Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is ultimately responsible for the financial management of all activities of The Woman's Club. It meets the third Monday of every month. Board members are elected to two-year terms. Board officers (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) are elected to one-year terms.
| Paula Hennessy -- President Paula Hennessy joined the Board of Directors in 2020. Paula retired from New York state government service as a human resources and training specialist, supervising contracts, curriculum development and multi-media presentations. She later was director of education and training at the Public Employees Federation with oversite for the labor and job-specific education for 54,000 members. A community activist, she serves on several not for profit boards, and volunteers in the community. She also is a Democratic committee person in the City of Albany. |
Susan Gould Fogerite -- Vice President Susan |
Martha McCormick -- Secretary Martha |
| Janet Nardolillo -- Treasurer Janet
Nardolillo joined the Board in July 2022. She grew up in Syracuse and
came to the Capital Region after graduating from Smith College. She was employed in administrative positions for the Girl Scouts and the Albany YWCA, and as an academic advisor at Excelsior College. She served on boards for Mercy House and St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry. Now retired, she volunteers at Ronald McDonald House breakfast kitchen, St. Vincent’s Food Pantry, and the Shaker Heritage Society gardens. To relax, she reads, takes leisurely walks, cross-country skis, putters in her native plant gardens and attends English country dances. |
| Pattie Beeler Pattie Beeler has been involved with the WCA since 2003. She was president from 2013 to 2015, subsequently served as treasurer and termed off the Board in 2020. She completed a short-term director’s seat created by an unexpected vacancy and was elected to a full term in June 2022. Pattie serves on the Governance and Rental committees, and co-chairs Buildings and Finance. Previously chief clerk of Rensselaer County Family Court, Pattie is involved in many Town of Bethlehem issues, including open space and farmland and forest preservation work. She co-leads Bethlehem Tomorrow, a community advocacy organization, and serves on Bethlehem’s Conservation Easement Review Board. She also is involved with numerous animal rescue groups. |
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Jolene Dirolf has been a member of the WCA for five years. She attends Together Women Rise, is active in the gardening group, assisted with the garage sale in 2022 and 2023, has assisted with the Tulip and Holiday Teas since 2021 and co-chaired the 2024 Glitz and Glam event. Now
retired, Jolene was an advanced oncology nurse specialist at St Peter’s
Health Partners for over 20 years and director of the Cancer Care
Center. She later worked in oncology clinical research for Bristol Myers
Squibb. Throughout her career she was a mentor for nurses, facilitated
patient/family support groups and taught courses in clinical research
and pain management across the U.S.. An Albany County Medical Reserve Corps volunteer, Jolene received a ‘beyond the call’ COVID-19 Award from the Albany County Legislature. As an International Medical Mission volunteer, she led a group of medical volunteers to South Africa. She served on a volunteer medical team in Guatemala in 2010. Jolene was president of the Sage College of Albany Alumni Association and received the 2021 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award. She served six years as a board trustee of the Friends of Pruyn House, and currently as an associate board member. She is vice president of Vanguard and volunteers at Proctor’s Theater and Capital Rep. |
| Linda Fasano Linda Fasano has been a member of WCA for three years, one of which was spent as Program Committee chair. Now a retired school librarian, she has had many opportunities to participate in and lead committees to ensure success of the students and communities she served. She spent over 30 years in public and school libraries, as well as 10-plus years teaching in the School Library Media Program at the graduate level at the University at Albany. While a school librarian, she founded and developed a STEAM-based makerspace. Students could come during their free time to “tinker,” collaborate, and think critically while creating, making, inventing, etc. During her career, she presented at a variety of seminars and conferences. She is a classically trained pianist, a creative maker, rudimentary knitter, and thrifter. She is also certified Zentangle teacher. |
| Pat Glennon Pat Glennon has lived her life in the Capital Region graduating from Mercy High School in Albany and earning her bachelor of science degree in elementary education from The College of Saint Rose and her master of science degree from Russell Sage College. She was married for 42 years until her husband’s death in 2015 and is the mother of three daughters. She taught in elementary schools in Albany and Guilderland for nearly 40 years, at times serving as a building union representative and building union president. Pat has been an active volunteer in the community, including over 20 years at the Altamont Community Food Pantry, also serving as director from 2007 to 2013. She has also volunteered at the Food Pantries of the Capital District, and as a docent at the Mabee Farms Historic Site. As a member of the Woman’s Club of Albany, she has been active on the Community Service Committee, which she currently co-chairs. |
