Board of Directors

As a membership organization, Save The River's members have the opportunity each year to vote and select new Directors to the Board and/or renew terms of Directors whose terms are expiring. Save The River Board members serve three year terms.

	Elizabeth Raisbeck - President Elizabeth Raisbeck has been a member of Save the River for many years and a board member since 2005. In 2007, she was elected President of the Board of Directors.  Liz is retired from a 25-year career in environmental policy advocacy in Washington, D.C. and spends her summers on Grindstone Island. She grew up spending summer vacations in the Admiralty Island Group near Gananoque, which influenced her to embark on a career in environmental protection.
	Bud Andress - Vice President Bud Andress has been a Save The River Board member since 2005. He recently retired from 37 years as Senior Park Warden and Public Safety Specialist with Parks Canada's St. Lawrence Islands National Park in Mallory Town Landing, Ontario. He has served as chair and co-chair for various groups including the St. Lawrence Bald Eagle working group. He is a year round resident of Hill Island with his wife Bev.
	Bill Grater - Secretary Bill Grater, a 14 year STR 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 fifteen 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.
	Fred Morey - Treasurer Fred Morey is a lifetime summer resident of Clayton and has had a home on Grindstone Island since 1990. He has been a member of the Board of Directors for eight years and has spent his entire career in health care finance.
	Teddy McNally - Member At Large 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.
	John Peach - Immediate Past President John Peach spends a significant portion of the year with his wife Pat on Huckleberry Island in the Lost Channel near Ivy Lea. The remainder of their year is spent in Princeton, NJ. John spent the last 20 years as an international business consultant, working on projects in the US, Bahamas, and throughout Europe. John and Pat's two children, Sara and John Jr., are both active on the River. John has been on the Board of Directors for eight years and is currently the immediate past president of the Board.
	Dan Churchill Dan has been a summer resident of Grindstone Island since the age of 2 and has been a Board Member for 3 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 Cooper John Cooper's association with the river began in 1993 when he moved to New York from North Carolina to start a PhD study on pike and muskellunge through SUNY-ESF. After completion of his degree, John has worked as an independent researcher and illustrator on fisheries related projects. John joined the Board of Directors in 1997.
	John Farrell John is a past- president and long-time board member of Save The River and a Sr. Research Associate at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry. His research focus is on aquatic ecology including wetlands and fisheries of the St. Lawrence River, and he is Director of the Thousand Islands Biological Station. He holds a PhD from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Freshwater Fish Ecology.
	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 and 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.
	Bruce Harrison Bruce is a summer resident of Murray Island and lives and works in New Jersey.
	Randy Sargent Neppl Randy Sargent Neppl grew up spending summers at her family house on Wellesley Island.  She now lives in Washington, D.C. and works as an environmental litigator with the National Wildlife Federation.  She has been on Save The River's Board of Directors for six years and is committed to protecting the River.
	Clif Schneider Clif is a resident of Cape Vincent, NY, and has been nominated as a new member of the STR Board of Directors. 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.
	Tricia Tague Tricia currently is an Emeritus Director of Save The River, having previously served on the Board for many years. She has been nominated to serve again as a member of the Board of Directors. She is very active in many community organizations and recently served as interim director of the Samaritan Foundation. She lives on Wellesley Island with her husband, Rick, and two children.
	Ann Ward Ann Ward has been spending time on the River for over 60 years. She is an original Save The River member, having heard Barry Freed talk back in 1978. Ann is a long-time Board Member and Past President of Save The River. She recently became a year round resident of the River in Alexandria Bay with her husband Sherman.
	Claire Boyd Claire Boyd is an architect and native of Washington, D.C. She met her husband here in the Thousand Islands and the two settled in Rochester, N.Y. to be nearer to the River. Claire is a summer resident of Chippewa Bay with her husband and two teenage sons.
	Steve Taylor Steve Taylor is one of the founding members of Save The River and has been a resident and visitor of the Thousand Islands for his entire life. Steve has served on the boards of various non-profit organizations and currently serves on the board of the Minna Anthony Nature Center on Wellesley Island. Steve and his wife Nellie are summer residents of Pine Island and year-round residents of Thousand Islands Park.
	George Textor George Textor is a founder of Capstan Partners and was a founding General Partner of Cable, Howse & Ragen (now Ragen MacKenzie Inc.). Before beginning a career in investment banking, Mr. Textor held several management positions with Seattle Trust and Savings Bank (now Key Bank). He has served on a number of company and non-profit boards, and continues as a director on the boards of several public and private companies. George grew up on Long Island and he and his family have been summer residents of the Thousand Islands for many years. He currently resides in Seattle but makes it back to the River every year.

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Save The River Annual Membership Meeting August 14
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 ... read more

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