Eric had a wonderful career as the Chief Financial Officer for several companies on Wall Street and in Tech. But the real central strength of his life has been his Buddhist practice, which began in his late teens. (He periodically disappears into the mountains of Nepal.) Prior to his work with Rhinebeck at Home he helped to build the very successful Columbia Kitchen, feeding people in need in Columbia County.

DeDe Leiber is a longtime Rhinebeck resident. She co-founded the nonprofit movie theater Upstate Films and served as its co-executive director for nearly five decades. She is enjoying her retirement and keeping active in her community. She serves as a board member of both the Rhinebeck Farmers' Market and Rhinebeck at Home. She loves being with her two sons, their families, and her three wonderful grandchildren. She also enjoys being with friends, reading, cooking, baking, knitting, gardening, and playing the NYT Spelling Bee.

Deborah was brought up in the Hudson Valley, and after living in Chicago and Manhattan for many years, she happily settled in Rhinebeck. She believes that engaging with her local community is essential for living a meaningful life. Rhinebeck at Home has given her the opportunity to contribute to an active, supportive community. She also works as a writer and editor for the Bard LLI newsletter.

Laura moved to Rhinecliff after a 45-year career as an academic adviser at Penn State. A graduate of Drexel and Penn State, Laura spent over half a century in Pennsylvania before heading to the Hudson Valley in 2023 for a fresh chapter near close friends. She joined the R@H to contribute to her new community and establish connections to make Rhinebeck feel like home. Laura has two daughters and two grandsons.

Following a 35-year stint in the NYC business world as a market research manager, Anne moved to Rhinebeck in 2011 to be closer to her Hudson Valley family. She enjoys sharing her organizational and administrative skills with the Curriculum Committee at Bard’s Lifetime Learning Institute as well as for Rhinebeck at Home, where she is known by many as “the Office”. Her environmental advocacy is channeled mostly through Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and her spirit is nourished singing with Woodstock-based Ars Choralis. 

Susan was born and raised in New Jersey. She went to college in Colorado and quickly fell in love with the mountains and the western lifestyle. Her love of the mountains took her to Lake Tahoe where she got a job in the casino business and stayed in that business for thirty years. After that Susan sold advertising for a small mountain newspaper. After retiring she moved back to the east coast to be closer to friends and family.

Nina Lynch, Elmira College graduate, retired from Dutchess County Office for the Aging in 2011 after close to nineteen years as the Aging Information Services Specialist, supervising staff and volunteers providing outreach, benefit and health insurance counseling services. Nina has collaborated with others to create community-based organizations designed to help people with transportation, information and home-delivered meals and was a founding member of Meals on Wheels of Greater Hyde Park, Northern Dutchess Caregivers Coalition and Rhinebeck at Home. She is an active volunteer health insurance counselor for New York State.