Stephen Casscles’s book, Grapes of the Hudson Valley and Other Cool Climate Regions of the United States and Canada (2nd Edition) includes two new chapters on rarely covered 19th century heritage grape varieties developed in New England. The book is available at www.flintminepress.com.
Christine Galvin works through the Legal Project in Albany, an organization created in 1995 by the Capital District Women’s Bar Association to assist those with civil legal needs who cannot afford legal services. Christine is currently volunteering to help abused and neglected children who have fled their homelands in hopes of building a better life in the United States.
Curt Spalding is a senior consultant at GZA GeoEnvironmental. He previously served as regional administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England, as executive director of Providence-based environmental advocacy organization Save the Bay and as a Professor of the Practice at the Institute at Brown University for Environment and Society. As the owner and principal consultant for a private consulting firm since 2017, Spalding also served as founding organizer of the Brown-based Providence Resilience Partnership.
Jennifer Manner produced and directed the documentary, “When Wire Was King: The Transformation of Telecommunications,” syndicated by American Public Television for PBS. Jennifer began serving on the Alumni Association Board of Directors in April 2023.
Deirdre Sanders, principal at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, was elected to serve on the advisory board for the newly established chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) at Northeastern University.
Geoffrey Stein was the 2022-23 Artist-in-Residence at the Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. He holds an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London and lives and paints in New York City and Westport, Conn.
William J. Cea of Palm City, Fla., retired after 30 years of practicing law at his prior firm. He co-founded Inked Mediation, LLC and will be working as a mediator full time.
Glenn Sapir, past president of the New York State Outdoor Writers Association, received the 2023 Hans Peller Memorial Award which honors an individual who has contributed distinguished and long-time service to the organization. Sapir is a regular contributor to NYSOWA and has received awards from other writers’ organizations.
Warren Winslow received the 2023 Northeastern New York PGA Doug Evans Distinguished Service Award. A member of the Western Turnpike Golf Course, Warren is a NYSGA committee member and past president. He started helping out in the mid-1990s and has been a volunteer team leader in the Capital Region over the past decade. He is also a senior rules official for the NYSGA and attends many state amateur championships to help officiate, provide rulings to players and help monitor pace of play around the golf course.