2010-2011 Board of Trustees

Judy Terlizzi, President
Judy Terlizzi has been a member of the Putnam County Land Trust for the past nine years and board member seven years. Judy has served on several committees from Preserve and Volunteer Co-coordinator, events and fairs, canoe trips, to fund raising and the Dinner Committee. She is an avid and enthusiastic day hiker and has hiked most of the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut and New York. When not busy hiking and working on land trust projects, Judy has been a student at IES in Millbrook, New York where she earned a Certificate in Landscape Design and is completing work on a Certificate in Gardening with a focus on Native Plants. Judy has been a Lake Carmel(Kent) resident for ten years. She has an extensive background organizing, working with and leading non-profit organizations for over thirty years and looks forward to helping PCLT strengthen its organizational structure and expand its funding resources.

Vice President, Brian Alberghini
Brian Alberghini was born and raised in Vermont. He and his wife, Janine, have been residents of Southeast for 15 years. They live with their two children, Michael and Melanie, on the Hopkins Farm homestead on Welfare Road. Brian relaxes by fishing, gardening, and restoring their 150 year-old homestead. Currently he works for Eastman Kodak as a Field Technician in the New York Metro area. Brian's hobbies include computers and photography. Involvement with his community began by volunteering his time and energy to Brewster Cub Scouts/Girl Scouts and Brewster Little League. His passion to protect and preserve the beauty and uniqueness of Putnam County has led Brian to volunteer with Riverkeeper and to his recent nomination to PCLT board. Brian is a member of the Executive Board of Concerned Residents of Southeast, holding the position of Secretary.

Treasurer, Linda Lund
Linda has been Town of Southeast resident for 31 years. She is married and has 3 children. She works in the finance department of a medical marketing firm in Stamford, CT. The family has been members of the PCLT since the early 1990’s. Linda has been an active member of the PCLT Dinner Committee, and the DEC Youth Summer Camp Committee. Over the years, Linda has volunteered at the PCLT canoe trips, manned the table at the 4-H fairs, done trail work, helped with mailings and wherever an extra pair of hands where needed. Linda has also been a treasurer for a local Boy Scout troop, and is on the Finance Committee at her church.

Sal Tripi, Secretary
Sal Tripi has been a Kent resident for 19 years with wife Margaret, son Jerry, 26 and daughter Morgan, 11. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has had a private practice in his Carmel office for over 17 years. Sal was a member of Kent's Assessment Review Board (1990-1991) and an elected Kent Town Councilman (1992-1999). He has also been an officer of PLAN Kent, a non-profit organization promoting various programs having to do with proper planning in the town of Kent with an emphasis on protecting land and nature. Sal was a founding member of Kent's recycling center. In his spare time Sal enjoys music, is an accomplished guitar player and spends time with his family doing various activities.

Denis Castelli
Denis was born in the Bronx, NY in 1946, worked in banking in 1966 and was drafted in 1967, serving as a combat infantryman with the Army’s First Cavalry Division in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. He trained as a computer programmer in the early 1970’s and in 1975, was Data Processing Manager with a division of Union Carbide Corporation. Since 1988, Denis and his wife, Athena Arvan, have been restoring a Victorian home located on the county line of Putnam and Westchester in Southeast. Denis collects postcards, historical artifacts, and genealogical data from the local area. He is a board member of the Southeast Museum and a co-founder and board member of the Concerned Residents of Southeast (CRSE), and the Putnam Smart Growth Alliance (PSGA).

Dod Chahroudi
Dod Chahroudi grew-up on the island in the middle of Lake Mahopac in a home designed for his parents by Frank Lloyd Wright. The woods and waters of Putnam County have always been his playground. In college, Dod majored in Geography and graduated with a teaching credential in Earth Science. A member of the PCLT Board of Trustees since 1999, Dod is the steward for PCLT's Sterling Farm-Luschinsky-Turtle Pond Preserve and has also been one of the naturalist guides on our annual Great Swamp Canoe trips. He leads year round hikes and canoe trips for the Adirondack Mountain Club and has served on their Board of Directors and been their local Conservation Officer for the past 10 years. Dod has represented Putnam County on the New York State, Region 3 Open Space Committee for the past 4 years. His main focus, to preserve the more beautiful natural areas within our region, is typified by his statement, "If I can walk a piece of land, and know that all future generations will also be able to enjoy its natural beauty and regenerative powers, then that is the only measure of accomplishment."

Jude Jones
By trade Jude is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, where she has been on faculty since 1991. She earned her PhD from Emory University in Atlanta, where camping and hiking became a robust dimension of her life. She grew up on Staten Island, NY, in a neighborhood that abutted some woods (most now gone), and so was able to cultivate a woodland sensibility early on despite growing up technically in "the city". Jude has always been interested in environmental and ecological issues, but has only recently become deeply involved in the activities of protection and preservation. She is an eleven year resident of Mahopac, enjoys kayaking, gardening, her animals, home improvement, and arts of all kinds. Her partner, Joy, is a first-grade teacher in the South Bronx who wishes her students could have the opportunities of contact with nature that Putnam children do. After running a conference session to explore the pragmatic philosophical response to Global Warming issues, Jude started a working group to "green" the operations of the society that had sponsored it through conference practices, research, etc. She is also working with a group of faculty and students on campus to extend awareness of climate change and sustainability issues at Fordham University. Jude has agreed to play the role of recording secretary for PCLT, and has become an active member of several of the PCLT Board committees.

