Kevin Chlad

Deputy Director

Kevin joined the Adirondack Council staff in 2011. He supports the Executive Director in strategic and operational decision-making, leading the Council’s Albany-based Government Relations team. In his time at the Council, Kevin has secured millions of dollars in conservation funding and the passage of multiple constitutional amendments. Kevin has also secured passage of important policy victories, making “clean, drain, dry” protocols mandatory for motorized watercraft in the Adirondacks and establishing the Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force. Kevin is honored to be a recipient of the Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award and has been named to City and State Magazine’s “Energy and Environment Power 100“ and “Who’s Who in Government Relations” lists. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys the outdoors with his wife and three children.