Charlie Cowan is an Ironman and an avid skier and kayaker, and sometimes he takes a break from all of that to help with ROOST finances. The ROOST board treasurer grew up in Western New York. He started visiting the Adirondacks in high school when he...
Jill Cardinale has been an active member of the ROOST board since 2012. But don’t ask her that. She tends to think forward rather than focus on the past. She’s also one of those people who sees a challenge and jumps in head first. Growing up...
James Lemons joined the ROOST board in 2015, and he currently chairs the board's Governance Committee. We asked him some questions to get to know him a little better: 1) Why were you interested in getting involved in the ROOST board? As the executive director of the Lake Placid Center...
Marc Galvin is a fan of all that ROOST does throughout the North Country, so he was pleased to join the ROOST Board of Directors last year. Since he began, he and other board members came to the realization that they need to put in time...
Origin Coffee Co. proprietor Jecinda Hughes is one of the newest additions to the ROOST board, starting in January of this year. The Saranac Lake businesswoman adds a youthful voice to the group. Jecinda grew up in northeastern Tennessee, venturing to the Adirondacks in 2000 to...
Ed Finnerty, the vice chairman of the ROOST Board of Directors, has been on the board for seven years in his current stint, but his involvement with the organization goes back decades. It’s hard to get Ed to talk about himself. He’s definitely not interested in...
Sarah Wilson’s family is steeped in the local tourism economy, with a background in lodging and relatives who run restaurants and rent houses. But she’s a marketing pro with experience that reaches beyond the local economy, making her a great complement to the rest of...
ROOST board member Laura O’Brien and her husband Matt have taken on one of the most challenging jobs in the area — running a small family ski slope and making it profitable. But they’ve made huge strides in diversifying their options at Oak Mountain in...
Beth Hill came to the Adirondacks in 2010 to take over as president and CEO of Fort Ticonderoga, and a year later, she joined the ROOST board. She’s been serving on the board ever since then. Beth was born on Long Island and has lived in...
Mike Beglin has been on the ROOST board for 10 years, and he’s in the midst of his third year as chairman of the board. After growing up in Long Island, Mike visited the Adirondacks, and he fell in love with it. He only returned home once before...