Board Member Bios
2025 Board of Directors
Cathi Annese
Cathi studied Education at CUNY. After graduation, she studied Horticulture at SUNY Farmingdale. She then went on to work at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens as Director of Children's & Community Horticulture for 10+ years. While working at BBG, Cathi taught numerous Horticulture classes at BOCES and also trained volunteers to give educational tours of BBG and to work in the education department as "teacher assistants".
Cathi then retired to Greene County in 1995, joining CCE as a 4-H Leader in 1996. She served on the Board of Directors for CCE of Greene County for two years then on the Board of Directors for CCE Columbia and Greene for six years. While on the Board, Cathi was Secretary for two years and Board President for two years. Cathi has also served on the 4-H program committee since it's inception and chaperoned many 4-H trips!
Joyce Crawford
Joyce Crawford is a Partner Attorney at Paolantonio Crawford PLLC, a Hudson-based Family Law practice representing clients through the southern capital district and northern Hudson Valley region. Joyce has extensive experience in criminal prosecution and advocacy for victims of domestic violence. She also currently serves Columbia County as a part-time conflict defender for indigent clients in family and criminal court. Outside of her professional work, Joyce volunteers with the Germantown Youth Sports organization, and enjoys spending time outdoors with her four children doing archery, horseback riding, and four-wheeling.
Jonathan Farber, Vice-President
Jonathan Farber is a landscape architect and farmer living in Greene County. In his work he regularly relies on Cornell Cooperative Extension staff across New York State for guidance, and for the past several years he has participated as a volunteer in the NY Master Forest Owner Program. Jonathan received a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design and Planning from the University at Buffalo, a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University, a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Cornell, and a Certificate in Ecological Horticulture from the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension. For fun, Jonathan swims year-round in local lakes and streams.
Amanda Pierro
Amanda Pierro is a resident of Hudson and has lived in Columbia County for almost 20 years. For the past 16 years, she’s worked for the Mental Health Association of Columbia and Greene Counties, Inc. In a variety of roles including a victim advocate and program director. Amanda and her husband have two children and a black lab. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, and camping. Amanda currently serves as Co-Chair of the Columbia County Mental Health and Alcohol/Substance Abuse Subcommittee of the CC Community Services Board and is a board member of multiple statewide and community boards.
Joseph Sniado
Joe lives in East Durham with his husband Michael Moy on a property that they have been developing for sustainable pastures, forest, and farmland. Their hobbies and pets include horses, chickens, dogs, forestry and beekeeping. They have also restored a 1914 commercial building in the village of Catskill in which they are operating a home goods store called High Rock Home which takes its inspiration from nature.
Joe retired from his professional career in finance and technology of thirty years, when he stepped down as CIO of Standard and Poor’s, the rating agency in 2015. He has a BA in Economics from SUNY Buffalo and an MBA in Finance and Information Systems from Hofstra University.
Joe feels very connected to the Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains having spent his summers here growing up and continuing as a weekend homeowner until his retirement in 2015 when he became a full-time resident. He has taken online programs: farming; forestry; permaculture; and beekeeping. He has served as a committee member and eventually the chair of the Durham Comprehensive Planning Committee. Joe is also very interested in how communities of real-world interests can be created despite all of all technological distractions.
Paul Spoleti
Paul moved to the Hudson Valley from Queens at a very young age. First moving to Germantown where he discovered his love of horses and joined 4-H. Soon after the family moved to a horse farm in Red Hook where he remained until attending college at FIT. Earning a bachelors degree, he began his career in the fashion industry. First working for a textile company in NYC and eventually moving to Los Angeles and co- founded a fast fashion teen brand called Mimi Chica. With 20 plus years of experience as owner/operator of the company he sold the brand in 2019 and moved back to the Hudson Valley with his family. Once again calling Germantown home. Upon returning to the area Paul became the GM of Liberty Farms a multifaceted farm in Ghent NY. Quite a change from the fashion industry but more in harmony with his upbringing. Liberty Farms is where his relationship with Cornell cooperative extension started to develop. Recently Paul has returned to his entrepreneurial roots and is starting two new businesses, one a grab and go food business and the other an industrial hemp business focusing on animal bedding. The hemp business in a point of pride for Paul and believes he can change the bedding industry while having a positive impact on the environment. Paul has two children, his son Denim who is 30 and a musician in Los Angeles and Mia 19, a freshman at CU Boulder. Paul loves spending time with family and friends, and is and avid outdoorsman.
Angela Worth
Angela Worth grew up on a sheep farm located in Greene County, New York. After high school she left NY & moved to NJ to study early childhood education. She co-founded Little Genius Academy in New Jersey and worked as a director in the Edison & Metuchen locations. While working in New Jersey she also joined the Board of Directors for the Edison Chamber of Commerce for over 15 years. Angela also started a nonprofit which is the Art and Beautification Society of Edison. The project gets the local community involved with gardening & beautification projects for the local businesses. Angela and her husband Steven have five boys & one daughter but all are on their way to adulting, as she would say! In 2020 Angela returned to Greene County to begin her most challenging project. Angela and Steven made the decision to purchase the 120-acre family property owned by her late grandfather. The land was going to be sold to possible developers and that just wasn’t something that Angela was able could accept. Once the land was purchased, they thought about different ideas to make the farm sustainable. Today, Meadowbrook Farm Catskills, is a working flower farm & venue. Angela couldn’t be happier to call Greene County her home again. Angela grew up on a farm but will laugh and tell you she is now living her best life!
Last updated January 9, 2026