Our organization is led by a Coordinating Committee, using consensus and participatory democracy practices. The Coordinating Committee is made up of the Board of Directors, members, and staff.
Results from our most recent member assembly votes can be found here.
Board of Directors
Chair: Jenifer Benn
Treasurer: Shanatia Bygrave
Secretary: Rio Riera Arbogast
Directors At-large: Jody Bolluyt and Juan Flores
Ex Officio Members: Co-Executive Directors Diana Campos, Ivy Hest, and Bryan MacCormack
Coordinating Committee Members
| Shanatia Bygrave, Member of the Board of Directors | Rio Riera Arbogast, Secretary, Board of Directors
| Co-Chair, Board of Directors
| Jody Bolluyt, Treasurer, Board of Directors
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| Shanatia Bygrave, Member of the Board of Directors
| Juan Flores, Member of Board of Directors
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Kit Fraser, Volunteer Coordinator
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Jenifer Benn, Board of Directors Chair
Jenifer (she/ella) is a native of Guyana. She has been a CCSM member for over 5 years. Jenifer is extremely involved in activism, and wears many hats within the community. She has evolved into a leader within the organization, and is committed to the growth and development of CCSM. She has been a part of various committees as well as the Coordinating Committee. She is eager to continue to grow her leadership role within CCSM, and believes she is a good fit because she knows first hand how big of an impact CCSM has on our community.
Jenifer serves on the Coordinating Committee, Personnel Committee, Hiring Committee, Intake Committee, and helped plan our 5th anniversary celebration.
Jody Bolluyt, Director At-large
Jody Bolluyt (she/ella) has served as treasurer of CCSM for the past 3 years. She is one of the farmer owners of Roxbury Farm CSA, one of the largest CSAs in the country based in Kinderhook, NY. She also serves on the board of Equity Trust.
Jody also serves on the Coordinating Committee and Financial Committee of CCSM.
Rio Riera Arbogast, Secretary
Rio (they/them) is Cuban and Irish/Alsatian-American, born in Queens and raised in Greenwich, NY. After living out of state for several years, they were immediately drawn to CCSM’s powerful and beautiful work upon returning. They began their involvement as a volunteer in 2020 and have grown to deeply appreciate the CCSM community. Rio is a member of the Latinx Festival planning committee and Coordinating Committee.
Shanatia Bygrave, Treasurer
Shanatia “Tia” Bygrave is the Branch Manager of Greylock Federal Credit Union Greenport/Hudson branch. She has nearly 20 years in banking industry and is a certified financial coach with the National Credit Union Association (CUNA), a recent graduate of the AACUC Diversity Equity and Inclusion Leadership academy for financial professionals and a recipient of the 40 under 40 award in 2022. Tia is a Rotarian and also has the role as Treasurer of the Hudson Rotary Club. She is a long standing member of the board and also treasurer of FOHY (Friends of Hudson Youth). Shanatia also sits on the board of Columbia County Chambers and CREATE Council of the Arts.
Shanatia is passionate about financial wellness for all and works with many local organizations to provide seminars for their employees on topics like budgeting, credit, building savings, homeownership and many more. Tia believes that having financial freedom and stability is an important key to a better life. If our low to moderate income families don’t know how to have this, it will continue the cycle of feeling bound to living paycheck to paycheck. She also feels educating our youth at a young age is very important to help break that cycle and will not stop until our youth learn all they need to learn to reach this goal. As Branch Manager, Tia has played an instrumental role in supporting CCSM’s Financial Empowerment programming by co-organizing workshops for members on Opening a Bank Account, Applying for an ITIN, and Owning Your First Home. In addition, her branch recently received the "Juntos Avanzamos" Together We Advance' designation, which is awarded to credit unions committed to serving and empowering Hispanic consumers.
Juan Flores, Director At-large
Juan Flores (he/él) is a retired assistant principal. He is a graduate of Teacher's College with a masters in Bilingual Bicultural education. He worked in the Bronx NY for 25 years serving immigrant families by addressing the needs of English language learners. His work at CCSM includes addressing the needs of immigrant families and the academic needs of unaccompanied minors.
Juan has served as Board Secretary for the past 3 years. He also sits on the Coordinating Committee and Emergency Fund Committee.