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)
Vacant, 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