Stacey Bottoms, Associate Minister, Youth Director and Assistant Clerk, Beulah Baptist Church

Dr. Elizabeth Bradley, President of Vassar College

Paul Calogerakis, Chairman of the Board, Poughkeepsie Alliance

Frank Castella, Executive Director and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Donald P. Christian, President of SUNY New Paltz

Sally Cross, CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

Gloria Cukar, Director of External Affairs, Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center

Brian Doyle, Chief Executive Officer of Family Services

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Dr. Ellen Gambino, Acting President of Dutchess Community College

Jonathan Jacobson, New York State Assemblyman

Tom Lawrence, Director of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District

Geraldine Laybourne, Co-Founder of Day One Early Learning Community

Heather Martino, Poughkeepsie High School Special Education Teacher and Poughkeepsie Public School Teachers’ Association President  

Timmian Massie, Senior Vice President for Marketing, Public Affairs and Government Relations at Nuvance Health

Marcus Molinaro, Dutchess County Executive

Jeannie Montano, President and CEO of the United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region

Dr. Dennis Murray, President of Marist College

Tamoya Norwood, President of the PTA, Early Learning Center

Andrea Reynolds, President and CEO of the Dyson Foundation

Dr. Tim Ryan, President of the Culinary Institute of America

Sarah Salem, Councilmember-at Large of the City of Poughkeepsie Common Council

Sue Serino, New York State Senator

Karmen Smallwood, Dutchess County Assistant Commissioner Youth Services

Gabriela Vega-Matthews, Community Organizer and Advocate

Dr. Felicia Watson, President of the Poughkeepsie City School District Board of Education

Robert Wright, President of Nubian Directions II Inc.