{"id":13708,"date":"2013-09-20T13:37:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T17:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2013\/09\/personnel-briefs-sept13.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:08:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:08:48","slug":"personnel-briefs-sept13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2013\/09\/personnel-briefs-sept13\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Adirondack Mountain Club recently
\nhired two new staff members for ADK’s Lake
\nGeorge and Albany Offices.<\/p>\n

\"pLinda T. Smith<\/strong> joins ADK as annual fund
\nmanager. She is responsible
\nfor all aspects
\nof annual fund giving,
\nincluding maintaining
\ndonor records and annual
\nappeals, as well
\nas support of special
\nevents.<\/p>\n

Smith brings thirty
\nyears of experience
\nto ADK, most recently
\neight years of annual giving support at Double
\nH Ranch in Lake Luzerne and two years of annual
\ngiving and special event responsibilities
\nat The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls.<\/p>\n

\nPrior
\nto joining the not-for-profit arena, she worked
\nin the communications field, providing marketing,
\npublic relations and event support to soft
\ndrink and technology companies on both the
\ncorporate and client sides.<\/p>\n

Cathy Pedler<\/strong> joins ADK after working
\nwith ADK officials on
\nthe\n<\/div>\n

\"P<\/p>\n

\nAllegany State Park
\n(ASP) Border Monitoring
\nProject. The project
\nbecame necessary
\nwhen unconventional
\noil and gas drilling operations
\nin the northern
\ndistrict of the Allegheny
\nNational Forest (ANF)
\nin Pennsylvania threatened
\nto contaminate the watersheds flowing
\ninto New York’s ASP.\n<\/div>\n
\n
\nMost recently, Pedler worked as forest watch
\ncoordinator for the Allegheny Defense Project
\n(ADP), a non-profit advocacy organization
\nbased in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National
\nForest, and brings to ADK many years of experience
\ndefending public lands from mismanagement
\nand extraction abuse.<\/p>\n
\nShe also has
\n20 years of experience in cultural resource
\nmanagement, and has worked as a sustainability
\ncoordinator and as an intelligence analyst.
\nThe Adirondack Mountain Club, founded
\nin 1922, is the oldest and largest organization
\ndedicated to the protection of the New York
\nState Forest Preserve.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

At the Double H Ranch’s annual meeting in
\nAugust, three new members were elected to
\nthe board of directors.
\nElected were:<\/p>\n

\nCharlie Crew<\/strong> of Lake George, a graduate
\nof Villanova University. His 30-year career at
\nGeneral Electric Plastics Division focused on
\nexecutive management, sales and marketing.
\nHe is the retired president\/CEO of SABIC Innovative
\nPlastics & Executive Vice President
\nof SABIC Co.<\/p>\n

He is a member of the board of DuBois Corp.;
\nAdvisory Council member of Villanova University
\nand advisor to Autism Speaks.<\/p>\n

Maureen O’Brien Donovan<\/strong> of Albany,
\na graduate of the University of Notre Dame
\nwith a bachelor’s degree and a master’s from
\nNew York University. Her career has focused
\non new business development and government
\nrelations. Since 2007, she has served as the
\ndirector of government affairs for Motorola
\nSolutions Inc. Her son Gabe was diagnosed
\nwith neurofibromatosis at 6 months of age and
\nparticipates in the Double H Ranch adaptive
\nwinter sports program and summer camp.<\/p>\n

Donovan volunteers for the Children’s Tumor
\nFoundation Endurance Team and is a member
\nof the Neurofibromatosis Foundation Coalition.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Matthews McCarthy<\/strong> of
\nManhattan, a graduate of Lafayette College
\nwith a degree in business and economics. Her
\ncareer focus is asset management and she currently is serving in an equity marketing role at
\nthe investment bank Credit Suisse, where she
\nis a vice president. She spent seven summers
\nat the Double H Ranch, four as a full-time
\ncounselor and three as a summer volunteer.<\/p>\n

While in Manhattan, McCarthy volunteers at
\nthe New York Foundling Hospital and Make-
\nA-Wish Foundation.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Marvin and Co. PC, an accounting, auditing,
\ntaxation and management consulting firm, announced
\ntwo new hires and one promotion at
\nits Queensbury-based office.<\/p>\n

Debra Smith<\/strong>, a certified public accountant,
\nwas promoted to manager. The Johnsonville
\nnative joined the firm in 2012 and brings
\nnine years of experience in accounting services
\nto her latest duties. She holds a bachelor’s degree
\nin business administration in accounting
\nfrom Siena College.<\/p>\n

Margaret Hurlburt<\/strong>, CPA, has spent the
\npast 13 years at two regional CPA firms. The Fort Edward resident joins Marvin and Co. at
\nthe in-charge\/supervisor level.<\/p>\n

Mark Quackenbush<\/strong> of Fort Edwardjoins
\nMarvin and Co. as an auditor, having
\nearned an associate’s degree in business administration
\nfrom SUNY Adirondack and his
\nbachelor’s degree in accounting from SUNY
\nOswego in 2013.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Attorney Edward V. Wilcenski<\/strong> of the law
\nfirm of Wilcenski & Pleat PLLC was presented
\nwith the Marie Ivancich Memorial Award from
\nthe Brain Injury Association of New York State.<\/p>\n

According to the organization, the award
\nis given to an outstanding professional whose
\nsupport for the Association is evidenced by
\ngreat personal commitment and professional
\ninvolvement on behalf of individuals living
\nwith brain injury.<\/p>\n

Wilcenski & Pleat PLLC , with offices in Clifton
\nPark and Glens Fall, concentrates its practice
\nin the areas of special needs planning, elder
\nlaw, and estate planning and administration.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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