Governance and Leadership
Adirondack Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees with a wide variety of skills and experiences and who are known for their integrity, judgment, and regional knowledge. Trustees are elected to staggered three-year terms in order to ensure a continuous flow of new ideas and to promote public accountability.
Testimonial Section
The most valuable money is giving unrestricted because it can meet the need at the moment where it does the most good. There’s no better way to give if you trust the entity.
Craig and Connie Weatherup
Adirondack Foundation board member and fundholder
Meet Craig and ConnieAnna Bowers, Chair, educator, town board, North River
Muhammad (Mo) Ahmad, Frontier Town, North Hudson
Deb Balliet, national and regional nonprofits, Stony Creek
Jerry Delaney, retired from Department of Corrections, Executive Director of Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board, Cadyville
Kim Elliman, retired Open Space Institute CEO, Tupper Lake
Jessica Cree Jock, Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club, St. Regis Mohawk Reservation
Peter Madden, VP at Silicon Valley Bank, Saranac Lake
Collin McCullough, Northern Insuring Agency, Plattsburgh
Pete Nelson, educator, co-founder of Adirondack Diversity Initiative and Adirondack Wilderness Advocates, Keene
Frances Parent, financial planner, Blue Line Coffee, Inlet
Wendy Pierce, community volunteer, Tupper Lake
Jeremiah Pond, Franklin County Department of Social Service, Malone
Alex Potter, Energy Storage Analytics Manager with Convergent Energy + Power, Long Lake
Monticia Prather, Community Financial System, Inc., Plattsburgh
Joe Steiniger, retired from finance, advocate for upstate NY performing arts, Schroon Lake
Ben Strader, Hamilton Helps, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake
Ayla Thompson, Pharmacist- Walgreen's, Lake Placid
Joe Vito, Amazon Web Services, Saratoga Springs
Lucy Ward, SUNY Plattsburgh student, Jay
Susan Waters, community volunteer, Saranac Lake
Ross Whaley, retired APA Chairman, retired SUNY ESF President, Tupper Lake