Meet the Executive Committee
Stacey Bottoms, Associate Minister, Youth Director and Assistant Clerk, Beulah Baptist Church
Dr. Elizabeth Bradley, President of Vassar College
Frank Castella, Executive Director and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce
Natasha Cherry, 6th Ward Council Member, City of Poughkeepsie Common Council; Community Schools Director, Poughkeepsie City School District
Dr. Donald P. Christian, President of SUNY New Paltz
Sally Cross, CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
Brian Doyle, Chief Executive Officer of Family Services
Yvonne Flowers, 5th Ward Council Member, City of Poughkeepsie Common Council
Dr. Peter Grant Jordan, 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
Timmian Massie, Member, Poughkeepsie Alliance; Chief Marketing/Public Affairs Officer, Rhinebeck Bank
Marcus Molinaro, Dutchess County Executive
Jeannie Montano, President and CEO of the United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region
Dr. Kevin C. Weinman, President of Marist College
Tamoya Norwood, President of the PTA, Early Learning Center
Kimberly Popken, Poughkeepsie Public School Teachers’ Association President
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 for 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.
Members of the Executive Committee
Working Group Co-Chairs
Learn more about the Chairs by clicking here.
Dr. Julie Riess
Early Childhood Chair
Mario Johnson
Out-of-School Enrichment and Learning Chair
Call for Applications: Working Group Membership
The selection process of Working Group Members is currently in progress. The Cabinet is seeking applicants with subject matter expertise (including lived experience) in each Early Childhood and
Out-of-School Enrichment and Learning.
Applications are due Wednesday, February 17th at 12PM.
Cabinet Staff Team
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Rob Watson Jr.
PHS '05
Co-founder and
Advisor
Kylynn Grier
PHS '07
Co-founder and Consultant
James Watson
Co-founder and Consultant
Kristina Giangreco
Director of Special Projects, Poughkeepsie City School District
