated from Beekmantown High School and received Bachelors Degree in Business Management from SUNY Plattsburgh, Troy has been working at NYSEG for 5 years. Originally hired as a Natural Gas Marketing professional, he now works with the Government and Community Relations group. Troy covers the North Country Territory. Troy and his wife Taylor have a 4 year old daughter Charlotte. In his free time he loves to golf, go on long trail walks, and enjoy activities on beautiful Lake Champlain.
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