Mrs. Curtis has lived in Millerton for 31 years and has long served the area as a community volunteer. From 1976-1991, she worked at Vassar College, first as Assistant Dean of Studies and then as Executive Director of the Friends of Lehman Loeb Art Center. Starting in 1991, she devoted much of her energy to the establishment of the NorthEast Community Center in Millerton and served as the Chairman of the Center’s Board between 1997-2000. She served on the advisory board of the Webutuck School District, the advisory board of the Dutchess Land Conservancy and on the boards of Dutchess Day School in Millbrook, NY and the Glimmerglass Opera Company in Cooperstown, NY. She graduated from Vassar in 1964. Ms. Curtis was a board member of Berkshire Taconic from 1995-2004 and served as its chair from 2000-2002.