Executive Director


Colleen McMurray has an extensive background in education and nonprofit management with a focus on youth and leadership. Colleen started as our Executive Director almost 2 years ago. She, with the support of our finance committee, manages finances, staff, grants, and supports programming and events. She brings a charismatic and needs based approach to our community. 

Event/Program/Marketing Manager


Sue Wixon has a background in corporate human resources work. She joined us four years ago first as a participant in many of our classes and then signed on as our Events and Program Manager. She has recently taken on the additional task of advertising, marketing, and music. Sue is technical as well as community minded and is the perfect fit for our needs.

Weekend Manager

Laura Zierman comes from a management and bookkeeping background. She joined us four years ago as our Office Manager, taking care of building needs and welcoming the community through our doors. Laura also supports the needs of our Thrift Store and volunteer outreach. Laura brings a great local network and a friendly attitude to all to visit.

President

Karen is a long time Catskills resident. Her mountain origin story begins in Pine Hill when she and her husband Jim began working at the old Pine Hill Youth Hostel. Since then her work has knit together non-profit and government project management. As the first town she chose on her own as a growing-up, Karen believes that Pine Hill raised her and has been her model for creative living.

Treasurer

For forty years Ros Welchman taught mathematics and education at Brooklyn College. She has lived in Halcottsville, Delaware County, for over 20 years. In retirement, she has taken up ceramics, watercolor painting, learning Mandarin, and traveling.

Secretary

Juan is one of Pine Hill's newest residents. Juan and his husband Sam (with dogs Hugo & Hazel) purchased a home here in April of 2021 and became full-time residents in April of 2023. They have enjoyed meeting friendly new neighbors and exploring all that Pine Hill and the Catskills have to offer. Juan works in Albany as an administrator for the State University of New York.

Florence Hamling owned and operated a beauty shop in Boiceville for 12 years and in Pine Hill for 15 years. In 1991 she married Bernie Hamling. Florence and Bernie gifted their 287 Main Street building to house the Pine Hill Community Center. Florence has a deep affection for the people and places of the Catskill Mountains.

Chandra is a native of Ulster County who recently returned to her beloved Catskill mountains after many years in California, where she worked in the film industry on commercials, films and music videos. She then spent the next chapter of her life earning a law degree. She currently works at a civil rights firm, working on both State and Federal cases. Chandra now lives in Pine Hill full time and is is involved with several projects to help revitalize and restore Pine Hill’s historic downtown.

Katya became a full time resident of Pine Hill in 2021. It didn't take her long to fall in love with this beautiful and quirky place and to develop deep ties with the community here. Katya also serves as president of the Board of Trustees for Pine Hill's Morton Memorial Library. She works full time as a data analyst in healthcare, but in her free time loves to bake, garden, and explore the beauty of the surrounding Catskills.