All About Clearwater

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Allan Shope, President
Wassaic, NY
Committees: Executive (Chair), Board Development
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

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

Scott Berwick, Interim Treasurer

Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, Secretary
Ossining, NY
Committees: Executive, Development (Membership, Revival, Sloop Clubs)
Second term, expires October 2011
  • 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
  • Executive Vice President, Northwest Atlantic Real Estate Services
  • 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

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

David Church
Pine Bush, NY
Committee: 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

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
Second term, expires October 2011
  • President, Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater
  • Technical Director, DSCI
  • Chairman, Environmental Commission
  • President, Lions Club
  • Former Program Coordinator, Pete’s Ships to Save the Waters Conferences

William Flank
Chappaqua, NY
Committees: Board Development
First term, expires October 2011
  • Semi-retired Research Scientist and Manager
  • Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Environmental Science & Statistics, Pace University
  • Chair, Town of New Castle Environmental Review Board
  • Editor, Sloop Club Newsletter Riverlovers Currents

Chris Hunt
Brooklyn NY
Committees: Finance, Environmental Action
Second term, expires October 2011
  • Policy Advisor, 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

Paul Mankiewicz
Bronx, NY
Committee: TBD
First term, expires October 2011
  • Biologist/Plant Scientist with Nearly 20 Years of Research and Teaching Experience
  • Executive Director, Gaia Institute
  • Treasurer, Soil & Water Conservation District Board of NYC
  • Former President, Torrey Botanical Society
  • Former Chair, Solid Waste Advisory Board of the Bronx

David Mordecai
Mohegan Lake, NY
Committee: TBD
First term, expires October 2010
  • Managing Director, Swiss Re, Capital Management and Advisory

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

Stephen Smith
Glenmont, NY
Committee: TBD
First term, expires October 2011
  • Senior Safety & Environmental Engineer, Novus Engineering

Peter Willcox
South Norwalk, CT
Committee: Sloop
Second term, expires October 2011
  • Former Captain, Clearwater
  • Former Captain, Rainbow Warrior of Greenpeace International


 

About ClearwaterAbout Clearwater