Cindy DeAngelis

Cindy started visiting the Adirondacks a few years ago when her fiancé was training for the Ironman in Lake Placid. They fell in love with the area and when the opportunity presented itself last year, they moved up to live in Lake  Placid full time.  Since moving to the area, Cindy has made it a priority to get involved in the community – volunteering with Ironman Lake Placid, the Lake Placid Film Festival, and most recently with AdkAction’s Food Security Projects. 

Cindy has experience working across product development, technology and client management in the finance industry. In her current role, she leads the product roadmap for iOS and Android mobile apps, working with engineers to build new capabilities, and collaborating with clients and stakeholders on launching these features to customers in market. She graduated from Boston University with a degree in Business Management and minor in International Relations.  She looks forward to bringing this experience as well as her passion for food security and environmental sustainability to her work with AdkAction. 

Cindy enjoys hiking, kayaking, skiing, and exploring all the amazing things that the Adirondacks have to offer in her spare time.  

Lee Slocum

Lee is a retired CPA. She and her late husband, Paul Lamparski, made Lake Placid their forever home in 2016. Paul was the first in the family to hold the treasurer spot at AdkAction and upon his passing Lee took up the reins. Lee began her career, after graduating from Michigan State University, with Coopers & Lybrand, one of the original “Big 8” accounting firms. She moved to southeastern Pennsylvania to continue her career, get married and raise two girls. In 1993 she obtained a tax practice to assist small business and individuals, retiring in 2017. Lee has been on the board of various charities and is a founding member of the Lake Placid, NY, Rotary Foundation. In addition she currently volunteers for AARP providing free tax preparation for many in the Tri-Lake area. Lee is an avid skier, hiker and equestrian and has begun taking RV trips with her dog around the country.

Charlotte Newbury

Charlotte Newbury grew up in Wales, U.K., moving to New York City in 2007. She has been visiting Lake Placid since 2012 to train for Ironman with her husband Kenny, and they eventually moved to Wilmington in 2019. Charlotte holds a Masters in Mathematics from the University of Manchester and works as an Enterprise Risk Manager in the financial sector. She holds a professional certification in Sustainability and Climate Risk, and is studying for a Masters in Natural Resources Conservation at Paul Smith's College. When she's not writing risk reports or studying, you can find her cycling around the region, enjoying her garden, or hanging out on the deck with her husband.

W. Buck Bobbin

W. Buck Bobbin is a native of the Hudson Valley, Buck Bobbin was first connected with the Adirondacks while attending Curtis S. Reed Boy Scout camp near Brant Lake. He has canoed much of the Raquette River, finished Boy Scouting as an Eagle Scout and went on to graduate from George Washington University with a degree in International Affairs. Buck worked as a ski instructor in California and New York, and then in electoral politics in Virginia, Illinois, and most recently in the North Country and Adirondack Park of New York. He is currently a regional representative for the New York State Department of Labor, and remains active in environmental conservation, responsible and deliberate economic development, and local Democratic politics. He lives on the Saranac River in Cadyville, NY.

Jim Carlisle

Jim Carlisle and his wife Caroline spend about five months a year at Camp Graystone in Westport, where they enjoy sailing, golf, hiking, swimming, cooking, entertaining and hanging out with their two daughters, Jenn and Steph. Having grown up in a small farming town in Northern Missouri and later on the West Coast of Florida, Jim has hiked and camped in nearly every National Park and hiked and rafted the Grand Canyon. He is an Eagle Scout and attended the National Scout Jamboree in 2017. He hosts the Hidden Quarry CATS Trail at his camp. A former competitive windsurfer, Jim still races J24s and other sailboats. Jim retired in 2005 after a career in research, consulting, decision support software, and venture capital. He taught in the graduate schools at Yale and USC and has done research at RAND, the Wharton School and a DARPA think-tank, before founding and running three technology startups. He remains a partner at Timmaron, LLC and Innovation Through Technology, LLC, which advise private equity firms. Jim holds an Engineering Degree with Honors from Princeton and earned his PhD from Yale in Organizational Behavior and Operations Research. For the past few years, Jim has worked with the Economic Development Committee of the Westport Chamber. When not in New York, he and Caroline reside in Colleyville, Texas.

