The Tech Valley Community Outreach Task Force

The Tech Valley Community Outreach Task Force has mobilized to tell the Tech Valley story at the community level and highlight the opportunities that the new economy offers throughout the region.

Co-Conveners:

  • Christine Horne - Manager, Community Relations & Communications, GE Global Research
  • Carolyn McLaughlin - Council Member Second Ward, Albany Common Council, Assistant Manager of Business Process Training, New York State Teachers' Retirement System

Participants:

  • Mark Bobb-Semple - Director, Black & Latino Achievers Program, Capital District YMCA
  • Tom Carroll - Executive Director, Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway
  • Lisa Frisch - Executive Director, The Legal Project
  • John Harris - President, Black Child Development Institute, Albany, NY; Albany High School
  • Reverend Joyce Hartwell - ARISE
  • Lucy Larner - Director of Sponsorship, New York State Museum Institute
  • Michele McClave - Executive Director, AIDS Council of Northeastern New York
  • Rosemary Nichols - Director, Planning and Community Revitalization, City of Watervliet
  • Rowie Taylor - Executive Director, YWCA of Schenectady
  • Maritza Vega - President, New York Latino Dollars for Scholars, Greater Capital Region; Member, 100 Hispanic Women
  • Wanda Willingham - County Legislators, Albany County Legislature - 3rd District