Region 1: Long Island
(Nassau and, Suffolk Counties)
Alison LaPointe, Esq. Admitted to the New York State Bar in September, 2009, Alison is secretary to the ZBA of the Town of Brookhaven, providing services to approximately 475,000 residents and handling a calendar of between 60-90 appeals each month. In her capacity as secretary, she manages the office and the ZBA calendar and drafts board findings for the Law Department. Additionally, Alison is Chair of the Village of Port Jefferson’s ZBA and a past member of the Architectural Review Committee of the Village of Port Jefferson.
Vacancy for a second
Region 1 representative.
Region 2: Metropolitan
(Bronx,Kings, New York Queens and,Richmond Counties)
Frank Fish, FAICP is a principal with the firm of BFJ Planning. His work specializes in comprehensive planning, real estate development and public approvals. He has represented more than 30 municipalities throughout the Northeast, as well as major private sector clients. He is a planning consultant to the Village of Mamaroneck Planning Board.
Michael R. Keane, AICP is an urban planner with professional planning experience in the public and private sectors, both in the United States and overseas. As a Senior Planner with the New York City-based consulting firm BFJ Planning, Michael specializes in comprehensive planning and zoning, with a focus on land use controls and implementation strategies. He is a member of Manhattan Community Board Five, representing midtown, where his sits on the Land Use/Zoning and Transportation Committees
Region 3: Low/Mid Hudson
(Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and, Westchester Counties)
Edwin Jackson chairs the Planning Board for the Town of Tusten.
Nina Peek, AICP, is a Senior Technical Director in the White Plains, NY office of AKRF, Inc., a planning and engineering consulting firm. Nina's work specializes in preparing master plans, recreation, open space and farmland protection plans, zoning and environmental review for large and small scale development projects. She has worked in communities throughout NYC, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. Nina is also Chairperson of the Town of Amenia Planning Board.
Region 4: Capital Region/Upper Hudson
(Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and,
Schoharie Counties)
Charles A. (Chuck) Voss, AICP is Senior Land Use Planner with the firm of Barton & Loguidice, PC, working out of the firm’s Albany office. He is responsible for the review and development of all planning-related projects, as well as oversight of municipal planning review projects and special project development.
Region 5: Adirondack/North Country
(Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Warren and, Washington Counties)
Leslie Karasin is Program Manager with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Adirondack Program in Saranac Lake. She is responsible for all facets of office communications, fundraising and management and also has significant involvement with WCS programming. Leslie has been a member of the Village of Saranac Lake Planning Board since 2006, and was appointed its chair in 2009. For the past few years she has represented the environmental community on the Franklin County All-Terrain Vehicle Committee, appointed to undertake a planning process to consider the creation of ATV trails. She is also a board member of the Northern New York Audubon Society.
Matthew G. Rogers, AICP is a Senior Associate with Saratoga Associates, a Planning and Design Firm. Matthew has over 15 years of experience in the fields of community, economic and environmental planning which includes three years at the New York State Adirondack Park Agency. His work focuses on economic development and community reinvestment; comprehensive and special district planning; zoning and land use law updates; brownfield and waterfront revitalization and provides special project review assistance to planning and zoning boards. Matthew is Chair of the Village of Corinth Planning Board and the Jessup’s Landing Planning Committee, a group of volunteers in the Town and Village of Corinth responsible for facilitating economic development opportunities associated with the Saratoga & North Creek Railway.
Region 6: Southern Tier
(Broome Chemung,Chenango,Cortland,Delaware,Otsego, Schuyler,Steuben,Tioga and,Tompkins Counties)
Nicolette A. Barber, AICP is a planner with HUNT Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, PC, where she provides land use planning services for the firm’s municipal and private sector clients. She is a member of the City of Corning Planning and Zoning Commission.
Jonathan Kanter is a municipal planning consultant who recently retired after 17 years as Director of Planning for the Town of Ithaca. Prior to moving to Tompkins County, he was Chief Planner with the Westchester County Department of Planning. Mr. Kanter is an alternate to the Village of Lansing Planning Board and a board member of Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services.
Region 7: Central
Cayuga, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and, Oswego Counties
David Hess has worked at National Grid for over 20 years, where his current job is overseeing municipal lighting. He is a past member of the Town of Clay ZBA and a current member of its planning board
Richard T. Robb, AICP is Principal of the firm Robb Planning & Land Use Services in East Syracuse. His firm provides consulting services to local governments in community planning, land development and control, municipal management and grants acquisition. Mr. Robb spent 21 years as Commissioner of Development and Operations for the Town of DeWitt. His affiliations include Upstate NY Chapter, Central NY Section of the American Planning Association (President from 1996-2000); member and past Chair, DeWitt Economic Development Committee; member and Director, Onondaga County Planning Federation; member, Village of East Syracuse Planning Board.
Region 8: Finger Lakes
(Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne and, Yates Countie)
Michael Wall has worked for FRA Engineering in Rochester since 2002 and is presently a Senior Site Designer. In his work, Mike is responsible for the project management, design, approvals and construction for numerous individual septic design projects. He has also worked on site improvements for such firms as Amerada Hess, Home Depot, Sunoco and the Bayside Drive Subdivision extension in Webster, NY. Since 2000, Mike has been Vice Chair of the Town of Gates Planning Board. He is also a member of the Gates Chili Chamber of Commerce.
David J. Cross, P.E. is an Associate Engineer with the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services in Rochester, where he is responsible for implementing the County’s Capital Improvement Plan relative to Pure Waters and Parks. He has over 16 years of civil engineering experience with projects ranging from conceptual design to final plans and construction. Mr. Cross is a member of the Town of Chili Planning Board and a former Vice-Chair of that municipality’s ZBA. He is also a board member of the NYS Water Environment Association.
Region 9: Western
(Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara and, Wyoming Counties)
John Marriott retired in 2010 as Sales Manager for the West Seneca firm of Griffin Automation, though he continues to work part-time as an independent field sales representative for the firm. In his 25 years with Griffin, he managed sales and marketing operations for large-scale projects and also developed and implemented a plan for directing and broadening the company’s marketing strategy. John was appointed to the Town of Cheektowaga Planning Board in 1999 and was named Chair in 2009. He is a former Chair of the Cheektowaga Conservation Advisory Council and a current member of the Town of Cheektowaga Environmental Advisory Council.
Timothy Pazda is a member of the Town of Clarence Planning Board.
