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Meet the Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors are a dedicated and strategic group of professionals from diverse industries. Collectively, they work towards creating initiatives to support a positive business climate for our members.

2026 Board of Directors 

  • JASON ABARE*, | CHAIR, eBizDocs
  • ANDREW ALESSI, Key Private Bank
  • DR. JYOTHI ANJAMKUDY, St. Peter's Health Partners
  • STEFANIE BASTIEN, LifePath
  • PETER BLOEM, PF Management Group
  • SARAH BOGGESS, National Grid
  • ASHLEY JEFFREY BOUCK, Mohawk Hudson Humane Society  
  • JUSTIN BUCHANAN, Community Bank 
  • AARON FAGAN*, Fagan Associates
  • TOM GABRIEL*, BBL Hospitality
  • KENDRA HART*, Martin Electric
  • PAT HUGHES, Mosaic Associates Architects
  • PAT HUGHES, Pioneer
  • LINDSAY HOOPER*, ESQ., Pattison, Sampson, Ginsberg & Griffin PLLC 
  • JAIME KAZLO, CDTA  
  • PAUL KELLY, Sunmark Credit Union
  • DENNIS KENNEDY*, Hudson Valley Community College
  • GEORGE LAMARCHE III, ESQ., LaMarche Safranko Law
  • GEOFFREY MILLER, Russell Sage College
  • NATALIE ORCUTT, KIPP
  • WES PRICE, Brown and Brown
  • PATTI SCOTT, CDPHP
  • CHRISTINE STUTO, Port of Albany – Rensselaer  
  • GABRIELLA UCCELLINI, United Group
  • ALISON VANDERVOLGEN, Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group   

*indicates Executive Committee Members

For more information on being involved as a board of director, please contact the Chamber at 518.274.7020.

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