Albany City Council Selects Mayor, Makes Appointments to Boards, Committees and Commissions

At its meeting Monday, the Albany City Council selected Peggy Thomsen as mayor, Joanne Wile as vice mayor, and made the following appointments: 

Traffic & Safety Commission

Farid Javandel (Atkinson)

Peggy McQuaid (Barnes)

Susan Reeves (Thomsen)

Ken McCroskey (Wile)

John Miki (Maass)

Arts Committee

Cheryl Black (Atkinson)

Jules Kobelin-Arts (Atkinson)

Peter Goodman (Barnes)

Jacqueline Armstrong (Thomsen)

Susan Adame (Wile)

Community Media Access Committee

Ellen Toomey (Atkinson)

Stefanie Kalman (Wile)

Sustainability Committee

Max Wei (Atkinson)

Robert Uhrhammer (Barnes)

Charles Blanchard (Thomsen)

Waterfront Committee

Gordon McCarter (Atkinson)

Brian Johns (Barnes)

Francesco Papalia (Thomsen)

Library Board

Alan Riffer (Barnes)

Karen Leeburg (Wile)

Parks & Recreation Commission

Tod Abbott (Barnes)

Gary Class (Thomsen)

Heather Cunningham (Wile)

Civil Service Board

Robert Cheasty (Maass)

Jack Rosano (Thomsen)

Charter Review Committee

Caryl O’Keefe (Thomsen)

Social & Economic Justice Commission

Ruth Cashmere (Wile)