UPPER HOUSATONIC VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA LIST OF
OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS AUGUST, 2005

(Other organizations have expressed general support and no
Organization or individual has opposed the designation)

Regional Organizations:
Appalachian Mountain Club - Peg Brady (Dir. of Conservation)
Appalachian Trail Conf. Land Trust - Ann H. Sherwood (CT)
Berkshire Audubon - Rene Laubach
Berkshire County Historical Society
Berkshire Litchfield Environmental Council - Emery Sinclair
Berkshire Natural Resources Council - Tad Ames
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission - Nathaniel W. Karns (Exec. Dir)
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - Jennifer Dowley
Connecticut Historical Commission - Paul Lowther
Elm Watch - Tom Zetterstrom
High Meadow Foundation - Tamara Stevens
Housatonic Valley Association - Lynn Werner, Elaine LaBella, Dennis Regan
Housatonic River Commission - Lynn Fowler
Housatonic River Initiative - Tim Gray
Housatonic River Restoration - Rachel Fletcher
Housatonic Environmental Action League - Audrey Cole (Pres), Judith Herkimer (Dir)
Massachusetts Audubon Society - Rene Lambach, John J. Clarke
Mohican Nation - Steve Comer
The Nature Conservancy - Tim Abbot, Chris Hill
NW CT Convention and Visitors Bureau - Janet Serra & Jim Whitney
Northwest Connecticut Council of Governance - Dan McGuinness
Rotary International, Dist. 7890 - George Membrino
Tri-Corners History Council - Whitney North Seymour, Jr.
Trustees of Reservations - Mark Baer, Steve McMahon

Libraries:
Berkshire Atheneum (MA) - Ron Latham, Emilie Piper
Dalton Library (MA) - Doris Lamica
Douglas Library (No. Canaan, CT) - Gretchen Kettenhofen
Hotchkiss Library (Sharon, CT) - Mary Ligner
David Hunt Library (Falls Village, Canaan CT) - Emery Sinclair
Norfolk Library (CT) - Louise Schimmel
Scoville Library (Salisbury CT) - Sara Wardell

Schools and Churches:
Berkshire School
Christ Church of Canaan (CT) - Christopher Webber
First Congregational Church of Sheffield - Connie Carolan, Chair, Bd of Trustees
Lee H. Kellogg School (CT) - John Pozzi
Mt. Everett Regional H.S. (MA) - William Giitlooly
Native American Institute (Col-Gre Comm Coll) - Marian Mantzouris
CT Regional School District One - Patricia Chamberlain, Superintendent
Salisbury Congregational Church - Richard Taber
Salisbury School (CT) - James Bates
Simons Rock College of Bard - Bernard Rogers
South Kent School (CT) - Andrew Vadnais
Southern Berkshire Regional School District - William Cooper
The Hotchkiss School
Women's Interfaith Institute of the Berkshires - Rev. Allison Stokes

Businesses:
Becton Dickinson Co. - Carole Fechteler & Bill Tighe
Berkshire Eagle - Andrew Mick
Crane & Company - Steve Sears
Elmore Design Collaborative (MA) - Tom Elmore
Fox River Paper
Interlaken Inn (CT) - Kevin Bousquet
Lakeville Journal - Janet Manko
Lime Rock Park - Steven Potter
Litchfield Bancorp (Salisbury) - Sue Dickinson
Mead Westvaco - SPD David Reinhart
Minteq - Mark Lambert
National Iron Bank - Steve Cornell, Richard Wardell
New Marlborough 5 Village News (MA) - David/Barbara Lowman
Red Lion Inn/Country Curtains - Brian Butterworth
Salisbury Bank and Trust - John Perotti
Stew Jones Restoration - Stewart Jones
Torrington Register Citizen - Matt DeRienzo
White Hart Inn - Scott & Roxanne Bok

