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OUR TEAM

BOARD & STAFF

Dennis Doyle

Director, Ulster County Planning Department

BOARD MEMBER

Dennis Doyle was appointed Ulster County's Director of Planning in April 2004.

Walter Garigliano

Partner, Garigliano Law Offices and Co-Owner, Catskill Mountain Sugar House

BOARD MEMBER

Walter is currently practicing law as a partner in the firm he founded...

Ann Finnegan

East Team Director/President of Community Impact Loan Fund, National Development Council

BOARD MEMBER

Ann brings more than 30 years of lending, finance, and development experience to NDC

Todd Erling

Executive Director

STAFF MEMBER

With an academic background in environmental design and planning from Miami University and the Pratt Institute, experience in community and economic development ...

Duane Stanton

Business Services Coordinator

STAFF MEMBER

Originally from the heavily industrialized suburbs of Philadelphia, Duane grew up far removed from where his food was produced. Still, he was able to cultivate a love for food ...

Christopher J. Braccia II

Program Associate - FeedHV

STAFF MEMBER

Born and raised in Upstate New York, Chris grew up in a family historically steeped in the food industry. His great-grandparents operated a family bakery in Cairo

Mark Doyle

General Manager, Fishkill Farms

BOARD MEMBER

Mr. Doyle is currently General Manager for Fishkill Farms, a diverse, family-owned, Pick-Your-Own fruit and vegetable farm.

Eric Ooms

A. Ooms & Sons Dairy

BOARD MEMBER

Eric Ooms, a second-generation dairy farmer, owns and operates a 400-cow dairy farm in Chatham, New York with his father and two brothers.

Kirsten Harlow Foster

Co-Founder Foster Supply Hospitality

BOARD MEMBER

Kirsten Harlow Foster is a co-founder, along with her husband and partner Sims Foster, of Foster Supply Hospitality, which operates

Mary Ann Johnson

Deputy Director

STAFF MEMBER

Mary Ann is a regional planner who specializes in land use, environmental and food systems planning. She brings more than ten years of strategic planning and project management experience ...

Linnette Diaz

Program Associate

STAFF MEMBER

Linnette Diaz is an integral member of the office team, handling major aspects of client relations, project administration and communications.

Laura Conn

Senior Grants Manager

STAFF MEMBER

Laura Conn is an economic development professional who specializes in expanding access to finance and investment to the agriculture sector, ranging from catalytic grant funds to

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