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about us: Commissioners
The 27-member Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission includes heads of involved state agencies, and community leaders recommended by the governor, senators, and congressional representatives for their expertise in such fields as tourism, law, planning, and historic preservation.
The Commission meets quarterly to plan and direct activities to assist in the preservation and interpretation of the nationally-significant historical, natural, scenic, and recreational resources of the Corridor and to help foster community revitalization. The public is welcome to attend.
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2010 Commissioners
Judith Schmidt-Dean, Schuylerville (Chair)
Russell S. Andrews, Syracuse (Vice Chair)
Alan N. Vincent, Little Falls (Secretary)
Peter J. Welsby, Lockport (Treasurer)
Dennis Reidenbach, Secretary of the Interior designee (Ex officio)
Clinton Brown, Buffalo
Mayor Victoria W. Daly, Palmyra
Jonathan Daniels, Oswego*
James Farr, Rochester*
Thomas X. Grasso, Rochester
Carol B. Greenough, Whitehall
Marilyn Higgins, Syracuse*
Mary Ivey, NYS Department of Transportation
Robert McNary, Empire State Development Corporation
NYS Assemblyman Robert P. Reilly, Newtonville
Robert Shibley, Buffalo
Pieter W. Smeenk, Fairport
Stuart W. Stein, Ithaca
Brian Stratton, NYS Canal Corporation*
Ann Thane, Amsterdam*
Peter Wiles Jr., Macedon
*Pending Secretary of Interior approval
Pending Nomination - Representatives from:
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
NYS Department of State
NYS Department of Transportation
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Meet the Chair
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The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission elected Judy Schmidt-Dean to serve as its Commission Chair in June 2011. Schmidt-Dean, who owns and manages the Schuyler Yacht Basin and RV Park on the Champlain Canal in Schuylerville, has served on the commission since 2002. She will serve as |
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chair for a one year term. Schmidt-Dean replaces outgoing chairman Joseph Callahan, who served since 2008.
According to Schmidt-Dean: “Twenty-four years of business along the canal has given me a unique perspective of past, present and future along the waterway. Today, partnerships forged among federal, state, and local agencies and organizations are unprecedented and leading us into a new century of canal revitalization. I am honored to serve as chair of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission.”
Schmidt-Dean has long record of community service and advocacy for the canal system. In addition to serving as an Erie Canalway Commissioner, she is a board member and secretary for Canal New York Marketing and Business Alliance. Her long-standing dedication to improving and promoting the New York State Canal System earned her the “Spirit of the Canal” Award from the Canal Society of NYS in 2008. |
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