ASCI President  Todd Smith holds a masters in Architecture from Montana State University and a bachelor of arts in Environmental Design from Montana State University. Todd currently owns and operates api design, a design build firm, Dutchtub, a unique soak tub experience, and 7444 Gallery, a progressive arts gallery in Saranac Lake, NY. He is also currently involved with the Solar Decathlon submission of University of Texas working on integrated systems for the 2007 event in Washington DC. Todd won the critical regionalism competition in 2000 with his submission for responsible growth and planning in rural communities faced with rapid growth pressures. With many project under his belt working with reclaimed material and renovations Todd seeks to help ASCI grow beyond its potential through design and promotion efforts on a local and national scale. Todd Continues to teach Computer Graphics and Design through both the State University of New York and local programs. 

Gregory A. Hill, M.S., is ASCI’s Treasurer.  He is an innovative problem-solver and results-oriented strategist—extensively experienced in conservation planning, environmental education and natural area management.  He holds more than thirty year’s professional experience as faculty in Natural Resource Management and Policy at Paul Smith’s College; Natural Resources Planner, Lake George Basin Planning Coordinator, and Assistant Director of Regulatory Programs with New York State Adirondack Park Agency; and Director of the Pine Lake Environmental Studies Center at Hartwick College, Oneonta.

David Thomas-Train is an educator who has worked in private and public schools in the Adirondack region for thirty years and has incorporated environmental education into all of his curricula. He is currently organizing educational initiatives for the Adirondack Fire Tower Association, whose mission is to utilize the restored fire towers in the Adirondack Park to educate the public on the political and natural history of the Park within its uniquely sustainable mix of human and natural landscapes.  He is also involved with wind power development on his family property. 

Raymond Curran, M.S. is an ecologist.  For 30 years he was a scientist for the New York State Adirondack Park Agency and headed the environmental analysis unit for 25 years.  In recognition of his science credentials he is a certified Senior Ecologist (Ecological Society of America Board of Professional Certification) and a Certified Professional Wetlands Scientist (Society of Wetland Scientists).  He also has not-for-profit experience.  He is a past trustee of the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Adirondack Land Trust and Past President of Ausable Valley Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.  He has also been active with the Adirondack Research Consortium since its beginning.  Currently he is an active interpreter of the natural environment - leading field trips, speaking on the subject, writing articles and teaching ecology at the State University of New York (Plattsburgh).

ASCI board member Zoë Smith is also the Program Coordinator for the Wildlife Conservation Society's Adirondack Program in Saranac Lake.  She has worked with communities and environmental issues in the Adirondacks for 15 years. She earned a BA in Natural Resource Economics from SUNY Fredonia and is currently working on a MA in Administration and Leadership at SUNY Plattsburgh.  Current activities include studying the effects of human - bear encounters in the backcountry areas and in communities of the Adirondacks. She also is involved in park wide educational efforts such as the Adirondack Forest Preserve Education Program and Adirondack Collaborative Ecological Educators. She was also instrumental in creating the Adirondack Atlas published by Syracuse University Press in 2002.

Another founding board member is Keith A. Wheeler, M.S., also President of Foundation for Our Future.  FOF provides leadership for sustainable development nationally and internationally through the Center for a Sustainable Future.  Keith is the current Deputy-Chair of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Commission on Education and Communication and the Project Director for the World Conservation Learning Network.  Keith was the PI for a US Department of Education Technology Challenge Grant titled "Education for a Sustainable Future."  Keith was the first Executive Director and CEO of Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN), a 135-nation non-governmental organization that was a recognized leader in watershed education and conservation. He was Assistant Director for the Adirondack Park Agency, leading the development of several multi-million dollar Environmental Education centers throughout New York State. Keith served as an internationally recognized research scientist and international development specialist for the USDA and for Cornell University. Keith holds graduate degrees in environmental and soil science from Cornell University and undergraduate degrees in science from Syracuse University. He has presented keynote addresses to business, scientific, technologic and education conferences throughout the world on a variety of environmental and educational policy issues. He has authored numerous peer reviewed publications, edited several books and dozens of general publications including the recent “Education for Sustainability: A Paradigm of Hope for the 21st Century” and "Pro-Con Environment."

Kris Symour

Jeanne Ashworth