Museum Staff & Trustees

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Our Staff

Ali Abate
Executive Director

Eilis Cahill
Office Manager

Samantha Laserson
Grants Coordinator

Matt Benham
Facility & Grounds Manager

 


Bonnie Boyd , Bookkeeper

 

CFFCM Board Officers

 
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President

Anthony J. Magardino grew up in Westchester, New York, and had the good fortune to spend his summers on the Legendary Beaverkill. Magardino recently served on the executive board as treasurer of the CFFCM and formally served on the board of directors of the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Vermont, He is a lifetime member of Trout Unlimited, and currently sits on TU’s New York State Counsel Development Committee.

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Vice President

Cy Amundson began fly fishing in his home state of Wisconsin. His grandfather, a soil conservationist who studied with Aldo Leopold, built a cabin in the Driftless Area where Cy occasionally retreats to wade its spring creeks. His background is in fine art, holding an MFA from the Yale School of Art, and is currently a preparator at a major New York City art gallery. He is a weekend resident of Roscoe and can often be found in the streams and rivers of the Catskills.

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Treasurer

Randy Lewis was born and raised in Toronto with his formative years in fly fishing taking place on the tributaries of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.  The headwaters of the Beaver, Bighead, and Rocky Saugeen rivers and their beautiful brook trout were what captured his heart at a young age and perpetuated his passion for fly fishing for trout.  It was Mac Francis’ book Catskill Rivers – Birthplace of American Fly Fishing that drew Randy to the Catskills after moving to New York City in 1990.  In his non fishing hours, Randy is the founder & head of a global ingredient trading company and is also a founder of the Catskill Brewery.  He lives full time with his family in Lew Beach, NY. 

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Secretary

Tim McCausland is a lawyer and banker who left his career in NYC to be a country lawyer in Roscoe, NY in 1994. Having spent every summer of his life in Roscoe, it made sense to settle there. Tim’s roots in Sullivan County go back to the 1840s in the hamlets around Fremont Center. He is the Immediate Past Chair of the Community Foundation of Orange & Sullivan Counties and he previously served as a trustee of the CFFCM. Tim works for a regional banking institution and lives with his family on Upper Mountain Pool in Cooks Falls.

 

Trustees

The Board of Trustees is comprised of dedicated individuals and professionals who lend their expertise to ensure the continued growth and success of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center. The function of the Board is to promote the Center’s mission: to preserve, protect and promote fly fishing. As governing body, they act as advisors, provide financial support and are ambassadors for the organization.

Peter Adams, Ramsay Adams, Rachael Andras, Don Borelli, Robert Carlock, Ben Carmichael,

Jennifer Grimes, Darrell Hartman, Adam Hayes, Richard Koe, Christine LaRocca, Johnene Loverich

Alice Owsley, Philip Sawyer, John Shaner, Terry Shultz

 

Advisors

Christian Anwander, John Barone, Michael Brotherton, Kelly Buchta, Andrew Burton, Jonas Clark, Peter Crosby, Ross Francis, Denis Fay,

Sims Foster, Jim Hynes, Evan Lavery, Bill Leary, Eric Loverich, Pam Mingle, Gary Sherman, Mark Sherman, Laura Silverman, Joan Wulff