Jim Bittner
President and General Manager, Bittner-Singer Orchards
Appointing Authority: Minority Leader of the NYS Senate
County of Residence: Niagara
Board term ends 2030
Advisory Board
Liz Callahan
Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties (CCESO)
Appointing Authority: Governor's Office
County of Residence: Otsego
Board term ends 2032
G. Anders Carlson, PhD
Honorary Member
County of Residence: Rensselaer
Board term ends 2025
Keith Clark
Owner, Top Notch Timber Harvesting
Honorary Member
County of Residence: Broome
Board term ends 2031
Carrie Edsall and Daniel Zeh
Owners, Black Willow Pond Farm
Appointing Authority: Speaker of the NYS Assembly (appointment pending)
County of Residence: Schoharie
Board term ends 2031
Richard Engelbrecht
Honorary Member
County of Residence: Madison
Board term ends 2025
Alicia Fletcher, MPH
Research Scientist/Epidemiologist, NYS Department of Health Occupational Health Surveillance Program
Appointing Authority: NYS Department of Health
County of Residence: Albany
Board term ends 2029
Lisa Ford
Member Programs Manager, Cayuga Marketing
Appointing Authority: Speaker of the NYS Assembly (appointment pending)
County of Residence: Cayuga
Board term ends 2031
Jessica Garcia
Assistant to the President, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
Appointing Authority: Governor's Office
County of Residence: New York
Board term ends 2030
Kitty Gelberg, PhD, MPH
Consultant, KayG Consulting, LLC
Honorary Member
County of Residence: Warren
Board term ends 2028
Bruce Gibson
Managing Partner, Locust Hill Dairy LLC
Appointing Authority: NYS Assembly Minority Leader
County of Residence: Oswego
Board term ends 2033
Victor F.C. Jones
Emergency Services Coordinator, Otsego County Office of Emergency Services
Honorary Member
County of Residence: Otsego
Board term ends 2030
Richard A. (Dick) Peterson
Northeast Agriculture Technology Corp
Honorary Member
County of Residence: Tompkins
Board term ends 2025
James Shuford
Migrant Health Project Manager, Sun River Health
Honorary Member
County of Residence: Suffolk
Board term ends 2032
Renee St. Jacques
Senior Associate Director of Public Policy and Promotion & Education, New York Farm Bureau
Appointing Authority: President Pro Tempore/Senate Majority Leader (appointment pending)
County of Residence: Washington
Board term ends 2032
Richard E. Stup, PhD, Co‑Chair
Director of Agricultural Workforce Development, Cornell University
Appointing Authority: Dean of Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
County of Residence: Tompkins
Board term ends 2029
Becky Wiseman, LCSW-R
Family Consultant Case Supervisor, Cornell University NY FarmNet Program
Appointing Authority: Governor's Office (appointment pending)
County of Residence: Suffolk
Board term ends 2033
Elizabeth Wolters
Deputy Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Markets
Appointing Authority: Commissioner, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
County of Residence: Albany
Board term ends 2032
Kai Zhang, PhD
Empire Innovation Associate Professor, College of Integrated Health Sciences, State University of NY at Albany
Appointing Authority: Dean of the School of Public Health Sciences, SUNY Albany
County of Residence: Albany
Board term ends 2029
Bill Zittel, Chair
Owner/Manager, Amos Zittel & Sons, Inc.
Appointing Authority: Majority Leader NYS Senate
County of Residence: Erie
Board term ends 2028
Advisory Board Documents
Upcoming Meetings
Thursday, March 13, 2025
The Otesaga Resort Hotel
Cooperstown, NY
11:00 am - 2:30 pm
Thursday, June 12, 2025
The Otesaga Resort Hotel
Cooperstown, NY
11:00 am - 2:30 pm
See below for the NYCAMH Advisory Board's meeting agendas, minutes, and by-laws; and the public health law that established the Advisory Board.
Recent Documents
- NYCAMH Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - 12/12/2024
- NYCAMH Advisory Board Meeting Agenda - 12/12/2024
- NYCAMH Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - 9/12/2024
- NYCAMH Advisory Board Meeting Agenda - 9/12/2024
- NYCAMH Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - 6/13/2024
- NYCAMH Advisory Board Meeting Agenda - 6/13/2024
- NYCAMH Advisory Board Meeting Minutes - 3/14/2024
- NYCAMH Advisory Board Meeting Agenda - 3/14/2024