The Mid-Hudson Group of the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter includes Ulster, Dutchess, and parts of Columbia, Greene, Delaware, and Orange counties. We have over 2,500 members, and we'd love to add you to our group. If you enjoy the outdoors, want to support our efforts to protect the environment and are concerned about the future of our planet, we invite you to join us.
Mid-Hudson Group Elections 2024
Online Voting Deadline is December 31, 2024
Please check your email inbox in early December for official instructions on how to cast your 2024 Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter and Mid-Hudson Group Executive Committee election online ballots. The email will be sent to all members in good standing with email addresses on file. Submit your vote via the official online ballot - please do not email your vote.
Candidate Statements
Martin Greenberg – Last year I moved to Beacon, NY. I switched from a passive member of the New Jersey Sierra Club to an active member in the MH Group, I was an active participant in the Friends of Liberty State Park, in Jersey City. Since 1990, I have worked as a commercial real estate appraiser. It has exposed me to zoning, flood and wetlands, etc. In 1972, I graduated from Pratt Institute, School of Architecture. During summer recess, I attended programs at Cosanti Foundation in Arizona with visionary architect Paolo Soleri, and at the Wright Ingraham Institute in Colorado. I had a business in 1976 installing solar heating systems. My wife and I and our two kids also own a “retreat” house/Airbnb on 3.5 acres of forest with a creek in Cairo, NY. I have enjoyed community civic participation and served as treasurer in my NJ neighborhood. I look forward to working with a team of like-minded people devoted to a clean earth.
Sarah Kennedy - Our unique environment, which includes the Hudson River Valley and the Shawangunk Mountains, deserves our protection and careful stewardship. I grew up in northeastern Ohio where I developed a deep love for nature, especially enjoying winters in the snowbelt. After graduating from Vassar College, I chose to remain in Poughkeepsie where I began my career with Dutchess County, retiring in 2016 as a Senior Probation Officer. I have long been a supporter of Hudson Valley environmental groups and upon retiring, began to volunteer for some local environmental projects. This led me to become a member of the Mid-Hudson Sierra Club’s Executive Committee. I am completing my second term. I am currently serving as the Volunteer Coordinator and the Political Chair.
Karen Schoemer - My introduction to Sierra Club activism came when the Mid-Hudson Group supported Summit Lake Conservation Group (SLCG) in its 2022-2023 battle against a high-end housing development on the wooded slope above Summit Lake in Philmont. SLCG won two Article 78 lawsuits against Philmont and the developer, and the land is intact today. As a poet and writer, I am passionate about the conservation of local habitats, species and landscapes and welcome the opportunity to continue to serve on the Ex Comm with a focus on publicity, social media and programming. Climate change and the affordable housing crisis in the Hudson Valley are putting ever-greater pressure on our natural areas and our rural, agricultural way of life. I hope the MHG can engage newer generations about these higher-stakes environmental realities. In addition to my continued volunteer work as a member of SLCG, I serve on a working group for the Philmont Rising municipal revitalization program. I have a part-time job with a historical renovation company in Athens, New York; perform and record with several bands; and, through my personal social media accounts, advocate and fundraise for more than a dozen families in the Gaza Strip.
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