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 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.org

  • Becca Pollard

    rpollard@bgcschenectady.org

  • David Hodgkinson

    dhodgkinson@bgcschenectady.org

  • Felix Perez

    fperez@bgcschenectady.org

  • Amanda Boyle

    aboyle@bgcschenectady.org

  • Mike Barry

    mbarry@bgcschenectady.org

  • Michael Baish

    mbaish@bgcschenectady.org

Board of Directors

Sandra Buhrmaster

Justin Cresswell

Kevin Curley

Daniel Dagostino

Anthony Durante

Michael L. Gelfand, M.D.

Michael Godlewski

Thomas Isabella [VP]

Peter Keigley [Treasurer]


Auxiliary Board Members

Caroline Ahl

Cindy Ball

Linda Breault

Sandra Buhrmaster

Mary Burch-Macherone

Gwynne DeLong

Louise DiFabbio

Tricia Emmer

Elaine Kennedy

Charles Kilbourne

Paul Male

Omar McGill

Brittnay McAvoy [President]

Larry Mossey [Secretary]

Debby Mullaney

Mark Nagelsmith

Cindy Phillippe

Joseph Pryba

Rosemary Faulkner

Lisa Ford

Diana Gelfand

Barrie Handelman

Sandy Kaplan

Elaine Kennedy

Deb Kopp [Treasurer]

Janet Kristel

Ashok Ramasbramanian

Sid Ramotar

Haileab Samuel

Carol Schweizer

Cynthia Shultz

Matthew Sypniewski

Matthew Tedeschi

Jon Winslow

Sarah Witbeck [VP]

Nic Zarrelli

Rachel Kusaywa

Lorraine McConnelee

Beth Milton

Debby Mullaney

Meghan O’Connor

Cindy Phillippe [Co-President]

Linda Reilly [Secretary]

Carol Schweizer

Honorary Members

Charles Assini

Arthur Bianchi

Robert Coan

Roger Greenwood

Carl Liss

Kathleen Messitt

Joann Paulsen

Kenneth Petersen

J. Richard Phillippe

Robert Sullivan

Eugene Zeltmann

Cynthia Shultz

Paula Strauss

Coleen Stevens

Patti Azar Van Valkenburgh [VP]

Sarah Witbeck [Co-President]

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

— Robert Moss