Jerry Delaney

Jerry Delaney, like many Adirondackers, wears many hats. Grew up on a small farm. Had his first job at 12 on a farm. Worked in the woods as a professional logger for 14 years. He now owns a small logging and excavating business based in Saranac, New York; he has retired from NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY; and served as a Councilman at the Town of Saranac for 16 years. He also represented Clinton County as Chairman on the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board from 2011 to September 2018. In October 2018 he was appointed Executive Director of the Adirondack Park local Government Review Board, which was created in NY Executive Law 803a to advise and assist the Adirondack Park Agency in land use issues in the park. Jerry was also a board member of the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages that represents local government in state-level policy issues. He has a particular interest in increasing the use of wood-based biomass heat in his and surrounding communities. Jerry also served on the Northern Forest Center Board for 9 years.

Eric Holmlund

Eric Holmlund is a Professor of Environmental Studies in the Environment and Society Department at Paul Smith’s College. He is also the Director of the college’s Graduate Studies Program, which offers hybrid-delivered master’s programs in Natural Resources Conservation and Sustainable Tourism Management, along with one-year online graduate certificates in Natural Resources. Holmlund also steers a multi-year sustainable development collaboration with the National Park of the Tuscan-Emilian Appenines in Italy, founding director of the Adirondack Watershed Institute Stewardship Program (2000-2019), Interim Dean at Paul Smith’s College, Director of the Outdoor Education Program at St. Lawrence University, senior instructor for the Wilderness Education Association (WEA) and as instructor and Course Director for the New York Outward Bound Center. Holmlund is the author, with Jack Drury, of The Camper’s Guide to Outdoor Pursuits, a book published in 1997.Eric Holmlund holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from Dartmouth College, a Master’s Degree in Outdoor Recreation from Southern Illinois University, a Master’s Degree in Secondary English Education from the State University of New York at Potsdam, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England. He lives in Saranac Lake with spouse Kim and their three children.

Daniel Kiefer-Bach

Daniel grew up in Rochester, New York, and has lived the last 8 years in Longmont, Colorado.  Daniel's partner, Tayler is from Old Forge, New York and it is through her and her family that he found himself relocated to Eagle Bay in 2021.   Daniel's background has predominantly been in Not-For-Profit Management and Social Program Creation. As the current Community Development Specialist for LivingADK (livingadk.org), Daniel spends most of his time out in the community shoring up small town needs such as healthy food access, affordable housing solutions, broadband expansion and year-round sustainable economies resistant to climate change.  Just like everyone else in the Adirondacks, you can find Daniel out canoeing, hiking, camping and xc skiing whenever possible.

Becky Northrup

Becky grew up in Pennsylvania and discovered the Adirondacks when her twin sister enrolled in Paul Smith’s College Culinary Program. After graduating from Harding University in Arkansas where she studied Print Journalism, Becky decided to join her twin for a year, tops, in the Adirondacks to check it out. That was almost two decades ago. She has spent her career as a storyteller representing numerous marketing and communications clients across New York State and joined the New York Ski Educational Foundation as the Director of Communications and Development in 2022, where she continues to tell the stories of the generations of skiers and jumpers who call the Adirondacks home. 

Becky lives and plays in Wilmington with her husband Tim, a partner at Northwoods Engineering in Saranac Lake, and their two boys. As a family, they enjoy riding mountain bikes, skiing, and exploring all the beautiful corners of the incredible Park they call home.

