Deborah Mullaney, Secretary

Deborah Mullaney has been a member of the Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees since 2003 and currently serves as secretary. She is a former chair of the Ellis Medicine Foundation Board of Trustees.

Mrs. Mullaney has provided leadership to numerous community organizations over the years. In addition to her work at Ellis Medicine, Mrs. Mullaney is a board member of the Boys and Girls Club Auxiliary in Schenectady and the Niskayuna Community Partnership Management Team.

While Mrs. Mullaney was raising her four children, she volunteered many hours of her time to various civic groups, including service as: a past president of the Junior League of Schenectady; a past president of the Northeast Parent & Child Society, Schenectady; a past president of the Schenectady Theatre for Children Guild Board, Schenectady; founder and past chair of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Schenectady; and she has worked extensively as a member and past president of the Niskayuna school systems Parent Teacher Organizations.

She has been honored for her service with such awards as the YWCA Woman of Achievement, the Junior League of Schenectady Volunteer of the Year, and as an inductee into the Niskayuna High School Hall of Fame.

Mrs. Mullaney currently works as an admissions interviewer at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Previously, she was director of volunteer services at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady, a substitute teacher in the local school districts, and an office administrator at General Electric Real Estate & Construction Operation in Schenectady.

Mrs. Mullaney earned a master's degree in history from the State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, and her bachelor's degree in American history from Connecticut College in New London, CT.