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President: Virginia (Ginnie) Hays
Ginnie Hays joined IFMA (Greater NYC Chapter) in 2001.  She was a nominee for an IFMA award in that Chapter in 2003.  Ginnie joined the IFMA Hudson Valley Chapter in 2004.  She served on the Programs Committee this past year.

Ginnie Hays started at Hitachi America, Limited in 1998.  During those ten years, she has been promoted four times. Her responsibilities as Senior Manager of Facilities and Operations cover everything in the building, on the building and around the building.  She often is the consultant (set-up/take-down) for other Hitachi properties and offices in other New York locations and in other states. Ginnie holds a Bachelors degree in Business from Fordham University.  
Email: virginia.hays@hal.hitachi.com

Vice-President: Cathy Sama
Cathy served last year as Vice President and she was elected to this position again this year. Cathy has been involved with our chapter for over 10 years. Cathy attended the Leadership conference in Washington, DC last year and she attended the Industries Forum this year in Denver Colorado.  At both events she represented our Hudson Valley Chapter. Cathy is a member of the IFMA IT Council.

Cathy has been in the Telecom Industry serving accounts such as Yale University, State of Connecticut, Duracell Battery, Massachusetts Mutual Life and other large facilities on the IT end. Cathy is an Integrated voice and Data Services/ Managing Partner. Cathy holds a degree in Cost Accounting from Westchester Community College and a BA from Pace University.                
Email: datainteg@aol.com

Treasurer: Kevin Kingsland
Kevin has been a long term member of the IFMA Chapter of Hudson Valley and is looking forward to serving his second term as the Chapter’s Treasurer.  His focus for the term is to increase revenues to enable the Chapter to maintain a high standard of meetings for members that will encourage a growth in Membership and to help support the local community.

RD Weis Companies:  Promoted to his current position of Director of National Accounts in June of 2006, Kevin is charged with growing RD Weis‚ full range of Flooring service offerings in the North East and National markets.  Kevin joined RD Weis Companies in the early 90’s as Operations Manager and within a short time, was promoted to Account Manager. He remained in this position until he was named Director of Sales in 2001 and as such oversaw the Port Chester and New Jersey offices sales staff. He holds an Associates Degree in Business from Norwalk Community College.
Email:  kkingsland@rdweis.com

Secretary: Ann Marie Rossi
Anne Marie has been a member of the IFMA Hudson Valley Chapter for one year.  She was just elected as secretary. She has already completed her first duty – sending out minutes to the board and keeping us all informed. 

Anne Marie has been with A & A Janitorial Maintenance in their Sales Force since 2000. A & A Janitorial Maintenance headquarters is located in Yonkers, New York and Miami, Florida. Prior to A & A Janitorial Maintenance Anne Marie was employed at Suburban Carting Corporation as the Executive Assistant to the Sales Manager.
Email: annemarie.rossi@aamaintenance.com


Other Administrative members and Committee Chairpersons

Chapter Administrator: Janet Estevez-Filardi
Janet has been a member of the IFMA Hudson Valley since 1996. She has served as Vice-President from 1997 to 1999, she has served as President from 1999 to 2002 and she has held the Chapter Administrator position from 2002 to the present and she was just recently reelected to Chapter Administrator.

Janet has been at Krasdale Foods, Inc since 1996.  She holds the position of Facilities Manager.  Krasdale Foods, Inc. is a wholesale food distributor serving the metropolitan area.  They are celebrating their 100th year! She also has worked at various other companies in NYC such as: Sales Promotion Associate at Estee Lauder Companies; Human Resources and Administration at Applied Graphics Technologies; and Assistant VP Administration at Court TV.
Email: jestevez@krasdalefoods.com

Chairperson Programs Committee: Ron Cognetta
Ron has been involved with IFMA Hudson Valley Chapter since 2003 serving as Programs Chairperson. He has been able to connect with great presenters who have very interesting topics. Ron will continue on as Chairperson on the Programs committee and he will also be Co-Chairperson of the Membership committee.

Ron is Director of Commercial Sales at Clancy Moving Systems, Inc.  Clancy Moving Systems employs over 160 packers, movers & relocation/logistical personnel.  Additionally Clancy Furniture Installation Services provides installation of new or used office, industrial or retail furniture to commercial furniture dealers and end users.  Clancy-Cullen Moving & Storage located in The Bronx, NY, (a Clancy Company) provides the same services as Clancy Moving Systems when union labor (Teamsters local 814) is required.  Clients include: The Royal Bank of Scotland, SAC Capital Advisors, Tudor Investments, IBM, GE, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Purdue Pharmaceuticals, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale University (Sterling) School of Chemistry and The NYU School of Law. 
Email: rcognetta@clancymoving.com

Co-Chairperson Programs Committee: Kate Whisler
Kate Whisler became a member of IFMA Hudson Valley Chapter in 1998. She began by serving on the Golf Committee and then was asked to join the Executive Board in 2001 where she started as the Associate Committee Co-Chairperson. Kate progressed to Co-Chairperson of the Programs Committee where she served for 3 years. In 2006 Kate was elected Secretary and served until August of 2008 and now Kate is returning to Co-Chairperson of the Program Committee.

Kate Whisler has been with John Mini Distinctive Landscapes since June 1998 as a Sales and Design Consultant.  She has a total of 21 years in the Landscaping industry throughout South and Central Florida and New York.  Kate teaches a class on Green Plants for Green Buildings which is certified through the AIA for Continuing Education Credit and the program can be offered to Architects, Facility Managers, Building Owners, Property Managers, and Interior Designers. Email: katewhisler@johnmini.com

Chairperson Job Bank: David Eppinger
David has been an IFMA member since 1985, having started with the Greater NYC chapter.  He has been involved with our Hudson Valley Chapter since 1993.  He has helped with programs, membership, public relations.  He has most recently been Chapter Vice President, and Chapter President.  Currently, David is our Job Bank Chairman, and an active member of our Board.

David is involved in the Contract Office Furniture Industry, with over 30 years of experience.  He works with major national account clients across the U.S., and many local firms, providing interior furnishing solutions.  He has worked with Meadows Office Furniture since 2000 and is based in their Stamford CT office.  In addition to IFMA, David is involved as an officer in the Westchester Putnam Boy Scout Council; Temple Beth Elohim (Brewster NY); and in the Bresnan Bicycle Tour benefiting Special Olympics NY and Westchester ARC. Email: david@meadowsoffice.com

Website Administrator: Lynn Amos
Lynn Amos began her career in Graphic Design over 25 years ago in the publishing industry. Once the internet became a viable communications medium she began designing for the web as well. Her marketing and graphic design has been in the office furniture industry for the last 10 years. Her connection with IFMA began because of her work with marketing and graphic design.

Two years ago Lynn started her own business, Fyne Lyne Ventures. Fyne Lyne Ventures is a marketing-oriented communications agency that makes it easy for a business to put up a custom website that supports their image. Fyne Lyne Ventures eases the transition from traditional marketing to digital marketing producing not only web sites but e-mail newsletters and online advertising as well as doing traditional graphic design projects. 

Lynn grew up in Albuquerque, NM and moved to New York after graduating from college in 1981 with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art. She now lives in Peekskill, NY but visits New Mexico often and plans to build a LEED certified house on her little piece of land in the Sandia Mountains someday. Email: lynn@fynelyne.com

 

Chairperson Membership:  Bob Embree

Email: recmnh@aol.com

 

 

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