Mike Gilliard

Executive Director

For over 20 years, Mike has been responsible for the development of several thousand units of affordable housing including single-family homes and large-scale mixed-use/mixed-income projects along the Eastern Seaboard, including in the Hudson Valley.

Mike lives with his wife and son in Kingston.

mike@kclb.org

Stacy Nagelberg

Accounting Manager

Kyle Cohen

Real Estate Project Manager

kyle@kclb.org

Aron Chilewich

Chair

Aron is a writer and planner who lives in Kingston with his family. He works in housing policy and development, and he volunteers on the KCLB’s board to stay grounded in his community. In his spare time, he chases his son around the house, cooks, cycles, and more.

Term: 12/31/27

Rebecca Holderness

Innovator, Entrepreneur, Artist, and Professor creating vitality and viability for cities, artistic scenes and beyond. Deeply committed to the development of community, cities and creative places. Winner of multiple awards for innovation, leadership and creative output. A true original thinker grounded in the interaction between community, urban planning, education and the arts. Holderness is founder/CEO of 2FtD – a SAAS business for the entrepreneurial developer and the capital investment that supports them. She is also an award winning theatre director and innovator who developed and managed the successful University of Wisconsin Milwaukee BFA in Acting. Founder and Director of two celebrated Not-for- Profit Corporations. Two decades of program development, creative work, and project management delivering performance, education and projects that benefit cities, and the people that live in them. Venues include The Public Theatre, Lincoln Center, The Culture Project NY, Burning Coal, NC and Spooky Action in DC. Zelda Fichandler Award winner. Alum Vassar College and Columbia University.

Term: 6/31/26

Joanna Dorman

Secretary

Joanna Dorman has been working in early childhood education for the past 9 years. She is currently a nursery class teacher and parent educator at the Acorn Waldorf School, a forest early childhood program in Accord, NY. She is involved in the Neighboring Tree Project, an initiative started by teachers at the Acorn School to bring forest education and access to nature to the public schools of Kingston through mentoring visits and teacher education. Through this work, she has had the opportunity to work directly with preschool and kindergarten teachers and hundreds of children throughout Kingston. After studying the Great Books at St. John’s College, she graduated from Fordham University with a BA in Philosophy. Joanna also holds a New York State license in Massage Therapy.  As someone with a passion for community building and the belief in accessibility for all, she is excited to deepen and expand this work with the KCLB.

Term: 6/23/29

Barbara Ioannidis

Vice Chair

Barbara Ioannidis has spent over a decade working in real estate development representing owner/developers in both the public and private sectors across a variety of assets. She has extensive experience in lease administration, asset management, client relationships, and development and construction. She currently works as the Director, Asset Management for a private family office based out of NYC and has lived in Kingston since December 2020. She holds her Master’s of Urban Planning from the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and her BA from Johns Hopkins University. Barbara is passionate about adaptive reuse of land, the intersection of the built environment and technology, and community equity. She is excited to apply her skills and experience to help KCLB’s growth and impact in Kingston.

Term: 12/31/26

Steve Noble

Mayor, City of Kingston and Ex-Officio Member

Mayor Steve Noble was born and raised in the City of Kingston. He attended the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, graduating with a degree in Environmental Science in 2004. He then returned to Kingston and began his ten year career at the City of Kingston’s Parks and Recreation Department, serving as an Environmental Educator and then as an Environmental Operations Specialist. During his tenure with the department, he secured millions of dollars in grant funding to implement single stream recycling in Kingston, to support infrastructure and transportation projects, and to develop and sustain innovative youth programming, including the area’s premier environmental education programs. Steve left the department when he was elected Mayor of Kingston and began his term on January 1, 2016, with the commitment of building an open and accessible form of government, one that is based on the principles of professionalism, respect, and inclusiveness. Steve’s commitment to public service extends beyond his career with the City of Kingston; he has held leadership positions with the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, Environmental Management Council, and the Hudson River Estuary Management Committee, and is the co-founder of the Kingston Land Trust.

Term: ex-Officio

Paul Heintz

Paul’s interior design career spans over 14 years, with residential projects dotted throughout the Southern California and Hudson Valley region. His favorite part of the job is getting to know each client and their background and he finds that design is most fulfilling when he’s able to interpret experiences from a client’s past in an artistic way. He brings this same level of care, collaboration and thoughtfulness into the field of real estate, as a licensed New York real estate salesperson. His understanding of construction and architecture further allows him to educate his clients about the various parts of a home and bring to light unforeseen potential.

With thoughtfulness and deliberation, he has taken the knowledge and expertise gained from years of working with developers and applied it to his personal projects. Paul and his wife have bought and sold several properties of their own and through that have gained experience and knowledge that is an asset when assisting clients with real estate transactions.

In his free time Paul enjoys sketching, reading and spending time with his wife and daughter outdoors.

Term: 6/31/27

Sarah Dell'Orto

Treasurer

Sarah Dell’Orto is a Senior Director with Advance NYC, a boutique fundraising consulting firm.

At Advance, she launched and now leads the Institutional Giving department, bringing a deep understanding of the funding community to support her nonprofit clients with grant strategy and management, language creation, and strategic insight. She is particularly adept at translating a client’s mission, programming, and unique voice into clear and compelling language for funders.

Prior to joining Advance, Sarah was Grants Manager at Signature Theatre in NYC where she managed a portfolio of 40 institutional funders totaling nearly $1 million. Sarah holds a BA in English from New York University and an MPhil in Popular Literature from Trinity College Dublin. Sarah lives in Kingston with her rescue dog Ethel, and enjoys hiking, biking the Hudson Valley’s rail trails, and tending to her veggie garden.

Term: 8/30/27

Nicole Polito