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Board of Directors

Chair
Chair
John R. Collins, Jr., Blue Mountain Lake. Mr. Collins, an Adirondack native, is the former Chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency and the Town of Indian Lake Planning Board. A retired fifth grade teacher in Long Lake Central School, Mr. Collins is also a Trustee of the Adirondack Museum. His term expires in 2008.
Vice Chair
Vice-Chair
Robert Harrison, Brant Lake. Mr. Harrison is a retired engineer who currently drives a school bus route in the North Warren school district and serves as a volunteer fire fighter. His term expires in 2008.
Secretary/Treasurer
Treasurer, Secretary
Joe Mahay, Paradox. Mr. Mahay, an Adirondack native, was a founding Board member of RCPA. He is a social worker with the Essex County Adult Rehabilitation Center. His term expires in 2008.

Nancy Bernstein, Vermontville. Ms. Bernstein is a carpenter with an expertise in timber-framing and a free-lance graphic designer. She is involved in many activities in the greater Saranac Lake area. Her term expires in 2009.
John (Ted) Brothers, Lake George. Mr. Brothers is a retired business professional, ordained minister, and active in numerous civic causes and issues in the Lake George Basin in the southern Adirondack Park. His term expires in 2010.
John Brown, Vermontville. Mr. Brown, an Adirondack native from Tupper Lake, is a retired professor of biology at Paul Smiths College. His term expires in 2008.
Dean Cook, Ticonderoga. Mr. Cook, an Adirondack native, is a dentist with a private practice in Ticonderoga. He is active in numerous civic efforts in Ticonderoga and the Lake George Basin. His term expires in 2010.
Doulin Mary Lou Doulin, Hague. Ms. Doulin is a retired art teacher and is involved in numerous civic efforts in Hague and the Lake George area. Her term expires in 2009.
Evelyn Greene, North Creek. Ms. Greene is a naturalist and writer specializing in mosses, bogs, & river ice systems. Her term expires in 2010.
Hornbeck
Peter Hornbeck, Olmstedville. Mr. Hornbeck, owner of Hornbeck Boats, is the designer and builder of lightweight "Lost Pond" canoes and guideboats derivative of distinctive Adirondack designs. His term expires in 2010.
Norman Howard, Tupper Lake. Mr. Howard is the owner of the Wawbeek on Upper Saranac Lake, which he and his wife, Nancy, have operated since 1994. Prior to this, he had a 25-year career in marketing, management and business. His term expires in 2010.
Peter O’Shea, Fine. Mr. O’Shea, a retired New York City police officer, is a noted Adirondack field guide author and outdoorsman. Mr. O’Shea represents the RCPA on the NYSDEC Region 6 Open Space Protection Regional Advisory Committee. He recently published The Great South Woods: Rambles of an Adirondack Naturalist. His term expires in 2009.
Sargent Marilyn Sargent, Edinburg. Ms. Sargent is a retired special education teacher and is involved in numerous civic efforts around the Great Sacandaga Reservoir. Her term expires in 2009.
Washburn
John Washburn, Northville. Mr. Washburn operates the Trailhead Lodge, a Bed and Breakfast, in the southern region of the Adirondack Park. He is a team leader for the volunteer Adirondack Search and Rescue. His term expires in 2008.

 

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