{"id":17885,"date":"2015-09-17T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/09\/local-community-activist-elected-chairman-of-adirondack-council-board-of-directors.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:04:44","slug":"local-community-activist-elected-chairman-of-adirondack-council-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/09\/local-community-activist-elected-chairman-of-adirondack-council-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Community Activist Elected Chairman Of Adirondack Council Board Of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert J. Kafin will serve a two-year term as chairman of the Adirondack Council\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Adirondack Council board of directors
\nelected environmental attorney and local nonprofit
\norganization founder Robert J. Kafin to serve a
\ntwo-year term as its chairman.<\/p>\n

Kafin is a founding board member of Friends of
\nColes Woods, Glens Falls Action Committee and the
\nLower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC).
\nThe position is unpaid.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to have Bob Kafin as our new
\nchairman,” said Adirondack Council Executive
\nDirector William C. Janeway. “Bob is a highly
\nrespected environmental attorney who began
\nhis career in the Adirondacks, but made a name
\nfor himself nationwide with his legal skills and
\nexpertise. He is one of the nation’s top environmental
\nlawyers and he also cares deeply about the future of
\nthe park’s communities and its residents.”
\nHe will take the reins of the organization from
\nAnn Carmel, who chaired the council’s board from
\n2011 to 2015.
\n“Bob will do a splendid job as chairman,”
\nsaid Ann Carmel. “He knows the park very well,
\nunderstands government and politics and works
\nwell with people. The board could not have made
\na better choice.”<\/p>\n

Kafin said Carmel accomplished a great deal in
\nher two terms.
\n“Ann has served with distinction these past four
\nyears,” Kafin said. “Ann oversaw the search for our
\nnew director Willie Janeway. She also completed
\na strategic plan that will guide our work for years
\nto come, and carried out a capital campaign that
\nessentially doubled our Forever Wild Fund from $3
\nmillion to more than $6 million, helping to secure
\nthe future of the organization. Her leadership,
\nenthusiasm and experience will be missed.”<\/p>\n

A native of suburban Philadelphia, Kafin moved
\nto Glens Falls after graduating from Franklin &
\nMarshall College in Lancaster, Pa., and earning
\nhis law degree from Harvard University. Kafin
\nwas admitted to practice law in New York in 1967.<\/p>\n

“Decades ago, Bob helped farmers in Schoharie
\nCounty protect their valley croplands from
\nbeing flooded by a new dam. Here, he oversaw
\nenvironmental studies on sports venues for the
\nOlympic Winter Games in 1980 and helped defeat
\na plan to build nearly 5,000 homes adjacent to
\nthe St. Regis Canoe Area,” Janeway said. “He has
\nhelped to build public ski trails in Glens Falls and
\nto enhance the local arts scene. Not many people
\naround here know he is also in charge of one of
\nthe largest urban farmers’ markets in America as
\nchairman of GrowNYC.<\/p>\n

Since 1971, Kafin has developed expertise in
\nthe major federal and state environmental laws,
\nwas one of the primary authors of the initial set of
\nregulations implementing the NYS Environmental
\nQuality Review Act (SEQR), and among the first
\nlawyers to conduct hearings under the Adirondack
\nPark Agency Act.<\/p>\n

From 1991 to 2009, he was a member of the
\nsenior management team for Proskauer Rose in
\nNew York City, serving as its chief operating partner
\nfor 15 years and also as its general counsel. He is the
\nfounder and a member of the firm’s Environmental
\nGroup.<\/p>\n

Kafin is on the board of directors for the
\nPreservation League of New York State and Parks
\nand Trails New York. Among the other organizations
\nfor which he has served on the board of directors are
\nthe Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce,
\nCrandall Library, The Hyde Collection and Lake
\nGeorge Association.<\/p>\n

Photo by Courtesy Adirondack Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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