ANCA's Board is made of members from across the 14-county region, with individuals who have experience running businesses and non-profits, who work in agriculture, local government, economic development and the energy sector.
    
PRESIDENT
James L. Sonneborn — Attorney, Bousquet Holstein PLLC

VICE PRESIDENT
Kelly Chezum — Vice President for External Relations, Clarkson University

TREASURER
J. Daniel Mohr — Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Adirondack Bank

SECRETARY
Katie Malinowski — Executive Director, Tug Hill Commission

CAPITAL REGION VICE PRESIDENT
John Bartow — Executive Director, Empire State Forest Products Association

NORTH COUNTRY REGION VICE PRESIDENT
Brendan Owens — Attorney, Stafford Owens, PLLC

DIRECTORS
Rob Bloom —  Chief Financial Officer, Carthage Area Hospital
Steven Cacchio —  President & Chief Executive Officer, Champlain National Bank     
Brittany Davis —  Executive Director, Lewis County Economic Development                                                                                                           
Victoria Duley — Executive Director, Adirondack Economic Development Corporation 
Lee Evans — Sales Director, US Light Energy                                                                                                          
William Farber — Chairman, Hamilton County Board of Supervisors
Phil Giltner — NYS Senate
Courtney Grimes-Sutton — Co-owner, Mace Chasm Farm
David Heidecorn — Partner & Chief Risk Officer, L Catterton Real Estate
Michele Ledoux —  Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Lewis County
Patrick McDonald — Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Natural Gas Company
Stephanie Ratcliffe — Executive Director, The Wild Center
Alice Recore — Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Mountain Lake PBS
Kevin Richardson — Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations, Agbotic
Brian Ruder — Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Skylight Partners Inc.
Nick Russell — Senior Vice President & Senior Commercial Lending Officer, Community Bank, N.A.
Noah Shaw — Partner & Co-Chair, Renewable Energy Practice, Hodgson Russ Attorneys LLP
Edward Smoke —  Business Services Specialist, Office of Economic Development, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Dr. Ty A. Stone —  President, Jefferson Community College
Aaron Woolf — Founder & Producer, Mosaic Films Inc.

DIRECTORS EMERITI
Richard R. Bird — Owner, Bird’s Marine and Adirondack Real Estate
Kelly Blazosky — President, Oneida County Tourism
Dale G. Brown — Retired, NBT Bank
Paul M. Cantwell, Jr. – Attorney, Cantwell & Cantwell   
James T. Ellis — Former Principal, Tupper Lake High School
Stephen M. Erman — Regional Development Consultant  
Eugene T. Falvo — Vice President, Falvo Manufacturing
John C. Kiechle — Owner, Philadelphia Grass Company
Daniel Mason — Retired, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering
Ross Whaley —  Retired, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry