Get Involved: Awards Program Jury
Many thanks to our jury! Our independent jury is made up of individuals from diverse backgrounds who share a common desire to help foster the distinctive sense of place of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.
 
The jury reviews applications, selects finalists, participates in site visits with applicants, stakeholders, and community leaders, and chooses award recipients. Their expertise and perspective are invaluable to our program’s success.
 
2011 Jury

 
Lynn Bass, Economic Development Consultant
Lynn Bass Associates, Cooperstown
 
Rocco Ferraro, AICP, Executive Director
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
 

Lawrence Frame, P.E., Chief Transportation Planner
HNTB Corporation, Albany
Former Deputy Director, Canal Maintenance and Operations, New York State Canal Corporation
 

Valerie Knoblauch, President
Finger Lakes Visitor Connection, Canandaigua
 
Erin Tobin, Regional Director of Technical and Grant Programs
Preservation League of New York State

 

2010 Jury

Fred Bonn, Executive Director
Tompkins County Convention and Business Bureau
 
John Brizzell, P.E., Staff Consultant
Bergmann Associates, Albany
 
Catherine Gilbert, Executive Director
Upstate History Alliance

Larisa Romanowski, Public Outreach Specialist
Ecology and Environment, Inc., Buffalo
 
Wendy E. Weber Salvati, AICP, Associate Principal Wendel Companies, Amherst
President, New York Planning Federation

 
2009 Jury

Joanne Arany, Executive Director
The Landmark Society of Western New York
 

Brett Bossard, Executive Director
Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County
 

Frank Chiarella, A.I.A.  NCARB
Architect/Director of Educational Facilities
LaBella Associates, P.C., Rochester
 

Rocco Ferraro, AICP, Executive Director
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
 

Alice Roth, Former Mayor of the City of Tonawanda (1990-2001), former Vice-Chair of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission (2002-06)

 
2008 Jury

Keith E. Giles, PE, LS,
Senior Vice President/Branch Manager
Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
 
David Kay, Senior Extension Associate
Community & Rural Development Institute
Cornell University
 
Leslie Knauf, Marketing Consultant
Fox Lair Marketing
 
Tania Werbizky, Regional Director of Technical and Grant Programs
Preservation League of New York State
 
Ceres Zabel, Director/Founder
The Odyssey School of Fine Arts