Rensselaerville Institute - Who We Are

Officers:

C.T. O'Donnell II	President & CEO	CTODonnell@rinstitute.org	518.797.5100	ext. 609
Denise Getchell	Executive Associate	dgetchell@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 602
John La Rocca	Vice President & Secretary	jlarocca@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 605
Gillian Williams	Vice President	gwilliams@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642

Hal Williams

Senior Fellow

hwilliams@rinstitute.org

518.797.3783

ext. 604

Institutional Advancement:

Chuck Houghton	Director	choughton@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 690
Alison Gardner	Staff Designer	agardner@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 619
Bonnie Chase Gifford	Webmaster & Workshop Manager	bcgifford@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 610

Investor Programs:

Alison Gardner	Program & Administrative Associate	agardner@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 619
Kristal Heinz	Senior Program Associate	kheinz@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 644
Jim Moore	Director of Government Programs	jmoore@rinstitute.org	636.248.4077
Sarah Morrill	Program Associate	smorrill@rinstitute.org	978.314.5352
Libby Villavicencio	Director of Foundation Programs	libbyv@rinstitute.org	614.216.9665
Wendy Watson-Hallowell	Senior Project Leader	wwhallowell@rinstitute.org	973.853.2123

Implementor Programs:

John La Rocca	Director	jlarocca@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 605
Alison Gardner	Program & Administrative Associate	agardner@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 619
Bonnie Chase Gifford	Senior Program Associate	bcgifford@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 610

Signature Program - School Turnaround:

Gillian Williams	Founder & Chief Academic Officer	gwilliams@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642
Jane King	Director of Programs	jking@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 678
Billie-Jo Slingerland	Operations Manager	bjslingerland@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 646
Loretta Blanks	Senior Turnaround Specialist	lblanks@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642
Debbie Deery	Turnaround Specialist	ddeery@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642
Margarita Garcia	Turnaround Specialist	mgarcia@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642
Nicole Johnson	Turnaround Specialist	njohnson@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642
Eric Nelson	Turnaround Specialist	enelson@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642
Lonnie Palmer	Turnaround Specialist	lpalmer@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642
Mildred Toliver	Senior Turnaround Specialist	mtoliver@schoolturnaround.org	518.797.3783	ext. 642

Community Sparkplugs:

Kristal Heinz	Senior Program Associate	kheinz@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 644
Rosie Mendiola	Administrative Associate	rmendiola@rinstitute.org	956.686.5653

Meeting Center:

Linda Davis	Innkeeper	ldavis@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 600
Tammy Cook	Housekeeping Supervisor	tcook@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 637
Catherine Dober Lauren Bennett	Front Office	frontdesk@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 612
Nancy Hofstadter	Meeting Services Manager	nhofstadter@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 611
Carole Kilpatrick	Director of Sales	ckilpatrick@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 615
Joe Maloney	Executive Chef	jmaloney@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 632
Daniel O’Brien	Caretaker, D.O.E.	dobrien@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 629
Susie Shufelt	Meeting & Wedding Planner	sshufelt@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 680
Bob Kropp	Conference Services	bkropp@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 612
Holly Rosell John Rice Ken Ytuarte	Conference Services	frontdesk@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 612
Bill Bensen	Sous Chef - Restaurant	frontdesk@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.3222	ext. 632
John Murray	Sous Chef - Restaurant	frontdesk@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.3222	ext. 632
Aimee Aloisi	Prep Cook - Restaurant	frontdesk@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.3222	ext. 632
Samantha Britton Phyllis Bryan Vita Grennen Jennifer Hoffman Erin Kammerer Emili Ponte Lisa Smi	Restaurant Staff	frontdesk@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 612
Larry Bryan Ron Bryan Craig Davis Ted Rice Craig Valerio	Department of Engineering	frontdesk@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 612
Dawn Miller Pat Rice Holly Rosell	Housekeeping Staff	frontdesk@rmeetingcenter.com	518.797.5100	ext. 612

Minds On:

Linda Borock	Consultant Director	lborock@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 672
Lynda Blankenship	Math & Science Consultant	lborock@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 672
Kathe Bryan	Program Associate	kbryan@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 671
Mentors	Per Workshop

Get to Great!

Les Loomis

Consultant Director

leslieloomis@comcast.net

508.255.6807

Finance & Administrative:

Corinna Larose	Chief Financial Officer	clarose@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 623
Barbara Brozon	Financial Associate	bbrozon@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 603
Kathe Bryan	Financial Associate	kbryan@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 671
Alison Gardner	Administrative Associate	agardner@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 619
Andrew L’Amoureux	Information Technology	alamoureux@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 647
Marianne Van Buren	Director of Accounting	mvanburen@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 620
Linda Sue Yelich	Director of Human Resources	lsyelich@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 607
Patrick Nash	Financial Associate	pnash@rinstitute.org	518.797.3783	ext. 621

Outside Consultants:

Sandra Bethea	Program Consultant		518.797.3783
Stocky Clark	Program Consultant	stockton.clark@gmail.com	203.407.0122
Michelle DiSabato	Program Consultant		518.797.3783
Lori Fabian	Program Consultant	fabianconsulting@comcast.net	609.448.7585
Fred Habib	Program Consultant	theHabibs@comcast.net	978.463.9129
Bob Penna	Program Consultant	rmpc52@aol.com	518.438.7502
Karen Phillips	Program Consultant	kfphillips@gmail.com	518.588.7762
Marie Thelusma-Chase	Program Consultant	marie_t@optonline.net	908.527.6662
David Watson-Hallowell	Program Consultant	davidh3168@aol.com	973.853.2139
Alex Westerfelt	Program Consultant	alexwesterfelt@sbcglobal.net
Toni Williams	Program Consultant	twill38136@aol.com	703.201.8777

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