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Our Leadership Council
An extraordinary team of leaders from across sectors - nonprofits, local government, schools, higher education, faith-based organizations, philanthropy, business, and healthcare -,
united by their love for Poughkeepsie.
They share their vision for the community below.
Stacey Bottoms
Beulah Baptist Church
Associate Minister, Youth Director and Assistant Clerk
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Natasha Brown
Poughkeepsie City School District
Community Schools Executive Director
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Bob Creedon
Poughkeepsie City School District Board of Education
Vice President
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Leah Feldman
Family Services
Chief Executive Officer
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Dr. Peter Grant Jordan
Dutchess Community College
President
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Geraldine Laybourne
Day One Early Learning Community
Co-Founder
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Timmian Massie
Rhinebeck Bank
Chief Marketing/Public Affairs Officer
Tamoya Norwood
Poughkeepsie City School District
Parent
Andrea Reynolds
Dyson Foundation
President and CEO
Dr. Tim Ryan
Culinary Institute of America
President
Sue Serino
Dutchess County
Executive
Lisa Spencer-Perry
Poughkeepsie City School District
Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Resource Stewardship
Dr. Felicia Watson
Poughkeepsie Housing Authority
Commissioner
Dr. Elizabeth Bradley
Vassar College
President
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Frank Castella
Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director and CEO
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Sally Cross
SJ Cross Consulting
Principal
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Jonathan Jacobson
New York State
Assemblyman
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Tom Lawrence
Poughkeepsie Public Library District
Director
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Fatimah Martinez Santiago
Poughkeepsie City School District Board of Education
President
Jeannie Montano
United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region
President and CEO
Kimberly Popken
Poughkeepsie Public School Teachers’ Association
President
Robert G. Rolison
New York State
Senator
Dr. Livia Santiago-Rosado
Dutchess County Dept. of Behavioral & Community Health
Commissioner
Karmen Smallwood
Dutchess County
Assistant Commissioner for Youth Services
Gabriela Vega-Matthews
Community Organizer and Advocate
Dr. Kevin C. Weinman
Marist College
President
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