2025-26 Scotia-Glenville Board of Education Members

Harold M. “Hal” Talbot

President

Email: HTalbot@sgcsd.net
Telephone: 518-265-2170
Term Expires: 2027

First elected: May 2018
Re-elected: 2021, 2024
Elected vice president: 2021
Elected president: 2022

Harold M. “Hal” Talbot is serving a third term on the board.

Hal has lived in Scotia-Glenville for more than 30 years. Mr. Talbot is a 2023 recipient of the PTA Council’s Honorary Life Membership Founders Day Award for student advocacy.

He is actively involved in sports, serving as the Director of Football for the S-G Junior Tartans and he coaches the S-G Junior Tartans team. Mr. Talbot works as the General Sales Manager at Fogg’s Automotive in Burnt Hills. Through his work, he volunteers and helps raise money and awareness for Things Of My Very Own, the City Mission of Schenectady, Double H Ranch, the American Cancer Society, and various veterans organizations.

Mr. Talbot graduated from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School in 1989 and holds an associate degree from Schenectady County Community College. He has also studied at SUNY Albany and has earned several business certifications. He and his wife, Jodi, have two children and a black lab, Milo. His son Dylan is studying business at Siena College, and Austin “AT,” will graduate SGHS in 2025.

Kimberly C. Talbot

Vice President

Email: KTalbot@sgcsd.net
Telephone: 518-487-9599
Term Expires: 2028

First elected: May 2019
Re-elected: 2022, 2025
Elected Vice President: 2024

Kimberly Talbot is serving a third term on the board and is Vice President.

Mrs. Talbot is a respite worker at AIM Services, where she provides care and support to children with disabilities, helping their caregivers maintain routines and achieve a work-life balance. She studied elementary education at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Lincoln and Warwick campuses, with minors in music education and fine arts. 

Mrs. Talbot co-founded The Fresh Table Pop-up Community Pantry in Scotia-Glenville and has been active in the PTA since 2009, including serving a term as president. She is a past president and current member of the Scotia Rotary Club, where she also serves as District Membership Chair and Rotary Zone Innovative Club Advocate. Her honors include the District 7190 Rotarian of the Year, the DeWitt Clinton Award, the PTA Founders Day Award, and recognition as one of 20 Outstanding Women.

A 23-year resident of Scotia, Mrs. Talbot is deeply involved in the community. She and her husband Joe have three sons: one attending Schenectady County Community College, one at Scotia-Glenville High School, and the youngest at Scotia-Glenville Middle School.

Kimberly Boucher Furnish

Email: kboucherfurnish@sgcsd.net
Telephone: 518-366-5816
Term Expires: 2026

First elected: May 2023

Kimberly Boucher Furnish is serving a first term on the board.

Furnish is currently the SGHS PTSA secretary and SGCSD PTA Council secretary and was formerly the Sacandaga PTA president. She has lived in the area for 16 years and works as assistant counsel at the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance.

She graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in French education and a minor in political science from Longwood University, and she earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Albany Law School.

Furnish is a Friends of Music member, served on the board for the S-G Jr. Tartans football league, and received the PTA Founders Day Honorary Life Membership Award. She and her husband, Mark, have a son in high school.

Pamela S. Carbone

Email: PCarbone@sgcsd.net
Telephone: 518-346-3535
Term Expires: 2026

First elected: May 1996
Re-elected in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2023
Elected president of the Board of Education 2009-2014
Elected vice president: 2022-2024

Pamela S. Carbone is serving a 10th term on the board.

She was elected in 1996 and was board president from 2009 to 2014.

Carbone is a retired science teacher from Schenectady Schools.

A 40-year district resident, Carbone holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from Transylvania University in Kentucky and a master’s degree in physics from Wright State University in Ohio.

She was an active PTA member for years.

Her son and grandson graduated from S-G; and another grandson attends S-G Middle School.

Chad Roberts

Email: CRoberts@sgcsd.net
Telephone: 931-302-1194
Term Expires: 2027

First elected: May 2024

Chad Roberts is currently serving his first term on the board. A retired U.S. Army military police officer, he is a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan. Since moving to Scotia in 2019, Mr. Roberts has been an active member of the community, dedicating his time as a Scotia Rotarian and passionate volunteer

In 2024, he was honored with the PTA Council’s Honorary Life Membership Founders Day Award for his commitment to student advocacy. He now serves as Vice President of the Scotia-Glenville PTA Council and Treasurer of the Glen-Worden PTA. Mr. Roberts previously held roles as President of both the Scotia-Glenville PTA Council and the Glen-Worden PTA, as well as Communications Secretary for the NYS Pride PTSA. Over the years, he has held nearly every leadership position within local PTAs. Mr. Roberts also served for two years as a Parent Member of the SGCSD Committee on Special Education, supporting families with children who have exceptional needs.

His military honors include the Combat Action Badge, the Iraqi Campaign Medal (with three campaign stars), the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (with one campaign star), and the Air Assault Badge. A graduate of Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, SC, he is also an honor graduate of several U.S. Army leadership schools. He has one child currently attending Scotia-Glenville Middle School.

Karnjit Singh

Email: ksingh@sgcsd.net
Telephone: 917-808-0237
Term Expires: May 2026

First elected: May 2023

Karnjit Singh is currently serving a first term on the board.

Singh is a manufacturing technician specialist at SABIC as well as a New York state EMT.  Singh and his wife, Laxmi, have lived in the area for eight years and have been involved in the school district. Mrs. Singh works as a teaching assistant at Glen-Worden. Mr. Singh is an assistant coach on the S-G girls softball team and is a member of the Glen-Worden PTA. For the past five years, Mr. Singh has helped as a volunteer for Glen-Worden “Fun Fridays.”

The Singhs are the parents of three Scotia-Glenville students.

Michael J. Torelli

Email: MTorelli@sgcsd.net
Telephone: 518-971-1358
Term Expires: 2028

First elected: May 2025

Michael J. Torelli is serving a first term on the board.

Mr. Torelli is a lifelong Scotia resident and a 1999 alumni. He is the general manager and owner of Star Roofing, a full-service residential and commercial roofing company. He is also an Eagle Scout, reflecting his long-standing dedication to community service and leadership.

Mr. Torelli holds a degree in actuarial mathematics from the University at Albany. His civic involvement includes serving on the administrative council of the First Reformed Church of Scotia and coaching various youth sports, such as Junior Tartans football, basketball, lacrosse, and soccer. He also served on the board of 50 FC.

Through Star Roofing, he sponsors and supports local organizations such as St. Anne Institute, the Animal Protective Foundation, The Cure Foundation, and Albany Med Cares for Kids.

He and his wife, Susan, have three children: a son at Scotia-Glenville High School, a daughter at Scotia-Glenville Middle School, and another daughter at Lincoln Elementary School.