Communications & Marketing
Media Requests
The office of Communications & Marketing welcomes media requests. Reporters seeking comment from Albany Medical Center, The Albany Med Health System, or any of our member hospitals, or those seeking interviews with our physicians, should email the Communications and Marketing staff (see below) or call 518-262-3421.
Communications & Marketing Staff
Matt Markham
Vice President, Communications and Marketing
[email protected]
Beth Engeler
Assistant Vice President, Communications
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Sue Ford
Director of Communications
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Media contact for student activities and academics, college affairs,
PA program, CRNA program, cardiology, surgery,
vascular surgery, neurology
Cassie Nelson
Manager of Communications
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Media contact for biomedical research, student research, urology,
plastic surgery, infectious disease, Covid-19,
pulmonology
Leanne DeRosa
Senior Content Specialist
[email protected]
Media contact for pediatrics, OB/GYN,
radiology, ENT
Greg Fry
Senior Content Specialist
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Media contact for bioethics, emergency care,
HIV/AIDS, primary care, anesthesiology,
orthopedics, sports medicine, psychiatry, PT/OT
Jim Smith
Manager of Foundation Communications
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Media contact for the Albany Medical Center
Foundation, cancer
Mary McQuade
Administrative Coordinator
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Member Hospitals
Ray Agnew
Glens Falls Hospital
Vice President of Hospital and Community Engagement
518-926-5900
[email protected]
Kristen Bielefeldt
Columbia Memorial Health
Marketing Manager
518-697-5288
[email protected]
Darlene Olivieri Alvarado
Saratoga Hospital
Director of Marketing and Communications
518-583-8459
[email protected]
Jillian Casey
Saratoga Hospital
Coordinator of Community Marketing
518-583-8459
[email protected]
Liza Rucinski
Glens Falls Hospital
Director of Communications and Marketing
518-926-5901
[email protected]
Marketing and Graphics
Eli Fanning
Director of Marketing
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Robert Sager
Senior Marketing Specialist
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Lori Hansen
Graphic Services Manager
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Internal, Web, and Digital Communications
David Gardinier
Director of Digital Media
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Jill Spadaro
Manager of Internal Communications
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Emily Drew
Senior Internal Communications Specialist
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David Nicklaw
Senior Digital Media Specialist
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Daniel Fitzsimmons
Web Content Specialist
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