All About Clearwater

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Eric Marshall, President
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Committee: Executive (Chair)
Second term, expires October 2010
  • President, Riverlovers
  • Director, TryScience.org

David Church, Vice President
Pine Bush, NY
Committees: Executive, Facilities (Chair)
Second term, expires October 2010
  • Commissioner of Planning, Orange County, NY
  • Planning Board, Town of Shawangunk, NY
  • Advisory Board, NYS Legislative Commission on Rural Resources
  • Advisory Board, Cornell Local Government Program
  • Advisory Board, NYS DOT Scenic Roads Program
  • Former Executive Director, New York Planning Federation

Scott Berwick, Treasurer
Hensonville, NY
Committee: Executive, Finance (Chair), Audit (Ex Officio)
Second term, expires October 2008
  • Chief Engineer, Hunter Ski Bowl, Hunter, NY
  • President, Hunter Mountain Racing Foundation
  • Member, ANSI B77.1 National Standard for Passenger Tramways, since 1985
  • Secretary, Ulster County Friends of Clearwater

Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, Secretary
Ossining, NY
Committees: Executive, Development (Membership, Revival, Sloop Clubs)
First term, expires October 2008
  • Physicist, Medical School of Columbia University
  • Sailing instructor, Ferry Sloops, Inc.

At-Large Board Members

Stephen Filler
Tarrytown, NY
Committees: Executive, Program (Chair), Environmental Action
Second term, expires October 2009
  • Attorney, Law Offices of Stephen Filler
  • Co-founder, New York Climate Rescue, Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition
  • Board Member, New York Solar Energy Industries Association

Natalie Patasaw
Wesley Hills, NY
Committees: Executive, Environmental Action
Second term, expires October 2009
  • Adjunct Professor, Environmental Studies, Ramapo College, NJ
  • Former NYS Lobbyist, NYC Housing Authority
  • Former Legislative Analyst, NYC Council
  • Member, Rockland County Environmental Management Council

Chase Welles
Piermont, NY
Committees: Executive, Development (co-Chair)
Second term, expires October 2009
  • Board Member, Hudson River Park Trust
  • President/principal shareholder, John J. Harvey, Inc.
  • Board Member, Lilac Preservation Project
  • Board Member, Save our Ships New York

Directors

Roz Balkin
Woodstock, NY
Committee: Development
Second term, expires October 2008
  • Vice President and Co-owner, Sunflower Foods Natural Foods Market
  • Development Board, Planned Parenthood
  • Fundraising Board, Woodstock Guild

Mitchell Bring
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Committee: Education (Chair)
First Term, expires October 2010
  • Trained architect, educator, author, and software applications developer
  • Taught undergraduate and graduate classes at UC Berkley, Georgia Tech, and Carnegie Mellon University.

Ann Davis
Poughkeepsie, NY
Committee: Development
Second term, expires October 2010 ***ON HIATUS***
  • Professor of Economics, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
  • Director, The Marist College Bureau of Economic Research

Steve Densmore
Poughkeepsie, NY
Committee: PR
Second term, expires October 2009
  • Freelance writer and communications consultant with 25 years of journalism experience.
  • Former board member, New York Press Association
  • Former board member, Barrett Art Center
  • Board, Vassar Warner Senior Residence

Edward Dlugosz
Eatontown, NJ
Committee: Development, Education
First term, expires October 2008
  • President, Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater
  • Technical Director, Titan Inc. and Viatech
  • Chairman, Environmental Commission
  • President, Lions Club
  • Former Program Coordinator, Pete’s Ships to Save the Waters Conferences

Chris Hunt
Brooklyn NY
Committees: Finance, Environmental Action
First term, expires October 2008
  • Research Associate, Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)

Kitama Seeger Jackson
New York, NY
Committees: PR, Education
Second term, expires October 2009
  • Owner, Producer and Director of Black Wasp Productions, a documentary film production company.
  • Associate Producer of the documentary, Pete Seeger: Power of Song

Ed Maestro
Rosendale, NY
Committees: Development (co-Chair), Special Events (Chair), Nominating
First term, expires October 2010
  • Eastern Regional Director, Hydrologic Solutions
  • Co-founder and former Associate Director of Green Fuse Energy Corp
  • Former National Marketing Director, Aeromax Wind Energy Co.
  • Member of the organizing committee, Sustainable Hudson Valley
  • Member, Rosendale Commission for the Conservation of the Environment

Sean Nolon
Bronxville, NY
Committee: Environmental Action
First term, expires October 2010
  • Director, Land Use Law Center, Pace University School of Law
  • Served on the Steering Committee for the Hudson River Project at the Garrison Institute

Anne Osborn
Garrison, NY
Committees: Development (co-Chair), Nominating
Second term, expires October 2008
  • MF, Yale School of Forestry
  • Private consulting forester
  • Vice-President, Yale FES Alumnae Association
  • State Board, NY Forest Owners Association
  • Board, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
  • Board, Russel Wright Design Center at Manitoga

Susan Shapiro
Palisades, NY
Committee: Environmental Action
Second term, expires October 2010
  • Attorney practicing Real Estate and Entertainment Law in Rockland County
  • Co-coordinator, Rockland Citizen’s Awareness Network
  • Active member of Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition

Allan Shope
Wassaic, NY 12592
Committee: Properties
First term, expires October 2010
  • Architect for 25 years specializing in sustainable building materials and land use
  • Trustee of the Dutchess Land Conservancy
  • Owner of Listening Rock Farm, an environmental education center located in Amenia, NY

Peter Willcox
South Norwalk, CT
Committee: Sloop
First term, expires October 2008
  • Former Captain, Clearwater
  • Former Captain, Rainbow Warrior of Greenpeace International


 

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