Warrensburgh - Thurman Historical Society
Board of Directors

​Officers

Gary Bivona: President
Paul Gilchrist: Vice-President
Yvonne West: Treasurer
Manu Davidson:  Secretary
Dot Langworthy:
Mark Brown
​David Nabozny
Gary Martin
​Miles Martin
Shelby Burkhardt
​Evelyn Wood
​Carol Keane
​Harold McKinney
​Myra Vopleus
Non-Voting Board Members
Town Historian
​Sandi Parisi: 
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Museum Director
Laura Moore
Warrensburgh Historical Society Board Members
Look for Biographies in the next Quarterly. Coming to member mailboxes very soon.

Board Meetings

First Wednesday each month
6:30 pm
Historian's office
89 River Street, 3rd Floor
(Elevator at center entrance)

Annual Meeting Information

Annual Meeting was held
February 24, 2022

Gary Bivona: Preisdent, is 74 years old and has been married for 51 years to Charleen who grew up in Buffalo, NY. They have 2 adult children and 5 grand-kids.
Gary and Char moved to the area full time in 2009 after a career of small business ownership in distribution and manufacturing.
Gary has served on five boards (including (previously on the Historical Society) both nonprofit and for profit. He was a Big Brother to a local student for 8 years and thoroughly enjoyed it. Gary and Char have been involved with North Country Ministries for 11 years as well as the Warrensburgh Museum of Local History..

​Sandi Parisi: Town Historian,  has been a resident of Warrensburg for 46 years, during which time she has been a small business owner, run a community arts center, commuted many years to Lake George as the Town Treasurer, and is now our Town Historian. Sandi has been a long-time member of the Society and has been on the Board since 1998. On the Board she has served as Treasurer and Secretary.

Harold McKinney and his wife Beth have 5 children, 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.  Harold was employed for 39.5 years at 7 different correctional facilities. He retired in 2008 from Mt. McGregor, finishing his career with 8.5 years as Superintendent  .Shortly  after his retirement, he enrolled with the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program. and continues to enjoy volunteering at several not-for-profit organizations, for approx. 20-30 hours weekly.
His enjoyment of sports included officiating basketball for 44 seasons, playing golf, as well as walking almost daily with Beth and their certified Therapy Dog, Ruby. 
He has served on several Boards of Directors, including his current Glens Falls Senior Center officer's position.

Dot Langworthy

Paul Gilchrist: Vice President, has been a resident of Warrens-burg since he was one and graduated from WCS. His family owned the Peletiah Richards home, (once where Tops now stands), and ran a guest house, motel and cottages there until 1968. He is a long-time member of the Historical Society, serving as President for 9 years, Vice-President for 1 year, and Managing Editor of the Quarterly for 4 years. Paul is passionate about passing our history on to the next generation, creating and implementing programs for our school-age children

Mark Brown has been a resident of Warrensburg for 71 years. His family came to this area in the 1840’s and his parents settled here permanently after WWII. His father was a well-known Warrensburg business owner and his mother and aunt taught at Warrensburg Central School for over 40 years. Mark has been a Society member for over 15 years and Board member for 10 years. He has worked closely with the Education and Historic Sites Committees, and is a museum greeter

Shelby Burkhardt is the new Director at the Richards Library
Evelyn is from Warrensburg and  Studied Psychology and Art & Art His-tory at St. Lawrence University enjoys: reading, yoga, nature, animals, learning, traveling, cooking, making and viewing

Gary Martin is a Thurman resident and a graduate of Warrensburg Central School, Gary came on board shortly after the Thurman and Warrensburgh Historical Societies merged. We are so pleased to welcome Gary to the Board.

Miles Martin is the grandson of Gary Martin. Miles is the first ever student member of the Board. We are so excited to open this new door and can’t wait to see what new oppor-tunities and insights that Miles is going to bring to the table.

Myra Volpeus is the Thurman Town Historian. 

Yvonne West: Treasurer,  grew up in Trelawny, Jamaica a small community nestled be-tween two major tourist towns, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. She moved to  Warrensburg in 2010 after she met her husband. Yvonne is a working mother of two adventurous boys, Entrepreneur and wife to a busy Auto body technician, Dennis West. Yvonne and Dennis operate a small business, Your Auto image, LLC and Yvonne is a real estate investor with JJ Brothers Real Property Management. She began working at Glens Falls National bank in 2014 and is now the  Assistant Manager at the Warrensburg Branch. Yvonne is community oriented and is excited about working with Warrensburgh Historical Society, 

Manu Leila Davidson: Secretary Esq.: Corporate Secretary,. is  partner of the law firm of Braverman Greenspun, P.C. in New York, New York where her practice focuses on real estate and commercial disputes and the representation of individuals and board of cooperatives, condominiums, and homeowners' associations in a variety of matters. She grew up in Lake George and is alumna of Lake George High School. She returned to the area several years ago, and in her free time, she works on restoring her historic home in Warrensburg, where she lives full-time. She looks forward to working with the Warrensburgh Historical Society to maintain Warrens-burg's rich history.

Evelyn Wood is a lifelong resident of the town of Thurman.
Evelyn formerly held positions as the Town Supervisor as well as having served as the town's Cemetery Superintendent.
Evelyn enjoys genealogy and currently manages Windy Ridge Farm LLC in Thurman
Laura Moore: Museum Director Laura was a land use planner for many years, including 20 years on the Warrensburg Town Planning Board.  She was a director on the Warren County Cornell Cooperative Extension board. She is a Paul Smith’s graduate and holds a B.S. from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. Laura enjoys Taekwondo and being part of the Warrensburg community with her husband and two children.