The Rensselaerville Institute
 

 

Who We Are
Staff

Officers:

Hal Williams President hwilliams@rinstitute.org 518.797.3783 ext. 604
C.T. O'Donnell President & CEO Elect 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

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:

Hal Williams Acting Director hwilliams@rinstitute.org 518.797.3783 ext. 604
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
Maggie McCarthy Director of Southwest Programs mmccarthy@rinstitute.org 254.744.4162  
Jim Moore Co-Director Government Programs jmoore@rinstitute.org 636.248.4077  
Libby Villavicencio Director of Midwest Programs libbyv@rinstitute.org 614.216.9665  
Wendy Watson-Hallowell Director Foundation Programs wdfrontier@aol.com 973.853.2123  
Juanita Zerda Co-Director Government Programs jzerda@rinstitute.org 518.797.3783 ext. 619
Sarah Morrill Program Associate smorrill@rinstitute.org 978.314.5352  

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
Libby Villavicencio Director of Midwest Programs libbyv@rinstitute.org 614.216.9665  

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. 642
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
Eddie Treviño Senior Program Associate etrevino@rinstitute.org 956.686.5653  
Rosie Gutierrez Administrative Associate rgutierrez@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
Sue 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      

Finance & Administrative:

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:

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
Stocky Clark Program Consultant stockton.clark@gmail.com 203.407.0122  
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  
Toni Williams Program Consultant twill38136@aol.com 703.201.8777  

 

 

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