HVRC's 2025 Awards Ceremony Winners
Stalwart Award
Town of Gardiner
Jason Mayer, Paul Kiesler, Franco Carucci, HVRC's Executive Director Carla Castillo, Supervisor Marybeth Majestic, Steven Mazzuca, Stephen Weir, and Mark Varian
Resilience Award
City of Newburgh
HVRC’s Executive Director Carla Castillo, Commissioner Jason Morris, and Councilmember Ramona Monteverde
Building Bridges Award
City of Kingston, Town of Chester, Town of Warwick, Town of New Paltz, Village of New Paltz, Village of Woodbury
Mayor Andrew Giacomazza and Lisa Marie Hintze; Village of Woodbury, Bill Greene; Town of Chester, Julie Noble; City of Kingston, HVRC's Executive Director Carla Castillo, Melissa Apuzzo; Town of Warwick, Janelle Peotter and Yvonne Posey; Town of New Paltz, Mark Varian; Village of New Paltz, Michael Helme; Town of Warwick & NY4Cool Refrigerant Management, and Suzanne Hagell; NY State DEC Office of Climate Change
Other Photos from the Event
Attendees of the Climate Action Planning Working Lunch discuss sectors of the New York State's Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP).
Bridget Gibbons, HVRC Chairwoman and Director of Westchester County Department of Economic Development, welcomes attendees to HVRC's 2025 Conference and Awards Celebration hosted at Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange in Newburgh, NY.
Attendees at HVRC's 2025 Conference and Awards Celebration.
Jonathan Churins, Executive Director of Dutchess County Water & Wastewater Authority, and Eoin Wrafter, Commissioner of Dutchess County Department of Planning & Development, present on the Central Dutchess Pump Station Water Storage Tank project.
Alan Sorensen, Commissioner of Orange County Department of Planning & Development and Director of Orange County Transportation Council, Alan Sorensen presents on the Wallkill Reinvestment Corridor project.
Deborah Novick, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation within the Westchester County Office of Economic Development, presents on the New York State Quantum Consortium.
Michael Helme, New Yorkers for Cool Refrigerant Management Lead, accepts HVRC's 2025 Building Bridges Award on behalf of the six municipalities that have participated in this program.
Marybeth Majestic, Town of Gardiner Supervisor, accepts HVRC's 2025 Stalwart Award.
Torrance Harvey, City of Newbugh Mayor, accepts HVRC's 2025 Resilience Award.
Michael Yee, Director of the Educational & Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry in New York City, presents on the Workforce for Future Industries panel.
Gwendolyn Summers, Program Manager for Workforce Development & Training at NYSERDA, presents on the Workforce for Future Industries panel.
Roselle Glick, Director of Workforce Education Programs at SUNY Orange Plus, presents on the Workforce for Future Industries panel.
Ryan Corbett, Water Resources Manager at HVRC, presents on HVRC's Wastewater Information HUB.
Sarah Rickard, Research Scientist at the NYSDEC, presents on the Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology (CALM) & DEC grant opportunities.
Jason Morris, City of Newburgh Commissioner of Public Works and City Engineer, presents on the City's North Interceptor Sewer Improvement Project.
Carla Castillo, Executive Director at HVRC, discusses HVRC's 2025-2030 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) report.
Liz Sun, CEC & CSC Coordinator at HVRC, presents the 2025 HVRC Awards.
Attendees listen to Sarah Rickard speak at the Wastewater Infrastructure panel.