Board of Directors 2026-2027

Palace Performing Arts Center Leadership

Many of the Capital Region’s most prominent business and community leaders are members of the Board of Directors. The Palace Board provides governance to the organization, oversight to the Leadership Team and supports the Palace Performing Arts Center’s philanthropic efforts at a local and national level.

Officers

• Charles Pinckney: Chairman - M&T Bank Regional President for Albany and the Hudson Valley
• April J. Ulrich: Vice Chair - VP/Private Bank Regional Executive, NBT Bank
• Wadler St. Jean: Treasurer - Chief Financial Officer
• Leola Edelin: Secretary - General Manager, Renaissance Hotel

Members

• Stephen P. Baboulis - Vice President & General Manager, WNYT TV-13, retired
• James Barba - President Emeritus, Albany Medical Center
• John D. Bennett MD - President & CEO, CDPHP, retired
• Mark Eagan - CEO, Capital Region Chamber
• George R. Hearst, III - President & Publisher, Albany Times Union
• Erik Johnsen - President, The Costumer, retired 
• Marilyn Pendergast - Managing Director, UHY Advisors
• Dominick Purnomo - Owner, dp An American Brasserie
• Jonathan Scherzer - Marketing Director, CDTA
• Honorable Randolph F. Treece - Magistrate Judge Northern District of NY, retired
• Christine Capeless Vaughan - Upper School Division Director, Albany Academies
• County Executive Daniel P. McCoy - County Executive, Ex Officio Member
• Alan Goldberg - Chairman Emeritus