Civic Organizations
Cincinnatus Masonic Lodge - Arthur Hyatt, Richard E. Watson
Dalton Rotary Club - R.M. Beanchesne
Great Barrington Rotary Club - Janet Doheney
Lee Chamber of Commerce
Lee Tri-Town Rotary Club (MA) - Ralph Gleason, Kenneth Fowler
Monument Masonic Lodge - Richard E. Watson
North Adams Rotary Club - Nancy Horan
Pittsfield Rotary Club - J. Randy Johnson
Salisbury Rotary Club (CT) - Ron Jones
Sharon Women's Club - Mary Kirby
Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce (MA) - Sharon Palma
Stockbridge Bowl Association - Gary Kleinerman, Pres.,Alan S. Burk 1stVP
Tri-State Chamber of Commerce - John Lannen

Local Land Use, Environmental, Recreational:
Lee Conservation Commission (MA) - Deborah Garry
New Marlborough Land Preservation Trust - Richard R. Stebbins
Pittsfield Conservation Commission - Michael Makes
Sharon Land Trust (CT) - Lawrence Power
Sheffield Land Trust (MA) - Kathy Orlando

State Legislators
Rep. Denis Guyer, Dalton MA
Rep. Roberta Willis, Salisbury CT
Rep. Chris Speranzo, Pittsfield MA
Rep. William Smitty Pignatelli, Lenox MA
Sen. Andrew Roraback, Goshen CT
Sen. Andrea Nuciforo, Pittsfield MA

Museums, Historical and Cultural Organizations:
Friends of Beckley Furnace (CT) - Ed Kirby
Berkshire Museum (MA) - Thom Smith, Ann Mintz
Berkshire Opera Company (MA) - Rex & Kathy Hearn
Berkshire Scenic Railway - John Trowill
The Bidwell House (MA) - Anita Carroll-Weldon
Colebrook Historical Society - Jesse Lewis
Cornwall Association (CT) - Paul Baren
Cornwall Historical Society - Alec C. Frost, Ann Schillinger
CT Antique Machinery Association - John Pawloski
Dalton Historical Commission (MA) - Mary Ellen Shea, Gail Pinna
Egremont Historical Commission (MA) - Betty Duryea, James Cooper
Falls Village - Canaan Historical Society (CT) - Mary Lou Purcell
Great Barrington Historical Society - Bernard Drew, Pat Ryan, Mary Bartlett
Greenwood Theatre (CT) - Maura Cavanagh
Hancock Shaker Village - Ellen Spear
Holley House Museum (CT) - Tom Shachtman
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival - Charlotte Wooldridge
Lake Ashmore Ass'n (Hinsdale MA) - Dale Prindle
Lenox Historical Society (MA) - Charles Flint
The Mount (MA) - Stephanie Copeland, Roberta Lord
New Marlborough Historical Society - John D. Sisson,
Norfolk Historical Society - Ann Havermeyer
Norman Rockwell Museum (MA) - Laurie Norton Moffatt
NW CT Arts Council - Amy Wynn
Richmond Historical Commission (MA) - Bill Edwards
Salisbury Association (CT) - Bill Morrill
Salisbury Town Historian - Norman Sills
Shakespeare & Co. - Mark Jones, Susan Bronson
Sharon Historical Society (CT) - Liz Shapiro,Clarence Roberts, Barb Bartram
Sheffield Art League - Nancy Goldberger
Sheffield Historical Commission (MA) - Carl Proper
Sheffield Historical Society - Joanne Hurlbut

City Government:

Pittsfield - James Ruberto, Mayor
Pittsfield Commission on Tourism - Matthew Kerwood, Chairman

Town Governments:

Massachusetts:
Alford - Clyde Brown
Dalton - Denis Guyer, Lawrence Gingras
Egremon -t Charles Ogden
Great Barrington - Burke LeClair
Hinsdale - Bruce Marshall
Lanesboro - Paul Boudreau
Lee - Aldo Pascucci
Lenox - Timothy Doherty
Mt. Washington - Margaret Whitbeck
New Marlborough - Barbara Marchione, Margaret Smith
Richmond - First Selectman
Sheffield - Janet Stanton
Stockbridge - Mr. Muller
Washington - William Cawley
West Stockbridge - Mark Webber

Connecticut:
Canaan - Lou Timolet
Cornwall - Gordon Ridgway
Kent - Delores Schiesel
Norfolk - Susan Dyer
North Canaan - Douglas Humes
Salisbury - Val Bernardoni
Sharon - P. Robert Moeller
NW Corner Council on Governance - Dan McGuinness