JOSE ADAMES previously vice president of academic affairs and interim president at Bergen Community College, was recently announced as vice president and dean of academic affairs at Dutchess Community College. Adames is responsible for participating in institutional policy formulation and strategic planning and overseeing all curriculum matters. Adames holds a bachelor”™s degree and a master”™s degree from Seton Hall University. He also holds a master”™s degree and doctorate degree in education from the Columbia University Teachers College.
DIANA DIMURO of Poughkeepsie was appointed executive assistant of the Walkway Over the Hudson organization. DiMuro most recently worked with the Girls Leadership Worldwide Program at the Eleanor Roosevelt Leadership Center at Val-Kill. She holds a bachelor”™s degree in English literature from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
EILEEN MCCOMB, of Cold Spring, director of Corporate Communications for Benjamin Moore & Co., has joined Scenic Hudson”™s board of directors. McComb serves as senior advisor, communications counsel and advocate at Benjamin Moore, which has been a corporate supporter of Scenic Hudson since 2005, contributing to the group”™s work in land preservation and ecological restoration along the Hudson River. McComb holds her bachelor”™s degree in communications from Hunter College and attended New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
