People
Hudsonia employs a staff, is directed and advised by its boards, and relies on the assistance of its research associates.
Board of Directors
• Enrique Diaz-Alvarez, PhD, ForSix Asset Management/JBS
• Philippa Dunne, MA, Chair; The Liscio Report
• Ann Gabler, BA, Bard College
• Jim Glomb, BA, Final Draft
• Amy Kirk, M.Arch
• Mark Lindeman, PhD, Communications Secretary
• William T. Maple, PhD, Assistant Treasurer; Bard College
• Phillippa Ewing (Non-Board Member of Development Committee)
Advisory Board
• Robert Boyle, MA, environmental writer
• James Challey, PhD, physicist (Vassar Coll.)
• Elizabeth Farnsworth, PhD, ecologist (Harvard Forest)
• Richard Feldman, PhD, ecologist (Marist Coll.)
• Maurice Hinchey, U.S. House of Representatives
• Samantha Kappagoda, MBA, Risk Economics Limited
• Felicia Keesing, PhD, ecologist (Bard College)
• Jane Meigs, Millbrook School (Millbrook, NY)
• Jonathan Meigs, Trevor Zoo, Millbrook School (Millbrook, NY)
• Marcus Molinaro, New York State Assembly
• David K. A. Mordecai, MBA, PhD, Risk Economics Limited
• Frederick Osborn III, investment advisor (Garrison, NY)
• C. Lavett Smith, PhD, fish biologist, retired (American Museum of Natural History)
• Laura Tessier, MS, ecologist (Tessier Environmental Consulting)
• René VanSchaack (Greene Co. Industrial Development Agency)
• Bill Bakaitis, MA, mycologist, Clinton Corners, NY
• Robert Brauman, MS, restoration ecologist, herpetologist, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, Staten Island, NY
• Joseph T. Bridges, PhD, botanist, Gardiner, NY
• Robert Buchsbaum, PhD, coastal ecologist, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Wenham, MA
• Robert Dirig, MS, field biologist, illustrator, Bailey Hortorium, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
• Michèle Dominy, PhD, anthropologist, Bard Coll.
• Stuart E. G. Findlay, PhD, aquatic ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
• Hank Gruner, BS, herpetologist, Science Center of Connecticut, New Haven
• Michael Hardy, BA, videographer, photographer, Michael Hardy Productions, Nyack, NY
• C. Barre Hellquist, PhD, botanist, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA
• Paul C. Huth, MA, botanist, Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY
• Jerry C. Jenkins, BS, botanist, White Creek Field School, White Creek, NY
• Eric F. Karlin, PhD, botanist and plant ecologist, Ramapo Coll., Mahwah, NJ
• Paul Kellar, JD, attorney, Kellar & Kellar, Kingston, NY
• Thomas R. Lake, MA, field biologist (NYSDEC and Dutchess Community College)
• Karin Limburg, PhD, ecosystem and fish ecologist, State University of New York, Syracuse
• Kristi MacDonald-Beyers, PhD, ecologist, Bernardsville, NJ
• Stephen Nyman, PhD, ecologist, herpetologist, Bellingham, WA
• Peter J. Petokas, PhD, ecologist, herpetologist, Lycoming College, PA
• Donald R. Roeder, PhD, limnologist, botanist, Simon’s Rock Coll., Berkshire Environmental Research Center, Great Barrington, MA
• A.E. Schuyler, PhD, botanist, retired, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
• Michael J. Sebetich, PhD, limnologist, William Paterson Coll., Wayne, NJ
• Loretta Stillman, MS, aquatic ecologist, Hudson Valley Community Coll., Troy, NY
• Chris Swarth, MS, ornithologist, ecologist, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, MD
• Kristin E. Westad, MS, botanist, Columbus, OH
• Dennis F. Whigham, PhD, ecologist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD
Hudsonia, a tax-exempt not-for-profit corporation of the State of New York, classified 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service, relies on the generous, tax-deductible contributions from members of our community to sustain our research and education. We appreciate your support of our work.