Catskill Center executive director to retire

ARKVILLE – Catskill Center Executive Director Alan White has announced he will retire.
A leadership transition will take place over the next months.
“Alan White has brought The Catskill Center to a significantly higher level as an organization devoted to the conservation and development of the Catskill Region,” said board Chairman James Infante. “His leadership of the initiative to finally bring to realization, in the very near future, the Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center, will contribute greatly to an increase of the number of tourists that come to the region, thus strengthening one of the major economic activities of the Catskills.”
Infante said White’s contributions to the protection of the local ecology, “will lead to the saving and regeneration of our hemlock forests, and to better control of a number of invasive species.”
The Catskill Center works to protect the natural resources of the Catskill Mountains and to promote the unique Catskill communities that are the stewards of this beautiful region.  The organization’s balanced approach to working on behalf of the Catskill region encompasses five program areas – regional advocacy, environmental education, promoting the region, invasive species, and arts and culture.