New Director Named at Arc of Orleans County

The Boards of both Genesee Arc and The Arc of Orleans County are pleased to announce that Donna Saskowski, current Executive Director at Genesee ARC will be assuming similar responsibilities at The Arc of Orleans County.  Donna will work collaboratively with Pattie Kepner, who has served Orleans well during her Interim Executive Director tenure.  Pattie, in accordance with her request will once again assume her duties at The Arc of Orleans County focused on quality and compliance.

Donna’s role as Executive Director for both Genesee and Orleans is based on the terms of a Management Service Agreement developed by a joint Board Task Force and unanimously approved by each Chapter’s Board of Directors.  Donna, Pattie and the joint Board Task Force will continue to work together to identify and implement opportunities for the two chapters to integrate and share services, where appropriate, with the primary objectives of improving cost effectiveness and improving the quality of services provided by each chapter.

It is expected that Donna will serve in this dual role for at least the remainder of 2015, with the Board Task Force continuing to discuss and evaluate how the two chapters can best work together on a prospective basis.

Please welcome Donna in her now role at Orleans and be assured that she has the full support of each Chapter Board and will be assisted by Pattie Kepner in transitioning to her new responsibilities.  Donna may be contacted at dsaskowski@arcoforleans.org or (585) 589-5516 ext. 222.