Meet the Board

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On October 9, 2008, the first meeting of the Dutchess County Firefighting Museum was held.  The Board of Directors consisted of eleven local residents who all shared the same desire to see a fire museum created here in Dutchess County, New York.  In 2012, the Board of Directors was increased to allow for a maximum of twenty-three directors.  The current officers and members of the Board of Directors are:

 

Director Kyle Pottenburgh,
Commissioner of the New Hackensack Fire District

     

Vice-President Daniel Trier,
9-1-1 Public Safety Dispatcher for Dutchess County

        

Secretary John Murphy,
Retired Dutchess County Emergency Response Coordinator

       

Treasurer Michael Quinn,
Retired EMS Coordinator for Dutchess County

        

Director-at-Large DeWitt Sagendorph,
Retired Dutchess County Emergency Response Coordinator

        

President Emeritus Richard Berger,
Past Chief of the Pleasant Valley Fire Department
 

President Emeritus Michael Rock,
Past Assistant Chief of the Fairview Fire Department

        

Curator Allan Kaehler,
Retired Dutchess County Fire Dispatcher

 

Director Ted Bowns,

Chief of the Millbrook Fire Department

 

Director Kenn Boyd,
Retired Chief of Poughkeepsie Fire Department

       

Director Edward Decker,
Deputy Chief of the City of Poughkeepsie Fire Department

        

Director Craig Elderkin,
Deputy Chief of the Hyde Park Fire Department

        

Director Christopher Heady,
Member of the New Hackensack Fire Department

 

Director Edmond Loedy,
President of Edmond G. Loedy Architect, P.C.

        

Director John Manzi,
Past Assistant Chief of the Millbrook Fire Department

        

 

Director Andrew Murphy,

Member of the Pleasant Valley Fire Company

        

Director Secretary Thomas O’Gorman,
Past Chief of the Arlington Fire Department

        

Director Anthony Tester,
Superintendent – Fire Detection New York City Transit MTA

        

Director David Walsh,
Program Chair of the Dutchess Community College Fire Science program

 

Additional consultants to the Board of Directors:

 

Donald Estes,

Past Chief of the East Clinton Fire Department

 

Robert Rolison,

Chairman of the Dutchess County Legislature

  

Wayne Sauer,

Partner, D’Archangelo & Co., LLP