Hudson Valley Newsmakers, 10.7.13
POWERS JOINSÂ BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOARD
BRIAN POWERS, director of marketing for Judelson, Giordano & Siegel, an accounting and business consulting firm in Middletown, recently became a member of the board of directors for the town of Wallkill Boys and Girls Club.
In his role on the board, Powers will help the Boys and Girls Club”™s mission to provide guidance and leadership to the youth of Wallkill and the surrounding areas. The board will benefit particularly from Powers”™ expertise in business, public relations and marketing.
“I am very proud to have this opportunity to contribute my efforts to such an amazing organization,” Powers said. “In my role at JGS, I have had the privilege of working for a company that shares many of the values as the Boys and Girls Club. Our firm is dedicated to helping the community whenever the opportunity presents itself and this is the perfect chance to do just that.”
Powers has a bachelor”™s degree in public relations, as well as an MBA in business from Mount Saint Mary College. Powers has previously served as the director of integrated marketing for Clear Channel of the Hudson Valley.
TWO JOIN CENTRAL HUDSON BOARD
MARY D. MADDEN and MARK KASTNER, two business and community leaders have been appointed to serve on the board of directors of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., the combination electric and gas utility that became the first American utility subsidiary of Canadian holding company Fortis Inc. in June 2013.
Madden, president and CEO of Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (HVFCU), and Kastner, president and principal of The Chazen Cos., were welcomed by Fortis President and CEO H. Stanley Marshall, who also serves as the chairman of the board of Central Hudson and its holding company parent CH Energy Group.
Madden leads one of the nation”™s largest credit unions, with assets of $3.7 billion and 270,000 members. She joined HVFCU in 1995 and assumed positions of increasing responsibility in operations, information technology, marketing, retail services, lending and human resources before being named president and CEO 11 years ago. She earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts/Boston and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University. Madden”™s volunteer leadership includes service with the boards of Health Quest, American Heart Association and Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. She is a resident of Ulster County.
“We”™re extremely pleased to add Mary”™s substantial financial acumen to Central Hudson”™s board and we are certain that her wide-ranging experience will add tremendous value to our deliberations,” Marshall said.
Kastner is a licensed professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience in finance, operations and general corporate management. Appointed as the president of The Chazen Cos. in 2008, he oversees one of the region”™s largest engineering, land surveying, environmental, planning and landscape architecture services firms. He earned an MBA from Union College and a bachelor”™s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Clarkson University. Kastner”™s volunteer involvement includes service on behalf of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, the Dutchess County Economic Development Corp. and the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. He resides in Ulster County.
“Mark”™s extensive business experience will be particularly beneficial to Central Hudson as we invest substantial amounts of capital to improve our region”™s electric and gas infrastructure to better serve customers and communities in the years ahead,” said Marshall who also announced that Fortis Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Barry V. Perry and FortisAlberta Inc. President and CEO Karl W. Smith have also joined the board of the Poughkeepsie-based utility.
ULSTER SAVINGS ADDS EXEC
CHRISTOPHER ROSENBERGEN has been named Ulster Savings Bank”™s vice president of residential mortgage lending at its Kingston headquarters.
“We”™re excited to have Chris lead our mortgage lending team,” said Joan M. Eck, chief credit and service officer at the bank. “He brings a wealth of residential lending and management expertise with him to this position. In the end, the real beneficiaries will be the customers of Ulster Savings Bank.”
Rosenbergen joins Ulster Savings Bank with more than 20 years of mortgage lending service and will manage all aspects of the bank”™s residential mortgage lending team in his new position. He previously served as a certified mortgage planning specialist at the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union.
In addition to being a certified mortgage planning specialist, Rosenbergen is also registered with the National Mortgage Licensing System. He has actively participated with local and national mortgage industry associations over the years, including the Dutchess County Association of Realtors and the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women.
Rosenbergen resides in Pleasant Valley with his wife and two daughters.