HVEDC’S NEW BOARD MEMBER

The Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC) recently announced that Alan Mucatel, executive director of Rising Ground, has joined its Board of Directors.Mucatel has led Rising Ground as executive director since 2008. 

A large New York City human services nonprofit, Rising Ground has 1,400 employees, 55 programs, 71 sites and a budget of $128 million. Under Mucatel”™s leadership and direction, the organization has more than doubled in size and budget and was named a Gold winner of New York Community Trust”™s Nonprofit Excellence Awards. Rising Ground currently supports more than 25,000 children, adults and families with programs ranging from foster care, family and gender-based violence services, to special education, intellectual / developmental disabilities services and a supportive residence for unaccompanied migrant youth. 

Mucatel holds an MBA and a Master of Arts degree in politics from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Wesleyan University.