David Dellehunt
Kinderhook Town Justice
Judge David Dellehunt is completing his fourth year as the presiding Kinderhook village justice, after having served as the acting village justice for eight years. He has also served as the acting City Court judge in both the Hudson and Troy. Since 2008, Dave has been employed by the New York State Unified Court System, Third District Administrative Office, as Special Counsel to the Town and Village Courts in the Third Judicial District.
Dave previously worked two years as a Court Attorney in the Office of Third District Administrative Judge George B. Ceresia, Jr. and nine years as the Principal Law Clerk to Supreme Court Justice John G. Connor. Prior to that time he was engaged in the private practice of law for 10 years and also served as the Corporation Counsel for the City of Rensselaer.
Dave is a graduate of Union College and Albany Law School and has resided in the Village of Kinderhook with his wife Laura, daughter Rachel, and son Matt for the past 15 years.
Over the past 15 years, Dave has been involved in numerous community activities including St. John’s CYO, Crane Youth Soccer, Kinderhook Soccer, Northern Columbia Little League, Ichabod Crane Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball, Uncle Sam AAU Basketball, Hudson Rotary Club, the Columbia County Bar Association, and both the Kinderhook Town and Village Recreation Commissions.
He is a member of the Town of Kinderhook Recreation Commission, Village of Kinderhook Recreation Commission, the New York State Magistrate’s Association, the Columbia County Magistrate’s Association and St. Luke’s Church. Dave also presently serves as the Secretary to the Board of Directors of both the Northern Columbia Little League and Uncle Sam Lady Hoopsters, and is the Assistant Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach at Ichabod Crane.
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Wendy Bopp
Kinderhook Town Board
Wendy has been a member of the Kinderhook Democratic Committee for many years, and currently serves as its co-chair. She is the past president of the Kinderhook Democratic Social Club and a 20-year member of the Columbia County Democratic Committee. Wendy served on the Kinderhook Zoning Board of Appeals from 2002 through 2006.
Wendy is a graduate of Russell Sage College with a B.A in European History/Secondary Education, and earned an M.S. in Special Education from College of St. Rose. After raising her two children, Wendy returned to St. Rose where she finished her education with a M.S. in Educational Administration. She is currently employed as an educational supervisor at Greene Correctional Facility.
Wendy has also served on the Vestry of St. Paul’s Church in Kinderhook and participated in numerous other volunteer activities. Her husband, Daniel is a volunteer fireman and a member of the Kinderhook Elks. Her children, Jeanne and Montgomery, are both graduates of Ichabod Crane schools. In 1998, she was acknowledged for outstanding service to the Stuyvesant Recreation Committee.
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Peter Bujanow
Kinderhook Town Board
Peter Bujanow has served as a Kinderhook town councilman for a total of eleven years, from 2008 to present and from 1995 to 2001. Among his many activities during his tenure on the board, he was deputy town supervisor from 2000 to 2001, and he has chaired the energy, local law and code review, comprehensive plan implementation and comprehensive plan review committees and was project coordinator for the construction of the new town highway garage and salt storage building.
Peter has been employed as a purchasing coordinator for the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York for the past 16 years and is professionally certified as a fraud examiner, government financial manager and mediator.
He is a graduate of Siena College and holds a master’s degree in public administration from Sage Graduate School. He also earned certificates in labor relations studies for both collective bargaining and contract administration from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and is a graduate of the Leadership Columbia County program of the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce.
Peter has also served on the Ichabod Crane School Board and the Town Board of Assessment Review, as well as on the boards of directors of the Mid-Hudson Library System, Columbia County Libraries Association, Valatie Free Library, Columbia County School Boards Association, Friends of Lindenwald, Northern Columbia County Pop Warner Football Association and O.K. Kids, a not-for-profit child care organization.
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Kimberly Pinkowski
Kinderhook Town Clerk
Kimberly Pinkowski has been town clerk for the Town of Kinderhook since 2001. She concurrently serves as public relations officer, recording secretary, records management officer, filing officer, licensing officer and registrar of vital statistics. She has received and implemented five Local Government Records Improvement grants for records management, totaling over $82,000.
Kimberly is also the Meals on Wheels coordinator for the Town of Kinderhook, scheduling drivers for the delivery of lunches to the senior residents of Valatie, Niverville and the Village of Kinderhook. Prior to becoming clerk, she worked for a number of years as secretary for several town government boards.
A registered municipal clerk since 2006, Kimberly was recently appointed district director for District 3 of the New York State Town Clerks Association. This leadership position mentors other clerks and acts as a liaison between the Association and the counties of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie and Otsego. She is past president of the Columbia-Greene Town Clerks Association.
Kimberly and her husband of 30 years, Ron, live in Valatie, where they raised four sons -- Ronald Jr., Chad, Dillon and Zachary. She is the proud grandmother of three, with a fourth grandchild on the way.
Kimberly enjoys working for and with the people of Kinderhook, and would be honored to continue to serve as town clerk for an additional term.
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Gary Simpkins
Kinderhook Town Tax Collector
Gary Simpkins believes regular change is needed to be sure our tax dollars are being handled correctly. We have recently made progress in that direction, but more needs to be done. Gary is running to offer a clearer view of the town's tax collections and better service to the people that pay them.
Gary retired from New York State service after 30 years in the audit and administration areas. He has served on the Town of Kinderhook Board of Assessment Review, and is a former Certified Government Financial Manager and past member of the Association of Government Accountants and Internal Control Association.
Gary lives in the Village of Kinderhook, where he and his wife Bonnie and raised their two children, Audrey and Aaron. An avid car enthusiast and sportsman, he has been treasurer of the Glencadia Rod & Gun Club and the Kinderhook Youth Runners Club, the “Glencadia Bullets”, for many years.
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