ACT is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of individuals known for their integrity, judgment, and knowledge of regional needs. Trustees are elected to staggered three-year terms in order to ensure a continuous flow of new ideas and to promote public accountability.
Adele P. Connors, Co-Chair
Lake Placid
Co-Owner & Founder- Advertisers Workshop, Board Member - Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid Education Foundation, One Work Source and Adirondack Medical Center Foundation.
Vincent McClelland, Co-Chair
Keene Valley
Manager - The Mountaineer, Broker/Project Manager - Keene Valley Office LandVest, Project Manager - L.A. Group, Board Member - New York Ski Education Foundation, Champlain National Bank, Assistant Coach - Keene Central School Girls Soccer.
John Ernst , Secretary/Treasurer
North Hudson/New York City
President - Bloomingdale Properties, Owner - Elk Lake Lodge, Board of Trustees - National Museum of the American Indian, Co-Chair of the Board - George Gustaf Heye Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Treasurer - Lochland School, Board of Trustees - Open Space Institute, Executive Council - North Country Public Radio, Board Member and former Chair - Adirondack Council, Board Member - Adirondack Landowners Association, Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation, Adirondack Center for Writing and New York League of Conservation Voters, and New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.
Michael Ellis
North Creek/New York City
Principal, Pantera Partners LLC, a private equity investment and hedge fund consulting firm, Investor - Copperfield Inn. Treasurer - Presbytery of New York City, Trustee - Moravian College and Steering Committee - Clarkson Adirondack Initiative for Wired Work.
Jerry Hayes
Tupper Lake
Attorney, Board member - Mercy Care for the Adirondacks, volunteer - Tupper Lake youth hockey program, former Chair - Adirondack Medical Center.
Nancy Keet
Saranac Lake/NYC/Paris, France
BA in Fine Arts - Fairfield University, Master of Fine Arts - Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, President - Lake Colby Association, Member of the Steering Committee to establish an endowment fund for NCPR's Adirondack News Bureau, assisted with fund development to establish the Judith G. Safe Home in Saranac Lake.
Michael O'Connor
Plattsburgh
Financial Advisor - Wells Fargo Advisors, Former President of the Board - Hospice of the North Country, Board member - Foundation of CVPH Medical Center
Peter Paine
Willsboro
Partner, retired - Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, Chairman - Champlain National Bank, Board Member - The Adirondack Nature Conservancy and Adirondack Land Trust, Trustee Emeritus - New York State Nature Conservancy, Founding Board member and General Counsel - The Lake Champlain Committee (1963 to 2005), Chairman of the Board - Fort Ticonderoga, President - Boquet Foundation
Glenn Pearsall
Johnsburg
Vice President - Investments at UBS Glens Falls, Portfolio Manager, UBS Portfolio Manager Program, Board Member - Adirondack Museum, Co-Founder - Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation, Author and Upstate History Alliance Award of Merit and Certificate of Commendation winner for his first book Echoes In These Mountains.
Gail Rogers Rice
Saranac Lake
Professor, retired - North Country Community College (NCCC) and SUNY Plattsburgh, Dean of Academic and Student Affairs - NCCC, Former President of North Country Community College, Chair - Saranac River Commission and the Regional Economic Development Council Board. Honors include - George Hodson Award for Outstanding Service to NCCC, and Adirondack Business and Professional Women's "Woman of the Year"
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