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Hannah Busman

Hannah is the director of public health for Franklin County Public Health Services. She came to the Malone area from Schenectady, New York, where she served in public health throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and received her master’s degree in public health from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jason Ellis

A Malone native, Jason Ellis is a past president, treasurer and director of Malone Callfiremen, a volunteer fire and rescue company, where he served from 1997 to 2016. He is also a past president and founding member of Malone EMS; he served with the group from 2010 to 2015. From 2014 to 2019 he served on the Holy Family School Education Council, of which he is also a past president. He is a member of the Franklin County Republican Committee, a position he has held since 1993, during which time he has also served as the committee’s vice chairman. 

Jason has been involved with his family business, Ellis Automotive, since 1993 and took over the day-to-day operations in 2010. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Siena College in Albany, New York. 

Tom Fitzpatrick

Vice Chair

Tom Fitzpatrick is a financial executive who most recently worked as chief financial officer of the University of Miami’s Medical Center, one of the largest private academic medical centers in the United States. He was also the executive vice president for finance and administration at Albany Medical Center. Prior to that, Tom was a partner with the national accounting, auditing, and consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He has also served on the board of a national financial services and professional liability insurance company as chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee. Tom is a graduate of Clarkson University and a native of Malone, New York. He returned to his hometown with his wife, Linda, after retirement in 2019.

Kevin Hart

Secretary

Kevin Hart retired from Alice Hyde Medical Center in 2015 after 30 years of service, with a combined 40 years of healthcare experience throughout his career. At Alice Hyde, Kevin served in roles of progressive responsibility, including purchasing director, materials management director, senior director of support services and vice president of support services, with senior oversight of both clinical and non-clinical areas throughout his tenure.  

An integral part of the hospital’s senior management team, Kevin was responsible for all hospital construction and renovation projects. He oversaw construction of The Alice Center, Alice Hyde’s 135-bed skilled nursing facility and 30-bed assisted living program. His oversight responsibilities also included management of supply and capital purchases, and he served as the hospital’s safety officer. Kevin is a past member of the Iroquois Board of Directors, a past member of the Iroquois Purchasing Group, and National Incident Management System.  

Kevin currently serves as secretary of the Alice Hyde Medical Center Board of Directors. He is chair of the Board Quality Council Committee and is a member of its Board Finance Committee. He received his degree from the State University of New York at Delhi. Kevin resides in Chasm Falls, New York with his wife Mary. He has three grown children and is an avid outdoorsman.

Ramsey Herrington, MD, FACEP

Ramsey Herrington, MD, FACEP, joined University of Vermont Health Network in 2006 as an ED physician, after completing his residency in emergency medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He currently serves as UVM Health Network chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, expanding the department’s clinical mission and building an academic program of teaching and research. Dr. Herrington plays a critical role in physician recruitment across UVM Health Network and also oversaw the development of a shared ED staffing model that brings physicians from across the health system to practice at hospitals in both northern New York and Vermont.

Donna Kissane

Donna Kissane has served as county manager for Franklin County, New York since 2015. She has more than 25 years’ experience in behavioral and mental health overseeing multiple programs. She is an experienced community volunteer in Franklin County, where she has served on several committees, the Malone Central School District, Malone Housing Council, and the Malone Figure Skating Club. Donna also served on the New York State Committee for Restructuring Children’s Behavioral Health Services. She holds degrees from Mater Dei College and Potsdam State University and completed graduate coursework in social work at SUNY Albany.

Robert Main, Jr.

Chair

The Hon. Robert G. Main, Jr. served as Franklin County judge, surrogate, Family Court judge, and acting supreme court justice from 1988 through his retirement in 2021. In semi-retirement, Judge Main is acting as a justice of the Malone Town Court. He is a native of Malone and graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone. He received his degree from Middlebury College, with a major in political science, and he obtained his doctorate from the Albany Law School of Union University. He was an attorney in private practice until assuming the bench.

For many years, Judge Main served as a member of the Law Guardian Advisory Committee of the Appellate Division, Third Department. He served as a member of the curriculum committee for the continuing education of Family Court Judges. He is a member, and former co-chair, of the Chief Judge’s Tribal Courts Committee and is a co-chair of its Native American Bail Review Project.

Judge Main has been a member of the Franklin County Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. He’s also a member of New York State Surrogates, County Judges, Family Court Judges, and Acting Supreme Court Justices associations. He served for 20 years as the president of the Farrar Home, an assisted living facility in Malone. He is a member of the Academic Board of Trustees of Franklin Academy and a trustee of Morningside Cemetery. A communicant of St. Andre Bessette Roman Catholic Parish in Malone, he is a commissioned lay minister, lector and Eucharistic minister. He has served as a parish trustee and twice on the parish counsel. He is a former member of the pastoral council of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg and its long-range planning committee. 

Marina Medved, DO

Dr. Medved has served as a primary care physician in Malone for over 20 years and leads a medical practice at Alice Hyde Medical Center.

She received her MD diploma from Donets Medical University in 1988 and her DO diploma from NYCOM/NYIT in 1999. She finished her residency at Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, New York, and is Board Certified in family practice and osteopathic medicine. 

Originally from Mariupol, Ukraine, Dr. Medved resides in Malone with her family.

Nathan Monette

A Malone native, Nathan has been a proud resident of the North Country for his entire life. He attended SUNY Plattsburgh before making his way back to his hometown in 2017, to start working in the Monette family business, Adirondack Energy Products. Since then, Nathan’s role has expanded to managing the propane division alongside his father, Chris.

Nathan is also very proud, active and passionate with the family charity organization, Adirondack for Kids, with a mission of improving the lives of children in the communities where we live, work and play.

Nathan has also served on the Franklin County Industrial Development Authority Board since 2022. He resides in Malone with his wife, Kendra, and their three sons. He enjoys coaching his three boys at whatever sport they are participating in.

Barbara Montour

Barbara Montour is the owner of Montour CPA & Associates in Akwesasne, treasurer of the Akwesasne Convenience Store Association, and past-president of the New York State Society of Public Accountants – Adirondack Chapter. She was born and raised in Akwesasne. In addition to her work as a business owner, Mrs. Montour previously served as chief financial officer of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and director of finance for The Assembly of First Nations, a national political organization representing First Nations Peoples in Canada. Mrs. Montour is a 1991 graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting. She earned her New York State certification as a public accountant in 2006 and earned her Native American Finance Officer Certificate in 2014.

Craig Warren Richards, DO

Dr. Craig Warren Richards is a physician at Community Health Center of the North Country in Malone and previously served as a physician at Alice Hyde Medical Center. Dr. Richards is also medical director of Franklin County Public Health and the Franklin County Department of Social Services. He received his DO from University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Services in Des Moines, Iowa and completed his residency and internship at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.