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    • The Board of Trustees is responsible for the policy direction of Russell Sage College and its educational and administrative organization, as required by law. The institutional authority of the Board is paramount in all matters affecting Russell Sage College. Specifically the Board provides oversight of all fiduciary and policy matters, and is responsible for hiring and evaluating the President.

    Board of Trustees 2020-2021

    Christopher Ames
    President
    Russell Sage College
    Troy, NY

    John Bellardini ’96
    (Vice Chair)
    Chief Financial Officer
    The Widewaters Group, Inc.
    Jamesville, NY

    John Bennett, MD
    President & CEO
    CDPHP
    Albany, NY

    Therese Bentley ’82
    Elverson, PA

    Jeanne Cioppa-Mosca ’82
    Senior Vice President
    City University of New York
    Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

    Christopher Dahl
    President Emeritus
    Ann Arbor, MI

    Caroline Leavitt DeCota ’84
    Retired
    North Attleboro, MA

    Kathryn Diamond ’60
    Retired
    San Francisco, CA

    Ann Duffield
    President
    Ann Duffield & Colleagues
    Westchester, PA

    Francine Ebersman ’79
    Controller
    Scottsdale Hangar One
    Cave Creek, AZ

    Marilyn Miller Fowler ’69
    Retired
    Concord, CA

    Eileen Witzman Goldblatt ’67
    President
    LBD Systems, Inc.
    New York, NY

    Julia Greenstein-Bleicher ’78
    Retired
    West Newton, MA

    Catherine Hill
    Founder & Acting Partner
    CooperHill
    Loudonville, NY

    Belinda Hilton ’97
    (Secretary)
    Director of Finance
    The Business Council of New York State, Inc.
    Guilderland, NY

    Jeff Mirel
    Executive Vice President
    The Rosenblum Companies
    Albany, NY

    Kevin O’Bryan ’88
    Retired
    Troy, NY

    Deborah Onslow
    Retired
    Rochester, NY

    Chester J. Opalka, Jr.
    (Vice Chair)
    Retired
    Averill Park, NY

    Ronnye Berg Shamam
    President/Owner
    Shamron Mills, LLC
    Troy, NY

    Patricia Timpano Sparrell ’78
    (Chair)
    Retired
    Oakton, VA

    Robin Livingston Taubin ’74
    Retired
    New York, NY

    Nancy Valley ’81
    Retired
    Wynantskill, NY

    Christine Ward ’71
    Retired
    Troy, NY

    Benita Zahn
    Co-Anchor
    NewsChannel 13
    Clifton Park, NY

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