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Fort William Henry Corp., Lake George’s Oldest and Largest Resort, Names New Executive Leadership Team

 

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. – The Board of Directors of Fort William Henry Corp. has announced the election of a new executive leadership team:

  • Kathryn Flacke Muncil, who has served as Chief Financial Officer for 26 years and Chief Executive Officer for seven years, has been elected chair of the Board of Directors;
  • Sebastian (Sam) J. Luciano, a 35-year employee who has most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of Hotel Operations and a member of the Board of Directors, has been elected President, and
  • Nancy Flacke Reuss has been elected Vice President. Ms. Reuss retired recently as Chief Financial Officer of the New York State Insurance Fund in Albany.

The election follows the death in November of Robert F. Flacke, Chairman of the Board and President of Fort William Henry Corp.  Mr. Flacke led the company for more than 60 years. Ms. Muncil and Ms. Reuss are daughters of Mr. Flacke and have been involved in the operation of the business since they were children.

The first Fort William Henry Hotel opened in 1855. The resort is the oldest and largest resort on Lake George and a pre-eminent New York State tourism business. It hosts thousands of visitors each year at its Fort William Henry Hotel and Conference Center in the center of the Village of Lake George, its Best Western Hotel at Exit 21 of the Adirondack Northway, its restored historic British fort and museum, the site of a pivotal 1757 French and Indian War battle, and its restaurants and retail shops.

Ms. Muncil, a former certified public accountant, was previously the CFO of Spaulding Investment Co. in Burlington, Mass., a leading real estate and property investment group, and a supervisor at the national accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) before returning to her hometown of Lake George and her family business in 1993 as Fort William Henry’s Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Muncil graduated from The College of the Holy Cross where she was captain of the Woman’s Basketball Team. She is a former chair and current member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association, former member of the Board of Trustees of the BankBoston 1784 Mutual Funds and former member of the Board of Advisers of the Capital District YMCA.

Mr. Luciano joined Fort William Henry 35 years ago and has overseen its hotels, retail stores and restaurants, facilities, guest satisfaction, employee relations, purchasing, information technology and major events. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Best Western Hotels. He taught “Principles of Hotel Management” at SUNY Adirondack and is a former member of the SUNY Adirondack Business Curriculum Advisory Board, former president of the Voluntary Action Center Board of Directors, and a former member of the Warren County Tourism Select Committee. He was awarded a U.S. patent in 2016 for an innovative bed base design.

Ms. Reuss is a trustee of The Fund for Lake George. She retired recently after devoting more than 37 years to service in New York State government. She oversaw the integration of the New York State Banking and Insurance departments into the Department of Financial Services. She represented the state Budget Director on numerous public authority boards including the New York State Dormitory Authority, New York State Housing Finance Authority, Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation and the State of New York Mortgage Agency.  At the State Division of the Budget, she served as assistant chief budget examiner overseeing Transportation, Environment, Energy and Economic Development, executive agencies with more than 8,000 employees and annual spending of more than $1.7 billion annually. She is also a graduate of The College of the Holy Cross.

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