Two named to hospital board

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. >> South Glens Falls native William Hart has been named to Glens Falls Hospital’s board of governors.

A Fort Edward resident, he is vice president of U.S. business operations for Irving Tissue.

During his 20 year tenure with the company, Hart has held various positions including senior manager of strategic projects, financial services manager, controller and cost accountant. He is a member of the Capital Region Economic Development Council and the SUNY Adirondack Foundation Board.

Hart attended SUNY Adirondack and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from SUNY Utica/Rome and an MBA from the College of St. Rose in Albany. He is a longtime supporter of regional girls youth sports programs and joined the Glens Falls Hospital Foundation board in 2016. Queensbury resident William Powers, Jr. has is also new to the hospital board. Before retiring in 2011, Powers spent 25 years in senior executive positions in the oil heat and propane industries, most recently as president of Heritage Propane, then a division of Energy Transfer Partners, the third largest distributor of propane in the U.S. at the time.

Prior experience has included leadership of some of the most influential oil and propane marketers in the country. He was president of Petroleum Heat and Power (Petro), and president and CEO of Star Gas Corporation/LP. Powers graduated from the University of Notre Dame and earned his MBA at the University of Vermont.

In retirement, he formed WGP Holdings, LLC, an investment management company. He is on the North Country Ministry Board of Directors and has been a member of the Glens Falls Hospital Foundation board since 2015.