On Thursday, November 17, Leilani Ulrich delivered her opening remarks as she presided over her first meeting as the Adirondack Park Agency’s (APA) newly appointed chairwoman.
Her appointment had been announced last week by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. Following is a transcript of Ulrich’s address to the APA board of commissioners.
Today is history. My name is Leilani Crafts Ulrich. As the first woman Chair of the Adirondack Park Agency—the first chair from Herkimer County, I welcome the first APA Commissioner from St. Lawrence County to sit at table with the first woman APA Executive Director, as this Agency begins deliberation of the largest project ever to come before the APA.
For my Mother, my daughters-in-law and granddaughters—for girls and women known and unknown, I am delighted to mirror each of our aspirations and to have the privilege of building on the work I have done in the past seven years here at the Agency and now in my appointment as Chairwoman. My thanks to my predecessors for their service and dedication to this agency and for their efforts which paved the way for this day. And my deepest thanks to Gov. Cuomo for his trust and confidence in conferring this historic honor.
