IDA Town of Bethlehem Industrial Development Agency


Board Members

Tim McCann
Telephone: (518) 458-2378
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Tim McCann co-founded Best Cleaners with his wife in 2005 and is currently the company’s President. The McCanns also started the CRDN (Certified Restoration Dry-cleaning Network) in mid-2009.

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Sam NeJame
Telephone: (518) 475-3065
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Sam NeJame is a Partner in the Albany office of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP. His practice focuses on corporate and government-related matters.

Sam brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to New York's largest and most successful lobbying firm. Prior to joining Wilson Elser, he spent six years as a Senior Government Affairs Specialist helping to build an upstart lobbying firm to a top tier company. Prior to that, Sam served under Mayor Roy Bernardi (now Deputy Secretary of HUD) in the Office of Corporation Counsel for the City of Syracuse.
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Joseph P. Richardson
Telephone: (518) 439-4800
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Joseph P. Richardson is an Operating Director for DeltaPoint Capital Management, LLC, a private equity fund for change of control transactions. He retired from Berkshire Bank on September 30, 2009 as the New York Regional Executive. He joined the Bank on November 28, 2005 after a brief time as Director of Economic Development for the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce. Before that he worked for forty-two years in corporate banking. His banking career began in 1963 with the State Bank of Albany, which has become the Bank of America, where he became a Senior Corporate Lender and Senior Vice President responsible for the statewide Specialized Lending group. In 1993, Mr. Richardson joined ALBANK as the Senior Vice President responsible for Commercial Banking, which Bank was later acquired by Charter One Bank and further acquired by Citizens Bank. He retired from Citizen Bank on February 18, 2005.
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Victoria Stanton Sweeney
Telephone: (518) 431-5409
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Victoria Stanton Sweeney has lived in the Town of Bethlehem since 1989. She uses her maiden name, Victoria Stanton, professionally.

Victoria M. Stanton currently serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Farm Family group of insurance companies. Since joining Farm Family in 1991, she has held various officer positions with responsibility for the legal, corporate secretary and human resources functions at Farm Family. Prior to joining Farm Family, Ms. Stanton was an attorney with Rogers & Wells (now known as Clifford Chance) in New York City and McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams in Albany, New York. She also managed an independent insurance agency prior to becoming an attorney.
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Frank S. Venezia
Telephone: (518) 785-0134
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Frank Venezia is a CPA with over 30 years of public accounting experience, which include the last 24 with Marvin and Company. He became a Director of the firm in 1985 and was appointed Director of Accounting and Auditing Services in October 1995. Since 1985 he has been the director in charge of the audits, management advisory and other services to a number of organizations providing services to the developmentally disabled, and other not-for-profit organizations. Various for-profit organizations in a variety of different industries are also among his clients. A frequent lecturer and seminar instructor, Mr. Venezia has conducted various presentations on business and other issues throughout New York State.
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Staff Members

Thomas P. Connolly, Esq.
McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P.C.
677 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207
Telephone: (518) 447-3303
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Tom Connolly, a resident of the Town since 1965, currently serves as assistant executive director, assistant secretary and counsel of the Agency. Mr. Connolly has practiced law with McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P.C. since 1966 and represents financial service institutions and corporations in commercial transactions and litigation. He has been bond counsel, issuer’s counsel and disclosure counsel for tax exempt and taxable municipal financings.
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Robin Nagengast
Telephone: (518) 439-4955, Ext. 1158
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Terrence W. Ritz
Telephone: (518) 439-4955, Ext. 1139
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Terry Ritz is a life long resident of the Town. After Albany Academy, he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler. Upon graduation he obtained a United States Coast Guard Third Mates license for ocean vessels of any gross tons. He has been a volunteer firefighter since 1981, and is currently a member of Selkirk Fire Company No.1. He started working for the Town's Engineering Division in 1985, and has held various positions as a Town employee. He currently has the title of Assistant Engineer-Land Surveyor.

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