New York Association of Conservation Districts

415 West Main Street, Bath, NY 14810
Telephone: 607-794-8086 or 607-965-6316

NYACD BOARD

NYACD Officers and Division Directors​​

Officers and Division Directors of the New York Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. are installed at the Annual Meeting for the upcoming business year, committing to one to two years of service working towards the Mission of NYACD.

Click the officer’s name to send them an email. Officers and Directors can receive mail through their local Soil and Water Conservation District office, unless otherwise stated.  We are here to help! Please contact us.

Contact Information 2023-2024 New York Association of Conservation District Officers and Directors

President, Sam Casella                                                                                  First Vice President, Rob Carpenter
Ontario County Soil and Water Conservation, Director                     Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation, Director
480 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424                                   423 Griffing Avenue, Suite 110, Riverhead, NY 11901
Cellphone: 585-490-2833 Home: 585-394-9359                                     Cellphone: 631-727-3777
Email: sjcasellajr@frontiernet.net                                                               Email: admin@lifb.com

Second Vice President, Scott Ryan                                                             
Montgomery County Soil & Water Conservation, Director                  
744 Latimer Hill Rd, Canajoharie, NY 13317                                             
Telephone: 518-673-8055                                                                           
Email: honoronefarm@gmail.com                                                                      

Treasurer, Ernie Swift                                                                                        Secretary, Bruce Dolph
Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation, Director                     Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation, Director
415 West Morris Street, Bath, NY 14569                                                     142 North Street, Walton, NY 13856
Telephone: 607-776-4777                                                                                Telephone: 607-865-4658 or 765-6864
Email: elaine14swift@gmail.com                                                                  Email: bbdolph1@hotmail.com

Past President, Dan Farrand
Non-voting, former Steuben County SWCD Director
6360 County Route 21, Addison, NY 14801 
Telephone: 607-542-8304
Email: nyacd6316@gmail.com

Division Directors
(Seeking new leadership for divisions III, VII, VIII)

Division I, James “Jim” Brick                                                                           Division VI,  Sherri Slater
Wyoming County Soil and Water Conservation Director                      Washington County Soil and Water Conservation Director                    
36 Center Street, Warsaw, NY 14569                                                               
                                        
Telephone: 585-237-2472                                                                                 Telephone:  518-222-8758
Email: townofpe@rochester.rr.com                                                              Email: greenosherri@aol.com
                                                                                                                           
Counties: Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Erie,                                                Counties: Fulton, Saratoga, Washington, Montgomery,
Wyoming, Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus                                        Schenectady, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Albany 
                                                                                                                           
Division II, Rollin Pickering                                                                               Division VII, Vacant
Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation, Director                                               
960 Thayer Road, Fairport, NY 14450
                                   
Telephone: 585-388-5646 or 585-645-1080 (C)                                          Telephone:
Email: rollinpickering@gmail.com                                                                 Email: nyacd6316@gmail.com    

Counties: Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Cayuga,                                             Counties: Greene, Sullivan, Ulster, Orange, Dutchess, 
Onondaga, Livingston, Yates, Seneca                                                          Columbia

Division III, Vacant                                                                                               Division VIII, Vacant 

Telephone:                                                                                                             Telephone:
Email:                                                                                                                        Email: nyacd6316@gmail.com

Counties: Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego Oneida,                                            Counties: Suffolk, Nassau, Rockland, Putnam,
Madison, Herkimer, St. Lawrence                                                                  Westchester, NYC: Richmond, Kings, Bronx, Queens

Division IV, Brian Danforth
Otsego County Soil and Water Director     

Telephone: 607-643-6588     
Email: scoutman205@gmail.com                                                                     
                                                                                                                                 NYACD Employee: 
Telephone:                                                                                                          Executive Director, Blanche L. Hurlbutt
Email: nyacd6316@gmail.com                                                                    24 North Street, Edmeston, NY 13335
Counties: Steuben, Schuyler, Tompkins, Cortland,                             Telephone: 607-965-6316 or 794-8086
Chenango, Otsego, Delaware, Chemung, Tioga, Broome                 ​Email: nyacd6316@gmail.com

Division V, John M. Stortecky
Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation, Director
PO Box 166, Lake Pleasant, NY 12108

Telephone:  518-863-6093
Email: jmstortecky@hotmail.com

Counties: Hamilton, Franklin, Clinton, Essex, Warren                         Historian:  John Sanacrose, former Albany SWCD Director
District Directors
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The New York Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. was created as the voice of Soil and Water Conservation Districts by a united group of District Directors. Directors serve the needs of local conservation districts, including programming and projects lead by respective boards of directors and employees.

Interested in knowing who serves on your local county soil and water conservation district board? Soil and Water Conservation District Leadership continually has the opportunity to change, therefore, please reference the link to the New York State Soil and Water Conservation Districts 2020 Directory for the most recent contact information. Thank you!

2021-2022 NYACD Board Members:
L-R, Rob Carpenter, 1st Vice President
Ernie Swift, Division IV Director
Bruce Dolph, Member @ Large
Scott Ryan, 2nd Vice President
Maureen Leupold, Division II Director
Sam Casella, President

Missing:  Tom Ryan, Secretary/Treasurer
Frank Thomas, Division V Director
Jim Brick, Division I Director