Our Misson
Established by the private sector, Schoharie Economic Enterprise Corporation, commonly known as “SEEC,” was organized as a not-for-profit to strengthen Schoharie County by fostering economic growth.
SEEC serves as a liaison to local municipalities and institutional leaders with the common goal of highlighting distinctive points of light within the community, cultivating entrepreneurial endeavors and enhancing the ability of local businesses to add value to their enterprises.
MWBE Event with ESD & UAlbany SBDC representatives, SEEC. 2024
Measures of Success
Expanded Business Resources
and Network
Connections
Community and Economic Development Engagement
Community Character and Environmental Enhancements
Business
and Industry Growth
Spirit of SEEC
SEEC is guided by social, environmental and financial principles that will accelerate growth and help provide sustainability through a collaborative and thriving business community.
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PLACEMAKING. We will inspire people to celebrate our assets and then collectively reimagine, reinvent and rejuvenate structures and streetscapes that strategically enhance the physical and social character of our Schoharie County communities.
LEVERAGING ASSETS. We believe a community’s environmental, socio-cultural, and economic advantages may be leveraged into sustained economic growth and productivity. We will deploy asset-based economic development strategies in which villages, hamlets and towns amplify the value of natural and working landscapes, local institutions, existing infrastructure, historic and cultural resources, industry clusters and human capital that compels new capital investment.
RESILIENCY. We understand communities and enterprises that can foresee, adapt to and leverage changing conditions to their advantage are best positioned to attract and grow new businesses, retain high caliber industry, cultivate skilled workers, grow healthy families and promote a high quality of life.
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Digital Revolution
Industrial Diversity
Main Street Vitality
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Aspire
Enlighten
Unify
Uplift
SEEC Associates
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Julie Pacatte
Executive Director Email: director@seecny.org
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Trish Bergan
Program Administrator Email: admin@seecny.org
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Emily Smith
Marketing Coordinator Email: marketing@seecny.org
Advisory Council
Korsah Akumfi, Schoharie County Administrator
Erynne Ansel McCabe, Community Activist
Richard Ball, Commissioner of Agriculture, NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets
Tarkan Ceng, Superintendent, Jefferson Central School District
Barton Finegan, Retired Executive
Dr. S. Scott Ferguson, Chief Economic Development Officer & Executive Director, Institute of Rural Vitality at SUNY Cobleskill
Jacqui Hauser, Small Business Owner & International Human Resource Consultant
Robbin Jorgensen, Founder & CEO, Women Igniting Change
Honorable Denise Kelly, Mayor, Village of Sharon Springs
Donna LaVigne, Retired Small Business Owner
Maureen Lodes, Small Business Owner, Cobbler & Co.
Augustus McGiver, Chief of Staff, SUNY Cobleskill President’s Office
Dr. Marion A. Terenzio, President, SUNY Cobleskill
Alicia Terry, Town Supervisor of Gilboa, Chair, Agriculture & American Plan Act Committees
Board of Directors
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Thomas O. Putnam
SEEC Founding Member & Chairperson
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Eric H. Stein, Fache
SEEC Founding Member & Treasurer
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Peter Johnson
SEEC Founding Member & Secretary
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Jim Becker
SEEC Founding Member
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Steven A. Harris
SEEC Founding Member
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Julie Pacatte
SEEC Board Member
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Nan Stolzenburg
SEEC Board Member
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Paul Conroy
SEEC Board Member
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Benjamin Oevering
SEEC Board Member