HUDSON VALLEY, NY – The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley today announced Arthur R. Upright as its new chair, and several newly elected officers and trustees for 2015-2016.
Leading citizens from across the Hudson Valley serve on the Board of Trustees at the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley. These Board Officers and Trustees represent all regions of the Community Foundation’s service area and are chosen for their expertise in matching resources with new challenges and opportunities. They bring a wide range of skills in business, finance and marketing to managing the foundation’s community focused charitable assets and grant-making activities.“It has been a pleasure serving the Hudson Valley region through the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley,” said Nancy Rossi Brownell, immediate past chair. “I am proud of the work we have accomplished together and am pleased to hand the baton to such a dedicated and community-minded leader as Art Upright, who brings decades of nonprofit leadership and financial expertise to his chairmanship.”
Arthur R. Upright, of Ulster County and newly elected Chair of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, succeeds Nancy Rossi Brownell of Dutchess County. With four decades in the utility industry, his long career has included executive and board leadership to CH Energy Group, Inc. and Affiliates with responsibility for state and federal regulatory matters; accounting, budgets and financial forecasts; electricity and natural gas procurement, and forecasting demand for those services.
Upright is active as a construction volunteer for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh, a director of the Lutheran Care Network, and councilmember of St. John’s Lutheran Church. He previously served as board president of the Kingston Hospital, Ulster County Development Corporation, United Way of Ulster County, and Boy Scout Council of Ulster and Greene Counties.
Additional newly elected officers and trustees include:
Sheila Scott, CPA, Vice Chair, Audit: A resident of Dutchess County and a partner at Passikoff & Scott, CPA, since 1988, Sheila Scott has worked in public accounting in the Mid-Hudson region since 1976, with two years at Ernst & Ernst early in her career. She is a former a trustee and treasurer with the Poughkeepsie Public Library District. A Vassar College graduate with a master’s degree from SUNY Albany, she is also a member of the New York State Society of CPAs.
Thomas J. Murphy, Vice Chair, Ulster: A resident of Ulster County, Thomas J. Murphy is Vice President and Regional Manager of Government Banking with M&T Bank. Active in the community, he serves with M&T Charitable Foundation, Mohonk Preserve, Bardavon, St. Joseph Church and Camp Callabar in Kingston, NY.
Peter Krulewitch, Secretary: A resident of Dutchess County, Peter Krulewitch is President of Kingston Investors Corporation, a real estate investment group he formed in 1983. Kingston Investors owns or controls numerous office buildings, industrial and hospitality assets in New York, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco and Houston. Krulewitch has lectured on real estate subjects at the New School and served as an adjunct professor at New York University’s Real Estate Institute. His nonprofit board service, past and present, includes Episcopal Social Services, Rollins College (FL), New York Studio School, Columbia University Medical Center, William J. Matheson Foundation; Sharon Hospital (CT).
Arthur L. Gellert, Esq., new Trustee: Born and raised in Dutchess County and a founding partner of Gellert, Klein & MacLeod, LLP, Arthur L. Gellert returns to the board of the Community Foundations, having served as a trustee from 1995-2003, and chair from 1997 to 1999. He has also served as its pro bono legal counsel for the last 20 years. Gellert’s law practice is concentrated in commercial transactions, including real estate and banking, as well as estate planning and trust and estate administration and advising professional practices. At present, he serves the State of New York as a commissioner of the State Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commission, Taconic Region.
Gellert has served as a director of Bankers Trust Company of the Hudson Valley, N.A. and Barclays Bank of New York, N.A. Past president of the Dutchess County Bar Association and the recipient of many awards for his community and board service, he has also served Dutchess Community College Association, Inc., Premier Cares Foundation, Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce, the Salvation Army Advisory Board, Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Lawyers Division of the United Way, Hudson Valley Stadium Corporation, Advisory Board of SCORE and Commissioner of the State Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission.
Cora Mallory-Davis, new Trustee: A lifelong resident of Dutchess County, Cora Mallory-Davis’s career includes more than 30 years as a professional nurse and administrator with Planned Parenthood of Dutchess/Ulster, Inc., and 15 years as a consultant for the Accreditation and Evaluation Department of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. A graduate of Poughkeepsie High School and Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing in New York City, she has served in various volunteer capacities with a wide range of community activities and board memberships and positions, including Dutchess County and New York State Mental Health Associations, Potential Unlimited, Family Services, United Way of Dutchess, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess, Girl Scouts of Dutchess County, Meals on Wheels of Greater Poughkeepsie, Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley, Meals on Wheels of Greater Poughkeepsie, Multicultural Committee of the Poughkeepsie Journal and Catharine Street Community Center.
Mallory-Davis’ community service has been recognized many times over with awards from Mental Health Association of Dutchess County, Family Services, Girl Scouts of Dutchess County, Marist College, United Way and Catharine Street Community Center.
About The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
Serving all of Dutchess, Ulster and Putnam counties, the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley administers $53 million in assets to provide much needed support to the community through grants and scholarships. The Foundation’s purpose is to connect people who care with causes that matter. For information about charitable giving through the Community Foundation, grant programs, or to obtain a copy of the organization’s Annual Report, please visit www.cfhvny.org.
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