Jason Yots is partner at Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP, an Albany and Buffalo-based affordable housing and community development law firm. He previously worked at CHW as a partner from 2002-2008 before starting a line of historic preservation-focused businesses including Yots Law Firm P.C.; Preservation Studios LLC, an historic preservation consulting firm; and Common Bond Real Estate LLC, a real estate development company.
Honorable Llinét M. Rosado received Albany Law School’s Kate Stoneman Award for 2024. She was appointed to the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division by Gov. Kathy Hochul in August 2023.
Jennifer Santiago and Jennifer Leifer are the co-hosts of Valley Girls, a podcast that highlights artists, makers, business owners, communities and natural resources of the Hudson Valley.
Candi Griffin-Jenkins was appointed director of the Bureau of Social Determinants of Health within the NYS Division of Child Welfare and Community Services. Candi is both a graduate and former assistant dean of the UAlbany School of Social Welfare.
Adam McCarey was named chair of the SUNY Orange Foundation Board of Directors, for which he has served as a member since 2017.
Frank Hoare serves as executive director of the New York State Thruway Authority. He is also a veteran and served as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army Reserves for 28 years.
Jennifer Manner is senior advisor of Space and Satellite Policy, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, US Department of Commerce.
Wendy Kalman was named director, Education and Advocacy Resources at Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
Sales consultant and coach Denise Horan launched Sales Club USA, a national professional group that includes workshops, conferences and informal get-togethers. She is the author of Stories from the Sales Field.