Lisa Salamon

Lisa Salamon retired to the ADKs several years ago to pursue her love of nature, hiking and macro photography.  Now a resident of Minerva in southern Essex County, Lisa moved to the ADKs from Westtown, PA where she lived for 30 years.  Lisa was active on several non-profit boards while leading public relations and investor relations departments for publicly traded healthcare and nuclear utility companies. Lisa and husband Ken, have two daughters in their late 20’s (who are gainfully employed) and live in a hand-hewn cabin on Minerva Lake with a Portuguese Water Dog and Tabby Cat.  Lisa’s close-up photos are frequently featured in NCPR’s Photo of the Day. She is active in several organizations in the Minerva and North Creek communities.

Cammy Sheridan

Cammy Sheridan is a native of the Adk Park, growing up in Tupper Lake. She has taught psychology as well as served as the Disabilities Specialist at North Country Community College for the past 24 years at the Saranac Lake Campus. Cammy has lived in Lake Placid since 1993 where she raised her daughter, Sarah. Cammy spends as much time as possible playing outdoors; skiing, boating, biking, and hiking as well as traveling with her partner, Guy. Cammy holds a B.S. in Recreational Therapy from Green Mountain College, a M.S. in Special Education from SUNY Plattsburgh, a M.S. in Psychology from Walden University.

Cammy has served and continues to serve on various boards in the Adirondacks, including John Brown Lives!, Lake Placid School District Board, and currently, is the Co-Chair of the Essex County Community Services Advisory Board and President of Lakeside House, Inc Board in Saranac Lake.

Ruth Smith

Originally from the Boston area, Ruth came to the Adirondacks with her husband, Craig, to relax at the Smith’s summer camp on Upper Saranac Lake after they completed graduate degrees in 1974.  Since they both enjoyed the many outdoor experiences this region offers, it wasn’t long before they decided that Saranac Lake was the place to call home. Ruth is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, with a B.A. in Biology, and earned a M.S. in Microbiology from the Harvard School of Public Health.  After initially working in biomedical research, Ruth taught environmental microbiology and other science courses at Paul Smith’s College from 1977-2011. Ruth’s community activities include past membership and Board positions in the Saranac Lake Women’s College Scholarship Club, and BluSeed Studios. Inc.  She is currently a Board member of the Upper Saranac Lake Association, and had previously served on its Environmental Committee.  At the Trudeau Institute, Ruth serves on the institutional committee overseeing animal use and care.

Dave Wolff

Dave is a Saranac Lake native and lives at the family homestead on Lake Kiwassa. He is married to Holly and they have two grown boys, Dj and Stephen. He retired from IBM in 2006 after 31 years in sales and consulting. Both Dave and Holly are “46ers”; he has served on the Board of the Lake Placid Olympic Museum; and he is the President of the Lake Kiwassa Shoreowners Association. Dave graduated with a BS in Physics from Trinity College (CT) and earned an MBA from Dartmouth College and an MS in Computer Science from VPI. He served two terms as Chairman of AdkAction and is the Chairperson of the Broadband Committee.

Diana Zais

Diana Prescott Zais, a native of Keeseville, recently moved back to Augur Lake with her husband Gregory and one of her sons Daniel. Her second son Sam enjoys taking in all the Adirondacks have to offer when he visits on his vacations twice a year.

Diana earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University and a Master’s Degree from the Hotel School at Cornell University. She spent the first part of her career in the hospitality industry working for Hyatt and Westin Hotels. In 1991 she left the hotel business to devote her full attention to raising twin sons. Over the next 30 years though the family’s permanent residence was Needham, MA the Zaises escaped to the family home in the Adirondacks whenever possible for long weekends, summer and winter holidays. It was truly their second home.

In 1999, Diana joined Babson College’s Advancement Division assuming the role of Vice President for Development in 2010. She recently retired following the management of two capital campaigns, $216M and $300M respectively, and is enjoying her return to the North Country. Diana continues her involvement in the hospitality industry serving on the Board of Directors of Resort Enterprises, Inc. in Rumney, NH and the AuSable Chasm Company, AuSable Chasm, NY.