CMH Annual Ball

June 2025

Columbia Memorial Health Raises $480,000 at Annual Ball

2025-06-16T17:04:35+00:00

HUDSON, N.Y. June 11, 2025 – Hundreds of benefactors and friends joined together on June 7 to attend the Columbia Memorial Health (CMH) Foundation’s 37th Annual Ball at The Wire Event Center in Coxsackie, raising $480,000 to support CMH’s network of health care services in Columbia and Greene counties. The annual gala honored Mr. Kirk Kneller, chair of the CMH Hospital Advisory Board, and member of the Albany Med Health System board, and the joint board of governors for Albany Medical Center, Columbia Memorial Health, and Glens Falls Hospital. Kneller is also a member of the CMH Foundation Board of Trustees. The event featured a live auction to support a new Ambulatory Surgical Center at Greene Medical Arts in Catskill. The Center will be the only one in the Mid-Hudson Valley, a viable model that will attract new patients, and significantly enhance the quality of care and breadth of services available to patients. The state-of-the-art facility will feature new operating and procedural rooms and enhanced cardiac care services. The Center will serve the counties of Columbia and Greene, which have a combined population of over 111,000. “We are humbled by the generosity of [...]

Columbia Memorial Health Raises $480,000 at Annual Ball2025-06-16T17:04:35+00:00

April 2025

37th Annual CMH Hospital Ball to Honor Kirk Kneller

2025-04-30T17:58:06+00:00

HUDSON, N.Y. April 30, 2025 – The Columbia Memorial Health (CMH) Foundation will honor Mr. Kirk Kneller at the 37th Annual Hospital Ball June 7 at The Wire Event Center in Coxsackie. The Foundation is honoring Kneller for his dedicated service and enthusiastic leadership to CMH and the Albany Med Health System. Kneller, of Ghent, was appointed to the Columbia Memorial Health Board of Trustees in 2014. He served as treasurer from 2020 to 2022 and board chair from 2022 to 2024. He is currently a member of the Albany Med Health System board as well as the joint board of governors for Albany Medical Center Hospital, Columbia Memorial Health, and Glens Falls Hospital. Kneller has been the chair of the CMH Hospital Advisory Committee since 2024 and has served on committees guiding hospital finance, governance, compensation, audit, staff credentialing, performance improvement, planning, and pensions. He is also a member of the CMH Foundation board of trustees since 2016. Kneller has long ties to Columbia County. He is the president of Kneller Insurance Agency, which has locations in Chatham, Valatie, and Copake. He purchased what was then known as the Lofgren Agency, Inc. [...]

37th Annual CMH Hospital Ball to Honor Kirk Kneller2025-04-30T17:58:06+00:00
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