Troy  - The Empire State Society of Association Executives installed new officers and directors to its board of directors on Thursday, February 11, 2016 during the Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet held at the Renaissance Hotel in Albany, New York.

ESSAE’s elected officers include: Chair: Debra Trulli-Cassale, Vice President, Park Strategies, LLC, Vice Chair: Tom Coté, MBA, CAE, Executive Director, NYS Psychological Association, Treasurer:Rebecca Flach, Executive Director, Hope Full Life Center, Inc., Secretary: Kelly Garceau, Executive Director, NY Physical Therapy Association, and Immediate Past Chair: Kathy Febraio, CAE, Executive Director, Pharmacists Society of the State of NY.

ESSAE’s newly elected directors include: Rita Ferris, President, Northeastern Retail Lumber Association, Todd Garofano, President, Saratoga Convention & Tourism Bureau, Alison Ritchie, Director of Program Operations, NYS Dispute Resolution Association, and Kathy Van De Loo, President & CEO, Association Development Group.

Returning to the board is: Brian Buff, Vice President, Association Management Division, Capitol Hill Management Services, Inc., Donna Denley, CAE, Director of Finance, NYS Academy of Family Physicians, Jeannine Garab, Executive Director, Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern NY, Inc., Kim Keenan, Sales Manager, Turning Stone Resort, Kristen Myers, CAE, Vice President of Member Services and Marketing, LeadingAge New York, James Page, Director of Information Technology/Member Services, NYS School Boards Association, and Sue Ellen Wagner, Executive Director, Healthcare Trustees NYS, Healthcare Association of NYS.