Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway

The Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway, Inc. (the Friends, or simply "FOGVG") is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit membership organization, incorporated in 1993.

Board of Directors

The Friends is governed by a 14 member Board of Directors composed of individuals living within the Greenway region. The Directors offer a wealth of relevant practical knowledge gained through personal experience, as well as specialized expertise in areas related to their vocational, recreational, and intellectual pursuits. To ensure continued grass roots community involvement in decision making, all chairpersons of local committees are members of the board. Local committees originally worked on clearing and maintaining trail.  Now local committees help oversee sections of trail to report any problems, work on special clean-up projects, assist with the creation of trail enhancements (interpretive signs, kiosk, mile markers, benches, etc.) and decisions concerning their placement, and represent their communities on Greenway matters.

2009 Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of eight members elected at-large and six local committee chairs. The goal is to have a local committee for each segment of the Greenway corridor. At the present time there are many local committee chair positions vacant. If you live in any of the following counties or communities along the Greenway and would be interesting in representing your area on the FOGVG Board, please contact us for details. Representatives are needed for Monroe County, York-Caledonia-Leicester, Mt. Morris, Genesee Falls-Fillmore, and Belfast-Houghton-Caneadea.

Michael Doyle
(At-Large 2009 -10)
83 West Main Street
Cuba, NY 14727
(585) 968-0067

David A. Shaw (At-Large 2009)
Rochester, NY 14620
(585) 703-9847

Coleridge Gill (At-Large 2008-09)
55 Fairmeadow Drive
Rochester, NY 14618
585-442-8634

James Maxium (Cuba-New Hudson Rep 2009)
9 Bristol Street
Cuba, NY 14727
585-968-3734

Edward (Ned) Holmes
(At-Large 2008-09)
7000 Cleary Road
Hemlock, NY 14466
585-346-5761

Steph Spittal (At-Large 2009 -10)
5400 Wethersfield Rd.
Silver Springs NY 14550
D (585) 493-3616

Susan Knauer
(At-Large 2008-09)
4583 East Henrietta Road
Henrietta, NY 14467
585-359-3065
sknauer1@rochester.rr.com

Charles F. Struble (Hinsdale Rep 2009)
1276 Route 446
Hinsdale, NY 14743
(716) 557-2233

Joan Schumaker
(Nunda-Portage Rep 2009)
2O5OC Paine Road
Dalton, NY 14836-9750
585-476-2354

Elizabeth Welch (At-Large 2009 -10)
310 East Main St., PO Box 148
Avon NY 14414
(585) 226-2838