Local Leaders

People and institutions that shape the Capital Region and the Hudson Valley.

Michael Bloomberg founded Bloomberg L.P., served three terms as New York City mayor, ran for president in 2020 and became…

By Colleen Mahoney · Mar 22, 2026

Melville lived in Lansingburgh, now part of Troy, from 1838. He wrote his first book, Typee, in the family house…

By Priya Venkatesan · Mar 13, 2026

Born enslaved in Ulster County around 1797, Isabella Baumfree walked to freedom and won a court case to free her…

By Colleen Mahoney · Feb 3, 2026

Indra Nooyi led PepsiCo for 12 years as CEO. A look at her path from Madras to Yale, the deals…

By Walter Brinkerhoff · Jan 21, 2026

In 1864 Kate Mullany, a young Irish immigrant, led Troy laundresses to form one of the first lasting women's unions…

By Jamal Whitaker · Dec 23, 2025

A profile of Jamie Dimon, the Queens-raised CEO of JPMorgan Chase since 2005, tracing his path from American Express and…

By Priya Venkatesan · Nov 22, 2025

FDR was born at Springwood in Hyde Park in 1882. He built the first presidential library there and is buried…