Rockland County Official Named President, CEO of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Board of Directors at Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress has named Alexandra S. Obremski to be the organization’s next president and chief executive officer. Obremski, a native of Rockland County, has worked in public service in the Hudson Valley for nearly two decades, including roles in community development and municipal law. She will become Pattern’s seventh president since the organization was founded in 1965.
Obremski’s hire was announced by Pattern officials at its County Leaders Breakfast held at the DoubleTree Poughkeepsie on Wednesday, April 8. She will join the Newburgh, NY-based Pattern for Progress on May 18.
"The opportunity to lead this renowned regional research and planning nonprofit is one I am grateful for and humbled to take on,” Obremski said. “I am excited to expand Pattern’s longstanding commitment to regional planning and its passion for objective research on complex affordability and quality-of-life issues that are critical to the future of the Hudson Valley. I look forward to using my background in public service to continue Pattern’s impressive legacy and doing the work that has benefitted our communities, businesses, and municipalities for more than 60 years.”
“The Pattern for Progress Board of Directors is delighted to welcome Alexandra Obremski as our next President and CEO,” said Mary Beth Bianconi, chair of the Pattern Board. “Her background in community development, and as a public-sector attorney with diverse experience makes her ideally suited for this role. Her lifelong dedication to public service positions her to lead Pattern’s next chapter as the Hudson Valley’s premier research, planning, and civic educational organization. She brings a clear passion for regional planning and evidence-based decision making that will support communities throughout the Hudson Valley as they consider the many challenges and opportunities that are shaping our region.”
Obremski has been the director of the Rockland County Office of Community Development since 2022, where she oversaw the development and implementation of the county’s first comprehensive housing plan. She also led the effort to create and manage Rockland’s $13.5-million Housing Action Loan Opportunity (HALO) fund to develop and preserve affordable and workforce housing. She previously worked for a number of state and local government agencies, including the Rockland County Attorney’s Office, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. In addition, Obremski currently serves in leadership positions for the New York Women’s Affordable Housing Network and the Rockland County Women’s Bar Association.
Obremski will become the first graduate of the Pattern Fellows Program—a regional leadership and education program created in 2007—to become the president of the organization.
She is a graduate of the University at Albany and St. John’s University School of Law. She lives in New City with her husband and four children.
Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress is a nonprofit organization that provides objective research, planning, and educational training throughout the region. Its work identifies civic challenges and promotes regional, equitable, and sustainable solutions to constantly improve the quality of life in Hudson Valley communities. Pattern develops its work upon a considerable foundation of facts and experience, without political aims or affiliations.
Pattern was founded in 1965 by the region's academic, business, and nonprofit leaders. Its work focuses on housing, community and urban planning, downtown revitalization, land use, infrastructure, transportation, demographic change, and more. Pattern serves the counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester.
