The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region’s Board of Directors is representative of our community’s rich business, civic, and cultural diversity. With a demonstrated commitment to philanthropic endeavors, Board members inspire the Foundation’s success in strategic grantmaking, philanthropic services, and community leadership. The Board establishes policies, organization-wide priorities, and program strategies, and ensures operational integrity and financial accountability.
Board of Directors
Chair
Belinda Hilton
Business Council of New York State, Inc.
Immediate Past Chair
Alicia D. Lasch
Graypoint, LLC
Treasurer
Robert T. Hennes
Graypoint, LLC
Vice Treasurer
Jean Bedell, CPA/PFS, CFP
The Bonadio Group
Secretary
Robert S. Reynolds, Esq.
Whiteman, Osterman, and Hanna, LLP
Chair, Audit Committee
Christopher Cimijotti, CPA
Marvin and Company
Chair, Scholarships Committee
David Craft, Esq.
Whiteman, Osterman, and Hanna, LLP
Chair, Grants and Initiatives Committee
Murray C. Massry
Tri City Rentals
Directors
M. Christian Bender
Bender Family Foundation
Robert Audi, CPA
Community Leader
Aimee Dake
AIM Services
Eldon Harris, CPWA®, CRPC®
Morgan Stanley
David Hollander
LeChase Construction
Heidi Knoblauch, Ph.D.
Empire State Development
Eileen McLoughlin
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Meaghan Murphy, Esq.
Barclay Damon, LLP.
Chet Opalka
Community Leader
Opalka Family Donor Advised Fund
Brenda Osorio, Esq.
New York State Office of the Attorney General
Walter Thorne
Albany Business Review
Alex Zhang, CPA
UHY, LLP
Geographic Fund Liaison
Frederick Wetzel, D.D.S.
Niskayuna Community Foundation
Directors Emeriti
Phoebe Powell Bender
Bender Family Foundation
Marvin A. Freedman
Marvin and Sharon Freedman Fund
Barbara Linell Glaser, Ed.D.
Community/Land Preservation & Planning Fund
Barbara Hoehn
Hoehn Family Fund
Paul Hohenberg
Paul and Alane Hohenberg Fund
A.C. Riley
Almeda C. Riley Fund for Saratoga County
Ellen Sax
Sax-Greene Family Fund
Professional Advisor Council
Jean Bedell, CPA, CFP, PFS
The Bonadio Group
Anthony Capobianco, CLU, ChFC
Capobianco Financial Advisors
Christopher L. Cimijotti, CPA
Mengel Metzger Barr & Co., LLP
Steven Egna, ASA, CBA, CVA, CM&AA
Valuation Resource Group
Audra K. Higgins
Simmons Capital Group
Charles M. Joseph, CAP
Philanthropic Advisor
Alicia D. Lasch
GrayPoint, LLC
Bill McCartan
Fenimore Asset Management
Amy O’Connor, Esq.
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP
Bill Pfeiffer, Esq.
The Pfeiffer Law Firm, PLLC
Louis W. Pierro, Esq.
Pierro, Connor & Strauss, LLC
Robert S. Reynolds, Esq.
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP
Jeffrey Rosenbaum, JD, CPA
The Ayco Company
Ann M. Sharpe, Esq.
Ballston Spa National Bank