SEEC Founding Member & Treasurer

President of Cobleskill Regional Hospital

Eric H. Stein has served as President of Cobleskill Regional Hospital in Cobleskill, NY since 2002. The 25-bed Critical Access Hospital was founded in 1956 and has been part of the Bassett Healthcare Network since 1994. It is the only hospital located in rural Schoharie County, a community of just over 30,000 residents.

During the course of his career, Stein has helped to create a dementia unit, implemented a system of bioterrorism preparedness, helped procure grant money to pay for high-priority additions to the hospital, oversaw a major expansion and modernization of the Cobleskill Regional Hospital’s emergency department in 2014-2015 and has consistently prioritized the implementation of changing medical technology throughout the entire establishment.

In addition to being a founding member and Treasurer of SEEC, Stein is very involved in the community where he is a Governor-appointed member of the SUNY Cobleskill College Council and serves as a Trustee for Helios Care (formerly Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care) and Literacy New York. He is a past President of Cobleskill Partnership Inc, with which he is still involved, and former Board Chairman of the Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce.

During his time as President of Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Stein received the “Kiwanian of the Year” award by the Schoharie Kiwanis Club and was recognized as the Times Journal’s, “Person of the Year.”

Stein earned his B.A. in Biology at the State University of New York at Albany and his M.S. in Hospital and Health Services Administration at Ohio State University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.