Save The River’s annual membership meeting will be held Saturday, August 14 at 9 a.m. at the Save The River office in Clayton.
Current members of Save The River will have the opportunity to vote for the Directors of Save The River, receive a report on the organization’s finances, and consider any additional matter that may come before the meeting. Seven Directors have been nominated to serve another three-year term. All are current Directors of Save The River. They are:
Dan Churchill Dan has been a summer resident of Grindstone Island since the age of 2 and has been a Board Member for 6 years. He is part-owner of a printing company and has worked for several telecommunication companies. Dan was an Administrative Assistant and Press Secretary to Mayor Neil Goldschmidt of Portland, Oregon for a number of years and was on the staff of Allard Lowenstein’s campaigns for U.S. Congress on Long Island and Brooklyn, NY.
John Farrell John has been a long-time Save The River Board Member. He is a graduate professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse and Director of the Thousand Islands Biological Station on Governor’s Island. John has devoted his professional career to studying St. Lawrence River aquatic ecology.
Bill Grater Bill, a long-time Save The River board member, has family ties to the Morristown and Chippewa Bay areas of the St. Lawrence River that date to the early to mid-nineteenth century. In 1992 Bill and his wife, Diana, moved their young family and architecture business from Washington, DC to Clayton. For the past eighteen years, Bill has been occupied with the design of houses and other structures on the River focusing his efforts on careful planning and site design so as to preserve natural attributes and protect water resources.
Rick Gregware Rick has been involved with Save The River since it’s infancy becoming a board member in 1981. He began a career in marine repair in 1969 working at H. Chalk & Sons where he was involved in keeping oil spill equipment running during the 1976 oil spill. He currently owns and runs Northern Marine and is a summer resident of Grindstone Island with his wife Janet and three children.
Teddy McNally Teddy is a long-time Board member and River resident on Wellesley Island. Teddy was previously Secretary of the Board of Directors and Vice President of Corporate Relations for Rand McNally. He is currently active in many local organizations including The Antique Boat Museum and Thousand Islands Safe Boating Association.
Tricia Tague Tricia served on the Board for many years, stepped off for several years and returned as an active Board member three years ago. She is very active in many community organizations and recently served as interim director of the Samaritan Foundation and is currently the President of the Alexandria Bay Historical Society. She lives on Wellesley Island with her husband, Rick, and two children.
Clif Schneider Clif is a resident of Cape Vincent, NY, and has been on the Save The River Board for three years. He is retired from the NY Department of Environmental Conservation with 34 years of experience working on Great Lakes issues at the Cape Vincent Fisheries Station. After retiring, Clif remained active in local, county and Great Lakes projects working with groups such as the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Samaritan Medical Center, Points North Housing Coalition and Town of Cape Vincent.
