Prior to joining the council’s team, Scherline was director of donor engagement for the Adirondack Foundation, a regional community-foundation, based in Lake Placid. Rogers was director of development for the UVM Health Network-Elizabethtown Community Hospital.

“With the new year comes an amazing opportunity to welcome two new senior staff members to the Adirondack Council,” said Adirondack Council Executive Director Raul J. Aguirre. “Janine and Elizabeth are fantastic individuals who are leaders in their fields and have exceptional talents that match well with the needs of the organization at this time. Both will begin the week of Jan. 15.”

Scherline will fill an existing director position, while Rogers will take on a newly created senior position focused on operational and strategic planning priorities. Both positions are part of the council’s leadership team.

“Janine will take the position that was vacated when our friend and colleague Debbie Pastore left in mid-July,” Aguirre said. “She will work with our board of directors and with Assistant Director of Development Nicholle Gotham, who has been carrying a heavy workload since Deb’s departure this past summer.

Janine Scherline (Provided photo)

In addition to her work for the Adirondack Foundation, Scherline worked for the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Mountain Lake Public Television in Plattsburgh, and organizations promoting arts from Lake Placid to London, England.

In addition to her work for the Elizabethtown Hospital, Rogers worked in public affairs for the National Park Service at the Fire Island National Seashore on Long Island, and at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine. She also worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and The Wild Center in Tupper Lake.