Your United Way » Committees and Responsibilites

Marketing

The Marketing Committee's responsibilities include:

• Presenting United Way's image to the public
• Building relationships in and with the community
• Communicating the impact United Way’s work has in and on the community
• Educating the public about philanthropy and ways to engage in thoughtful charitable giving
• Working through the media and personal contacts to meet these aims
• Working to recruit new members for the Board of Directors on an ongoing basis

• Debra Root  
• Judy Hopkins
• Joyce Weimer
• Michelle Alvord

Finance

The Finance Committee 's responsibilities include:

• Oversight of financial transactions
• Development of financial operational guidelines
• Review and approval of monthly financial statements
• Approval of annual budget for the organization, making recommendation to the Board
• Oversight of the annual audit process

• Chair:  Abbie Pritchard
• Judy May

Impact Councils

The Impact Councils meet throughout the year. The councils make funding recommendations to the AlleganyCountyUnited Way Board of Directors. 

The Impact Councils are divided into three areas:

• Education
• Income
• Health

Their responsibilities include:

• Reviewing funding applications
• Overseeing the fund distribution process, including agency applications and reports
• Strengthening the non-profit sector of the community by determining and providing needed and appropriateresources(beyond funding) to non-profit agencies
• Strengthening United Way’s relationship with human service organizations in the community
• Acting as a networking link among various human service organizations, both those that are funded by United Wayandthose that are not
• Meeting with representatives from each agency applying for funding
• Developing funding recommendations

Education:

Chair: Anne Brungard Cecelia Fuoco*
Nora Burdick Shelley Chaffee
Bill Cunningham Matthew Hopkins
Sandra Keough Jon Morris
Kim Mueller Robert Shook
Stephanie Viglietta

Health:

Chair: Karen Porter* Julie Briggs Cunningham Kimberly Peckham Tracy Gates Diane Winans Steve Stout Sherry Walton Kathy Woughter

Income:

Chair: Kody Haney Marcella Bledsoe Bill Cox Lee Gridley* Jen Joyce Sherry Walton Joyce Weimer* Frederick SInclair

Community Development 

The Community Development Committee reviews all funding recommendations from all Impact Councils, along with several applications that fall under "Critical Needs".

• Chair: Randy Shalyer
• Karen Porter
• Abbie Pritchard
• Joyce Weimer
• Patricia Fogarty
• Lee Gridley
• Michelle Alvord
• Steve Rennie
• Cecelia Fuoco

Board Governance

The Board Governance Committee is responsible for:

• Developing a statement of strategic initiatives for our United Way.
• Developing action steps with timelines and staff and volunteer responsibilities, to ensure that the plan will beimplemented
• Regularly monitoring progress on the strategic plan, and reporting this progress to the Board
• Overseeing the development and progress of the organization

• Judy Hopkins
• Lee Gridley
• Judy May
• Debra Root
• Patricia Fogarty

Resource Development

The Resource Development Committee is responsible for:

• Overseeing the development and progress of the organization's resources
• Exploration of new and more efficient resources

• Patricia Fogarty
• Peter Brown
• Randy Shayler
• Denis Dahlgren
• Joyce Weimer

Endowment 

The Endowment Committee is responsible for:

• Overseeing the development and progress of the endowment fund

• Abbie Pritchard
• Lee Gridley