Board of Directors

The ORDA board meets several times a year. Please visit the Board Meetings page under “Media” to learn more.

Our board members are:

Joe Martens, Board Chair
Bill Beaney, Town of North Elba Representative
Frank Cardinale, Ulster County
Cliff Donaldson, Assembly Representative
Hope Knight, Empire State Development (Designee- Steve Hunt)
Erik Kulleseid, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (Designee- Chris Pushkarsh)
Andrew Lack, Town of North Elba Representative
Betty Little, Warren County
Art Lussi, Town of North Elba Representative
Diane Munro, Delaware County
Basil Seggos, Department of Environmental Conservation (Designee- Joe Zalewski)
Elinor Tatum, Senate Representative

Committees

The membership of the following committees was approved by the Board of Directors with Resolution #471 on December 19, 2022:

Executive Committee:
Joe Martens – Chair
Betty Little
Art Lussi
Cliff Donaldson

Audit Committee:
Cliff Donaldson – Chair
Bill Beaney
Elinor Tatum
Frank Cardinale
Joe Martens
Joe Zalewski

Governance Committee:
Chris Pushkarsh – Chair
Steve Hunt
Diane Munro
Art Lussi
Joe Martens