ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP.

Our leaders believe there is no higher calling than making a difference in the life of a child. Meet the dynamic team leading the Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady’s efforts to ensure every young person that walks through our doors has the great future they deserve.

A man standing outside the Adelaide Wright Graham Boys & Girls Club building, smiling, wearing a light blue shirt.

Shane Bargy, Executive Director

Our Staff

  • Shane Bargy

    shanebargy@bgcschenectady.com

  • Becca Pollard

    rpollard@bgcschenectady.com

  • David Hodgkinson

    dhodgkinson@bgcschenectady.com

  • Felix Perez

    fperez@bgcschenectady.com

  • Mike Barry

    mbarry@bgcschenectady.com

  • Michael Baish

    mbaish@bgcschenectady.com

    Stephanie Rossini

    srossini@bgcschenectady.com

  • Starkisha Robinson

    starrobinson@bgcschenectady.com

  • Stephanie LaValley - Unit Director

    slavalley@bgcschenectady.com

    Creig Blyden - Program Director

    cblyden@bgcschenectady.com

    Brianna Brown - Teen Coordinator

    bbrown@bgcschenectady.com

  • Cristian Lopez - Unit Director

    clopez@bgcschenectady.com

  • Julie Rouse - Unit Director

    rbgcprograms@bgcschenectady.com

    Shaquanna Robinson - Program Director

    srobinson@bgcschenectady.com

  • Faatih Rasul - Unit Director

    frasul@bgcschenectady.com

  • Kyle Pangburn

    kpangburn@bgcschenectady.com

  • Pat Scavotto

    pscavotto@bgcschenectady.com

Board of Directors

Charles Assini, Jr.

Nicholas Clay

Justin Cresswell

Anthony Durante

David P. Fusco

Michael Godlewski

Debra Hotaling

Thomas Isabella [VP]

Philip Kaufman

Peter Keigley [President]


Caroline Ahl

Cindy Ball

Michelle Ballou

Linda Breault

Sandra Buhrmaster

Mary Burch-Macherone

Gwynne DeLong [Treasurer]

Louise DiFabbio

Auxiliary Board Members

Charles Kilbourne

Paul K. Male, P.E.

Omar McGill

Brittnay McAvoy [Advisor]

Larry Mossey

Debby Mullaney

Mark Nagelsmith

Cindy Phillippe

Joseph Pryba

Ashok Ramasbramanian

Rosemary Faulkner

Lisa Ford [VP]

Barrie Handelman

Sandy Kaplan

Elaine Kennedy

Deb Kopp

Janet Kristel

Rachel Kusaywa

Sid Ramotar

Haileab Samuel

Carol Schweizer

Cynthia Shultz

Matthew Sypniewski

Matthew Tedeschi [Treasurer]

Jon Winslow [VP]

Sarah Witbeck [Secretary]

Nic Zarrelli

Lorraine McConnelee [Co-President]

Beth Milton

Debby Mullaney

Meghan O’Connor

Cindy Phillippe

Linda Reilly [Secretary]

Carol Schweizer

Honorary Members

Charles Assini

Arthur Bianchi

Robert Coan

Michael Gelfand, M.D.

Roger Greenwood

Carl Liss

Kathleen Messitt

Joann Paulsen

Kenneth Petersen

J. Richard Phillippe

Robert Sullivan

Eugene Zeltmann

Cynthia Shultz

Paula Strauss

Coleen Stevens [Co-President]

Patti Azar Van Valkenburgh

Sarah Witbeck

“The first thing to understand about working with children's dreams is that adults need to listen up.”

— Robert Moss