Little Peaks Board of Directors

Lissa Goldstein owns and operates Wild Work Farm in Keene Valley. Lissa grew up spending time at Rivermede Farm and moved to the Adirondacks in January 2017 from Vancouver, British Columbia where she was working with an agricultural social enterprise. Lissa has a degree in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College where she focused on agriculture and development. She and her husband, Steve, live in Keene Valley with their daughter Frankie. Lissa also serves on the Board of the Adirondack Farmers' Market Cooperative.

Fritz Sabbow, Treasurer, is a long time resident of Keene Valley, previously living in New Hampshire and Maine. Having recently retired from the North Country School as CFO for nearly 10 years, Fritz is enjoying time spent at the Rivermede Farm with his husband, Rob Hastings. Rob is the proprietor of the Rivermede Farm Market in Keene Valley. Aside from Fritz's role on the board at Little Peaks, he also volunteers at the Keene Valley
Congregational Church and the Keene Valley Library. They have two cats and a boston terrier named Abby.

Pam Gothner is currently serving as the secretary for the Little Peaks board. She graduated from Colby College with a B.A. in Art History and spent her early career working in NYC for AFS International, a student exchange organization, and the Brooklyn Museum as the volunteers coordinator. After spending many summers in Keene as a seasonal resident, Pam relocated here in 2002 and began working at The Birch Store. Pam has served as the
secretary and the president of East Branch Friends of the Arts, in various roles on the board of the Keene Valley Congregational Church and as a summit steward on Hurricane Mountain.

Rachel Carter is an organizational consulting analyst with DRG Talent, a nonprofit-focused consulting and executive search firm. She moved to the area nearly 15 years ago. She spent the first 10 of those years at North Country School, where she served as an ESL teacher and houseparent before becoming the Associate Director of Admissions. She continues to live at NCS with her family. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking, and playing board games.

Emily Eisman has lived in Keene since 2013 and is originally from the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Emily has worked at North Country School & Camp Treetops for the past 10 years in Development and is currently the Director of Strategic Initiatives. She has previously served on the Board of the Keene Valley Library Association and is involved as a volunteer with the Upper Jay Art Center. She has a BS from Cornell University. When not working, she and her husband spend time with friends and family hiking, gardening, skiing, cooking, and soaking up all the Adirondacks has to offer. 

Emily Evatt is an Adirondack native. After graduating from Indian Lake Central School then SUNY Oswego and Albany Law School, she moved to Jay in 2015. Emily and her family enjoy many outdoor activities and are so happy to live in such a beautiful place.  Emily is also a board member for the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York and Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc. and is excited to serve on the Little Peaks Board.

Tori Oliver recently retired to Keene after spending nearly two decades living overseas. Tori worked as a political analyst, technical writer, and community liaison officer in various U.S. Embassies in Africa and Asia. She held various leadership roles including President and Treasurer of the American Employees Association at the U.S. Embassy in Mali and Vice Chairperson of the Parent and Teacher Association of the American International School of Mozambique. In her spare time, Tori is an avid tennis player, an eager student of bridge and a slow but steady hiker.

Seasonal residents since 2012, Tori and her husband are thrilled to settle into a community that has warmly welcomed them -- and their now grown children -- every summer.

Personal: Married Leslie Boyle, Middlebury College class of 1971 in June of 1971. Leslie and I have three adult daughters; Bradley, Caitlin and Alison. Career: Entered Financial services industry with New England Mutual in February 1971. Retired as managing partner New England Financial in Syracuse NY April 2006. During my career in Syracuse, NY I served 12 years on the board of the Cazenovia Central School, 6 years on the board of the Onondaga-Madison School Boards Association and 8 years on the board of the CNY School Boards Association. I spent one year on the investment advisory committee to the NYS School Boards Association. I also coached youth soccer in Cazenovia NY for twelve years. Post Retirement: Leslie and I moved to Keene Valley in 2006. Since that time, I have served as the Moderator of the Keene Valley Congregational Church (2012-2018) and head of their annual Stewardship drive for three years (2018-2021). I currently serve on the church’s finance committee. I am also a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Keene Valley Library Association. From 2015 to 2020 I served as treasurer of the Keene Valley Country Club.

Corinne White graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 2010 with a BA in Theatre Studies. Traveling all over in her 20’s, she landed in Brooklyn where she met her husband, Chris. They moved to Jay from the city in 2020. A Vermont native, it was important to raise their child in the sticks, and after a mini-moon to the ADK in 2019, a piece of them never left the High Peaks. The pandemic opened the door to relocate and live the dream full time. In Corinne’s spare time, she likes to run, read, and drink craft beer. 

Corinne recently wrapped up a successful career in technology/startup’s and pivoted to a more satisfying venture, managing The Birch Store in Keene Valley (come say hello!). It’s been a great way for Corinne to meet the community, and with her son at Little Peaks, connect with local families.