2026-2027 Season

President
Marion Terenzio
President, SUNY Cobleskill

Vice President
Jonathan Hansen
Attorney at Law, Monaco Cooper Lamme & Carr, PLLC

Treasurer
Tom McGuire
Banker and Economic Consultant (retired)

Secretary
Eric Arndt
Associate Professor of Human Resources, Santa Rosa Junior College; Labor Relations Specialist, Hilton International

Jeanette Altarriba
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Albany

M. Tracey Brooks
Chief Operating Officer, Whiteface Club and Resort

Al De Salvo
Community Reinvestment Officer, M&T Bank (retired)

James M. Gaughan
Municipal Official, Village of Altamont (retired)

William Gibbons
Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Robert T. Hennes
Director of Nonprofit Services, Cerity Partners

Christine Hoek
Philanthropy Consultant; Owner, Chrysalis Unlimited

Ellen Jabbur
Nurse Anesthetist (retired)

Gwen Krause
Corporate Facilitator and Executive Coach

Darcy Crum Meadows
Senior Director of Legacy Giving, Foundation Fighting Blindness

Raona Roy
CEO, Raona Roy & Company, LLC (retired)

Molly Renaud
Director of Community Engagement, Times Union

Wayne Senitta
Technical Sales Leader, IBM

Matthew Shaftel
President, Russell Sage College

Rex W. Smith
Editor-at-Large, Albany Times Union (retired)

Michael Whiteman
Attorney and Partner, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP (retired)

Michael Wolff
Physician Partner, Community Care Partners

Edelgard Wulfert
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Psychology, University at Albany

Steve Lobel
Vice President, Anchor Agency, Inc. (retired)

Douglas S. Petersen
Owner, Amidon & Petersen Financials, LLC

David Griggs-Janower, in memoriam
Founding Artistic Director and Conductor Emeritus

Margery Whiteman, in memoriam

George R. Hearst III, Co-chair
CEO, Times Union; Director, Hearst Corporation

Chet Opalka, Co-chair
President, Opalka Family Investment Partners, LP

Alan Goldberg
President, First Albany Companies (retired)

E. Stewart Jones, Jr.
Partner, Jones Hacker Murphy (retired)

Kimberly Sanger Jones
Director of Operations, Hacker Murphy LLP

Richard J. Miller, Jr.
Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP

John Nigro
President, Nigro Companies

Karen Opalka
Philanthropist

Marcia White
President, Marcia White Consulting, LLC

Board of Directors