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Board OF DIRECTORS
Sheila Rauch
Chairperson
Sheila is a watercolor artist and has lived in Cold Spring since 1980. She has served on the boards of the Yorkville Common Pantry in NY, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and is currently on the board of the Philipstown Depot Theatre.
Ellyn Varela-Burstein
Secretary
Ellen and her family have lived in Philipstown for more than 20 years. She has had several careers, the last one as an Occupational Therapist with a specialty in Gerontology. She taught occupational therapy at Dominican College and Columbia University. Ellyn has served on the Haldane School Foundation Board and the Board of the Putnam Highlands Audubon Society among other volunteer activities.
Ellen Raphael Collins
Treasurer
Ellen has lived in Cold Spring for the past 10 years. She began her career in theatre on and off Broadway. She later moved to Los Angeles where she won an Academy Award Nomination, two Emmys, and a Peabody award. A favorite project was work on “A Place of Our Own” and “Los Ninos en Su Casa”: a PBS series designed to help caregivers prepare children for success in kindergarten. She is currently working on a civil rights documentary and another on artist Michelle Stuart.
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Susan Freeman
Susan lives in Cold Spring and currently works as a geriatric Care Manager and volunteer at Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital. Susan was a NYC in-patient hospital social worker at Mt. Sinai and St. Luke's hospitals for thirty years. She graduated from Hunter School of Social Work in 1990 and continued graduate work at Columbia University School of Social Work.
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Martee Levi
Martee is a working artist and co-founder and Director of the Buster Levi Gallery in Cold Spring. With an art education from RIT, Columbia University and Arts Students League, she is now sharing her talent as an art educator. She teaches private classes and has taught at the Art Students League in NYC. She created programs and taught teens in Harlem for MOMA’s outreach program and the summer Art Institute at the Garrison Art Center. She has volunteered as curator for the Garrison Art Center’s Galleries as well as Boscobel’s summer sculpture garden.
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Carol Marquand
Carol moved with her family to Garrison in 1993, leaving behind a several decades long career in documentary film at BBC Television in London. She has served on several nonprofit boards, including Common Ground Farm and five years as President of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.
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Claudio Marzollo