Perri Ardman is a business consultant and writer currently living in Kinston. She moved to the Hudson Valley in 2002 from the West Coast to be near friends and family. In 2006, she became a grandmother for the first time. She graduated from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary as an interfaith minister in 2008. She has been president of Hudson River Playback Theatre, a steering committee member of Sustainable Hudson Valley, and a volunteer at Benedictine Hospital.

Gai Galitzine is an execuive search consultant who is currrently morphing into an adjunct professor at various colleges, including Long Island University, The Culinary Institute of America and Excelsior College. Born in Dublin, she came to the USA "for six months only" in 1974, promptly met Dimitri, and is still here. Their two children now live in Boston and Brooklyn which gives her time to work on her current old house, to become a better cook and gardener, and hopefully to pursue some other avocations that at the moment she is only thinking about.

Dimitri Galitzine was born in Germany to Russian parents and spent his childhood in South America. He currently does Mechanical Design consulting for The Metropolitan Museum of Art and other interesting clients. He likes to ride his red motorcycle with sidecar and read, fish and think. Plans to do a lot of thinking in cohousing.

Linda Gluck is a freelance graphic designer specializing in social justice organizations, one of the two co-general managers of Ulster County Co-housing, a widow, a mother of two daughters, and a grandmother. An Ulster County resident since 1973, she relishes the slower-paced rural life of family, gardening, cooking, eating, singing, raising chickens, working with her hands, and making sculpture.

Lynne James is a grandmother of three wonderful children. She works as an Occupational Therapist with multiply-handicapped young children. When not working, she enjoys hiking, kayaking, yoga, gardening, music, and the company of her friends and family. She has been a professional potter and still enjoys spending time in her studio and on other creative projects. She is also a peace activist and interested in pursuing a lifestyle which protects and appreciates all living things.

Cameron Rabe has journeyed from Virginia to California to New Jersey to (finally!) the Hudson Valley of New York. He misses sweet Southern accents, but a tour of East Coast cohousing communities convinced him that the rolling hills and friendly folks of Ulster County are home. Cameron works as a CPA, and especially enjoys advising non-profits to help keep them up and running. For fun, he loves to read, travel, fish, hike and play outdoors, do the NY Times crossword, play cello and read some more. He met his wife, Ilyse, on a cross-country walk from LA to NY. He's enjoying his toddler daughter, Bashert. His goal is to someday have a coffee shop called the “Bean Counter”.

Ilyse Simon moved to Kingston from Virginia to be a part of this cohousing community. She enjoys cooking, eating, singing, and loves the creative process in community organizing. Ilyse is a freelance writer and nutrition therapist who works specifically with eating disorders. She is married to Cameron Rabe and the mother of Bashert. She looks forward to making friends with farm animals and likes pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

Bashert Meirav Rabe-Simon is Legacy Farm's youngest member. She loves swimming and kayaking on the pond, and hiking through the tall grasses. On her first visit to the land, she hopped out of her car seat, squirmed out of the car, headed for the hills and didn't stop running. We're still looking for her (just kidding). She loves the land and all the animals on it. She eagerly awaits making new friends and neighbors.

Deborah Robbins and Mike Follman will be moving from Long Island to be part of the Legacy Farm community. They are excited to join such a vibrant community, to live greener, and to enjoy the beauty and culture of the Ulster County area. Deborah has a background in arts administration, theater, and education. In her "past life" she was a mime and a bus driver (though not at the same time), skills that may come in quite handy in cohousing! She likes to cook, share a glass of wine with friends, loves the arts, and long walks. Mike has been retired for two years, "doing nothing well." He had worked as a psychologist for the state of NY for 33 years. This experience required patience and a positive outlook, qualities which will be valuable in cohousing. Mike likes to read, meditate, hike, and loves listening to jazz.

Barbara Sarah has lived in the mid-Hudson Valley since 1988 and began her second career here as an oncology social worker. Founder of the Oncology Support Program at Benedictine Hospital, she now also maintains a Third Opinion private practice as a CancerGuide. Active as a volunteer in local cultural and political activities, she lives in Kingston, poised to relocate to Legacy Farm Cohousing in the near future! She has three astonishing daughters and two amazing grandchildren.

Purnima Linda Schachter has experience living and working in community; for many years she was on staff in a spiritual meditation ashram. Currently she works at SUNY New Paltz with the Center for International Programs. She was born in 1945, grew up on Long Island and has lived in the Mid Hudson area for 15 years. She says travelling to work is amazing; she passes a beautiful waterfall, then a covered bridge over the Wallkill River, also open fields and exquisite mountains. Purnima has visited and stayed at cohousing communities in the Northeast and joined Legacy Farm in the spring of 2010. Some of her hobbies have included kayaking, walking or biking on rail trails, swimming in Legacy Farm’s pond, and vegetarian cooking.

Nancy Schafer has lived in Chatham, NY (Columbia County) for the past fifteen years, with her husband Vagn Visbo. Nancy was a psychologist at Hudson High School until she retired in 2010. She has a part-time private practice. Nancy and Vagn (and Nancy's two children) moved from NYC to Chatham (Columbia County) in 1991. Nancy's young adult children now live back in NYC. Vagn is a Danish master mason, with 10 children (and stepchildren) who live in Miami, Denmark & Sweden. Nancy & Vagn both enjoy travelling & vegetable gardening.

Ellen Sribnick and Pat (Pasha) Clarke have lived in Ulster County for over 40 years. They have been in Rosendale since 1989, where they have restored their 1840’s colonial home. Pasha, retired from the Women’s Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz in 2004, now fills her time gardening, swimming, reading and hanging out with her friends and family. Ellen always needs a creative outlet. She plays the trumpet as therapy, dabbles with the electric bass and alto sax, and often has a camera in her hands. She has been a Massage Therapist for over 30 years, a Fitness Trainer for large women and seniors, and one of the co-general managers of Ulster County Cohousing, LLC since 2005.

Sheilah Davidson and Sean Westlake have lived in Ulster County since 1995, and have recently purchased and moved into the original farmhouse that was part of the cohousing property. They intend to move into the community once it is built. Sheilah has spent her entire adult life as an activist, working for and managing non-profit advocacy organizations. She is currently the Policy Program Manager and Partner Liaison for School Food FOCUS. Sean is a Master Carpenter with over 20 years of experience, who can build or fix anything. Their teenage daughter, Jenny, loves animals, horseback riding and skateboarding.