Port of Albany Senior Team Leaders accept Board Appointments
(June 26, 2025) Port of Albany Chief Executive Officer Richard J. Hendrick recently joined the Board of Directors of the Seafarers International House NYC, which, in partnership with the Episcopal Church since its founding in 1834, serves the needs of Mariners and Seafarers in the New York Region.
Hendrick, with the Port since 2004, has led the Port to historic increases in ships, tonnage and longshore labor hours worked – as well as investments in infrastructure and Port district growth in additional to environmental leadership in its eight-year consecutive Green Marine certification, a voluntary program that sets an environmentally forward benchmark for ports in North America.
Additionally, Hendrick serves as the Vice Chair of the American Association of Port Authorities, on the Board of Commissioners of Pilots of the State of New York, has served in several leadership roles of the North Atlantic Ports Association, and was named to City & State NY’s 2024 Transportation Power 100 list. He is also on the Board of the Historic Cherry Hill in Albany’s South End and serves on the Board of Directors of the W.F. Bruen Hose Company [Clinton Heights Fire Department] in East Greenbush, NY.
Port of Albany Chief Financial Officer Christine Stuto recently accepted a seat on the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of St. Catherine’s Center for Children, a leading non-profit agency based in Albany, NY, dedicated to transforming the lives of vulnerable children and families in the region and as the representative for New York/Northern New Jersey on the Board of Directors for the North Atlantic Ports Association, a trade association of commercial seaports located between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
Stuto most recently volunteered on the Board and as an Officer for the Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York and as a religious education teacher for St. Pius X Church in Loudonville. In addition, she represents the Port of Albany with the Finance Committee of the American Association of Port Authorities and the Capital Region Transportation Council’s Policy Committee.
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The Port of Albany continues to be a key regional economic driver with an annual impact of more than $428 million and approximately 1,400 local jobs (and more than $813 million and 4,500 jobs throughout the state).
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With four transport modes -- ocean vessels, barges, freight railroads, interstate highways -- the Port of Albany is Upstate New York’s largest public port/logistics hub and serves as a Port of Entry with on-site U.S. Customs office. The Port is open and active year-round and includes deep-water shipping access and approximately 450 acres of land on both sides of the Hudson River. The facility has completed more than $100 million in maritime upgrades and investment and $170+ million for a Port expansion project. For more information, visit www.portofalbany.us.