Background
Russell, Joel Samuel was born on November 21, 1949 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Richard Alexander and Eleanor (Mann) Russell.
Russell, Joel Samuel was born on November 21, 1949 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Richard Alexander and Eleanor (Mann) Russell.
AB cum laude, Harvard College, 1972. Master in Urban Affairs, Boston University, 1974. Juris Doctor, Boston University, 1978.
Lawyer, planner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Boston, 1977-1978; associate, Clark, McGlennon Associations, Boston, 1978-1979; senior research fellow, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, N.H., 1979-1982; land preservation director, Scenic Hudson, Inc., Poughkeepsie, New York, 1982-1984; executive director, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, New Haven, 1984-1985; executive director, Dutchess Land Conservancy, Bangall, New York, 1985-1988; principal, Woodlea Associations, Northampton, Massachusetts, since 1988. Board member Conway (Massachusetts) School Landscape Design, 1992-1997, chair, since 1997.
Board member Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., Poughkeepsie, 1985-1987. Chair Committee on Dutchess County 2000 and Beyond, Poughkeepsie, 1987-1988. Member American Bar Association, American Planning Association, New York State Bar Association, Congress for the New Urbanism.
Married Laura Cornwall Ramsey, June 15, 1971 (divorced June 1990). Children: Samuel, Jonathan. Married Carla M. Cooke, September 23, 1990.