Some 675 people attended the annual
dinner of the Saratoga County Chamber
of Commerce on Jan. 29 at Saratoga City
Center in downtown Saratoga Springs.
The event kicked off with a cocktail
reception, followed by dinner and program
that marked the beginning of the term of
Valerie Muratori, executive director of
Saratoga Bridges, as the 2015 chairwoman
of the Chamber’s board of directors.
It was the 97th annual dinner on for the
organization.
She takes the place of Stephan von
Schenk, the president of Adirondack Trust
Co., who was the chairman in 2014, and
serves on the Chamber’s executive committee
as the immediate past-chairman. Muratori became a member of the board
of directors in 2011.
In addition to recognizing the incoming
and outgoing board chairs, the Chamber also recognized as 25-year anniversary
members.
They were: A Better Smile Family
Dentistry PC; Brookside Saratoga County
Historical Society; Chestnut Tree Inn; CMI
LLP, CRS Refrigeration Services Inc.; EnergyNext
Inc.; Fashion Floors of Saratoga;
Friends of Saratoga Battlefield; Greater
Grace Community Church; Harren Brook
Inn & Lodge; James P. Burr Enterprises
Inc.; LeCours, Chertok & Yates LLP; Marshall
& Sterling Upstate Inc.; OrthoNY
LLC; Parade Ground Village; Realty USA;
Saratoga Imaging Center; Saratoga Land
Management Corp.; Saratoga Smiles; SCA
Tissue; the Prevention Council and Witt
Construction Inc.
Joining Muratori and von Schenk on
the executive committee are Matt Jones,
of the Jones Firm as chairman-elect for
2016; David Collins, of DA Collins and Brian Straughter of the Turf Hotels as vice chairmen;
Theresa Agresta of Allegory Studios
as treasurer; and Nafeesa Koslik of the
Hampton Inn – Clifton Park as secretary.
Newly elected to their first three-year
terms on the board of directors are Beth
Alexander of Hatties restaurant; Rochelle
Calhoun, Skidmore College; David Cummings,
The Run at Saratoga; Adam Favro,
Turning Point Chiropractic; Art Johnson,
supervisor, town of Wilton; and Dan Wagner,
State Farm Insurance.
Others on the 2015 board include
Patricia Mangino, Mangino-Buick GMC; Ian Murray, Brookside Nursery; Jessica
Petraccione, First National Bank of Scotia;
David DeMarco, of Saratoga National Bank
& Trust Co.; Marianne Barker, Impressions
of Saratoga; Raj Ghoshal, Polyset; Travis
Bullard, GlobalFoundries; Steve Springer,
Atlantic-British; Cassie Fox, N. Fox Jewelers;
Peter Goutos, CA Smith, LLC; Kevin
Hedley, Hedley & Co., CPA.
The board includes three new members
appointed by Muratori: Shelly Amato of the
Wesley Community, Daryl Glass of Target
Distribution Center and Christianne Smith
of Designsmith Studios.
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