Joseph Bond, President
Number of Years Serving as a Board Member: 7 years
Date Current Term Ends: June 2024
Liaison Committee(s) Member: The President is a member of all committees.
Profession\Background: Mr. Bond is a graduate of Valley Central with a Bachelor’s in Health Services Administration and a Masters in Management and Leadership. He has been employed for 32 years by a large health insurance company where he is a Payment Innovation Operations Director.
Family: Joe and his wife, Lisa, live in Montgomery and have a son who attends high school.
Number of Years as a Valley Central Resident: Mr. Bond has been a resident of the district for over 50 years.
Katie McKnight, Vice President
Number of Years Serving as a Board Member: 4 years
Date Current Term Ends: June 2026
Liaison Committee(s) Member: Audit Committee, Health and Safety Committee
Profession\Background: Ms. McKnight is a 1998 graduate of Valley Central and has a BS in Accounting from Siena College and an MS in Accounting from SUNY Albany.
Family: Ms. McKnight resides in Walden with her 2 sons – one is a student at VCHS and the other a student at VCMS.
Number of Years as a Valley Central Resident: Ms. McKnight has been a resident of VC for over 30 years.
Frances Fox-Pizzonia, Trustee
Number of Years Serving as a Board Member: 4 years (on board 2013-2016)
Date Current Term Ends: June 2026
Liaison Committee(s) Member: Policy Committee, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Profession\Background: Ms. Fox-Pizzonia is a graduate of SUNY Oneonta holding a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Educational Psychology. She is also a graduate of Columbia University where she obtained her Master’s degree in Social Work. Ms. Fox-Pizzonia is currently a Health Program Administrator ll with the NYS Department of Health. Prior to this role, Ms. Fox-Pizzonia was a non-profit executive in the field of health care, education and public policy.
Family: Ms. Fox-Pizzonia resides in the Town of Montgomery with her husband, Henry, a Science Teacher and chair of the Valley Central High School Science Department. Their two children Matt (‘09) and Liz (‘15) were graduates of Valley Central High School.
Number of Years as a Valley Central Resident: Ms. Fox-Pizzonia has been a resident of the district for over 19 years.
Sarah Messing, Trustee
Number of Years Serving as a Board Member: 8 years
Date Current Term Ends: June 2025
Liaison Committee(s) Member: Audit Committee, Guidance Committee, Orange County School Boards Association Treasurer and VC BOE Liaison
Profession\Background: Graduate of Valley Central High School in 1996. B.S. in Nursing from the University of Scranton in 2000. After working at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Vassar Brothers Medical Center for many years as a registered nurse, Mrs. Messing is currently at home with her children. She is active in school and youth sports programs.
Family: Mrs. Messing and her husband, Matt, who is also a 1996 Valley Central graduate live in Montgomery with their four children, Peyton, Matthew, Jake and Michael. Their children currently attend the high school and middle school.
Number of Years as a Valley Central Resident: Mrs. Messing has been a resident of the district for over 40 years.
Diana Revoir, Trustee
Number of Years Serving as a Board Member: 5 years
Date Current Term Ends: June 2025
Liaison Committee(s) Member: Wellness Committee, Curriculum Council, Walden Building Committee
Profession\Background: Mrs. Revoir is a Valley Central Graduate and has a Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany and a Master’s degree from SUNY New Paltz, both in Education, as well as additional graduate work beyond her Master’s degree in the education field. Mrs. Revoir was a teacher at Walden Elementary School for 32 years and is now retired but is still interested in helping to direct the educational opportunities available to the children of the VC Community.
Family: Mrs. Revoir is a lifelong resident of the District, growing up in East Coldenham. Mrs. Revoir and her late husband, Dean, lived in Walden for over 20 years where they raised their children, John and Laureena. Mrs. Revoir is the proud grandmother of three grandchildren, with another on the way. Mrs. Revoir still resides in Walden
Number of Years as a Valley Central Resident: Mrs. Revoir has been a resident of VC for over 59 years.
Jane Samuelson, Trustee
Number of Years Serving as a Board Member: 2 years
Date Current Term Ends: June 2025
Liaison Committee(s) Member: Technology Committee, Policy Committee, Wellness committee.
Profession\Background: Mrs. Samuelson works as a professionally licensed civil engineer for Engineering & Surveying Properties located in the
Village of Montgomery. Mrs. Samuelson was also recently employed as the Treasurer for the Hamptonburgh Fire District from 2021-2022.
From 2013-2017, Mrs. Samuelson served on the Montgomery Elementary PTA Board as Vice President and then President. She also served on the Town of Montgomery Comprehensive Plan Committee from 2020-2021.
Mrs. Samuelson currently serves on the Board of Directors and on the Executive, Finance, and Placemaking Committees for Vision Hudson Valley (formerly known as Orange County Citizens Foundation).
Family: Mrs. Samuelson and her family live in the Town of Montgomery. Her daughter is a member of the Class of 2025 at Valley Central High School .
Number of Years as a Valley Central Resident: Mrs. Samuelson has been a resident of VC for 18 years.
Angela Terralavoro, Trustee
Number of Years Serving as a Board Member: 3 years
Date Current Term Ends: June 2024
Liaison Committee(s) Member: VCEF, PTA Council and NYSSBA
Profession\Background: Mrs. Terralavoro is a graduate of Hofstra University, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in International Business. She also is a graduate of Long Island University where she obtained her Master’s degree in School Counseling. In the past, Mrs. Terralavoro was responsible for budgeting and public relations for Vogue Italia magazine which led to few years work on Wall Street, NYC before she became a high school guidance counselor, at Wallkill Senior High School.
Family: Mrs. Terralavoro resides in the Town of Montgomery with her husband, Christofer and has one child who is Valley Central High School 2023 graduate and one child in the high school.
Number of Years as a Valley Central Resident: Mrs. Terralavoro has been a resident of the district for over 19 years.