Communications & Marketing

Media Requests

The office of Communications & Marketing welcomes media requests. Reporters seeking comment or interviews should email the Communications and Marketing staff (see below) or call 518-262-3421.

Communications and Marketing Staff

Matt Markham
Vice President, Communications and Marketing
[email protected]

Beth Engeler
Assistant Vice President, Communications
[email protected]

Sue Ford
Director of Communications
[email protected]
Media contact for college affairs, student affairs, graduate studies,
graduate medical education, MD program, cardiology,
surgery, vascular surgery, neurology

Cassie Nelson
Manager of Communications
[email protected]
Media contact for research, research education,
infectious disease, Covid-19, pulmonology

Leanne DeRosa
Senior Content Specialist
[email protected]
Media contact for pediatrics, OB/GYN,
radiology, ENT

Melissa Mansfield
Senior Content Specialist
[email protected]
Media contact for emergency medicine and orthopedics

Mary McQuade
Administrative Coordinator
[email protected]

Member Hospitals

Ray Agnew
Glens Falls Hospital
Vice President of Hospital and Community Engagement
518-926-5900
[email protected]

Kristen Bielefeldt
Columbia Memorial Health
Marketing Manager
518-697-5288
[email protected]

Darlene Olivieri Alvarado
Saratoga Hospital
Director of Marketing & Communications
518-583-8792
[email protected]

Liza Rucinski
Glens Falls Hospital
Director of Communications and Marketing
518-926-5901
[email protected]

Madison Mendel
Saratoga Hospital
Marketing and Communications Specialist
518-583-8699
[email protected]

Marketing and Graphics

Eli Fanning
Director of Marketing
[email protected]

Robert Sager
Senior Marketing Specialist
[email protected]

Lori Hansen
Graphic Services Manager
[email protected]

Terese Garcia
Graphic Design Specialist
[email protected]

Internal, Web, and Digital Communications

David Gardinier
Director of Digital Media
[email protected]

Jill Spadaro
Manager of Internal Communications
[email protected]

Emily Drew
Senior Internal Communications Specialist
[email protected]

Daniel Fitzsimmons
Senior Content Specialist
[email protected]

David Nicklaw
Senior Digital Media Specialist
[email protected]

Michael Adamec
Multimedia Specialist
[email protected]