Robert C. Lund
Bob Lund was invited to join the Board in 1997 due to his enthusiasm for PCLT’s work and his long-term commitment to both the organization and conservation in Putnam County. Bob is dedicated to youth involvement in conservation and, together with his 16 years as a Boy Scout Leader, Bob has mentored 8 Eagle Scout Projects on 6 of PCLT’s Preserves. During these projects every preserve has undergone major improvements with more than 6 miles of trails constructed and/or improved. In recognition of these efforts Bob was awarded the Silver Beaver Award by the Boy Scouts and the prestigious Preserve Steward’s Award by PCLT. He is chairman of the Trust's fiscal oversight committee, has organized our 4-H fair display and works on many other PCLT projects. Bob is married, has 3 children, is self employed and has degrees in Psychology and Marketing. He also serves on the Tonnetta Lake Advisory Board, as a Boy Scout Commissioner and Scoutmaster, and serves on many other youth and civic organizations.

Robert K Maddock
Robert Maddock and his family are residents of Carmel. Robert has been a PCLT board member for four years. He serves PCLT as a Land Steward and as a member of the Fiscal Oversight and the Fund Development committees. Robert also contributes his time to Troop 1, Mahopac, as an assistant scoutmaster. He works at Inverness Counsel as an Investment Officer and Managing Director. Degrees include a BA in Finance from The University of Utah and an MBA from Stern Business School at NYU. For fun and relaxation, Robert enjoys gardening, horseback riding, hiking and downhill and cross county skiing.

Steven Mattson
Steven Mattson joined the board of the Putnam County Land Trust in late 2009. With a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Social Psychology, he has worked in the financial services industry for over 14 years. Steven served in the Marine Corps Reserve, including a deployment to Iraq in late 2004. He writes a family-oriented column for a local paper about hikes and historic places in and around Putnam County, and is active in the Brewster VFW and Cub Scout Pack 1. He lives in Brewster with his wife, Christine, and their three children.

Laura Staley
Laura and her husband moved to Putnam County many years ago for its natural beauty, and have enjoyed Putnam’s woods and skyline ever since. As a member of the Lake Mahopac Garden Club, Laura can often be found in Putnam’s gardens, or one of her own vegetable and flower gardens.  In addition to gardening she enjoys photography and videography. Concerned with preserving our natural environment for all life, she belongs to many conservation groups.

Richard Franzetti
Richard was born and grew up in the Bronx. Richard and his wife and have been residents of Putnam County for 12 years. They live with their two children, in Mahopac. He has a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Environmental Engineering both from Manhattan College. He works as an Environmental Engineer for Carpenter Environmental Associates in Monroe New York. Richard has been a member of the Town of Carmel Environmental Conservation Board since 2001 and has served as Chairman for the past 6 years. In addition, he currently serves as the Town of Carmel liaison for the Putnam County MS4 Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee. Richard enjoys gardening and participating in the voluminous extracurricular activities with his children.

Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham has been a Putnam County resident for 33 years, having left the big city for the good life here in the country. In addition to serving on PCLT’s Board, he has also served as Preserve Steward for our Field Farmstead Preserve in Brewster since early 2011. His professional executive background in both the not-for-profit sector international banking, as well as considerable leadership experience with other not-for-profit boards, brings valuable tools and skills to the PCLT Board of Trustees and several of its committees. He is an enthusiastic outdoorsman and can be frequently seen running and biking on many of our county's beautiful dirt roads and its new bike trail. Michael’s enthusiasm for the outdoors also extends to his work as a leader in a local Boy Scout troop with extensive camping and hiking fostering “leave no trace” principles. He has also engaged his troop as PCLT volunteers in trail maintenance and looks forward to helping scouts and others in our community appreciate the outdoor experience available right here in our own backyard.

Jacob Gambino
Jacob Gambino grew up up in Southeast and has hiked extensively throughout the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions. His love of the outdoors and desire to see natural lands preserved brought him to the PCLT in 2011. Working in the creative space as a designer and director, he enjoys traveling, hiking in any season, photography and music.

John Vangor
John Vangor has been a resident of Mahopac since 1976. He is a retired chemistry teacher and science department representative from the Yonkers Public Schools. While in Yonkers, he coached Cross-country, Tennis, Track & Field and Swimming. After thirty years in Yonkers, he taught chemistry and AP Environmental Science at Kennedy Catholic HS in Somers. John and his wife, Lisa Carpenter, are active hikers covering trails from the Hudson Valley to the Adirondack High Peaks region. They share an interest in studying and identifying rare plants, birds and butterflies. John is also a member of the Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department, serving as an EMT and a member of the Putnam County HazMat response team.