The Catskill Chronicle

Story and photos by Carol Montana

When you speak with Jeremy Gorelick, you get the feeling he’s never met a challenge he didn’t like.

The newly elected chairman of the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce, which just celebrated its 35th year, comes to the post with a solid background in business, finance and economics, having majored, at Johns Hopkins University, in International Studies with a minor in entrepreneurship and management for his Bachelor’s Degree, then getting his Master’s in International Economics with a minor in Eastern European Economies.  And he’s a Phi Beta Kappa, and he got his Bachelor’s in three years instead of the requisite four, and just to keep everything well rounded, he minored in music performance.

And yet, working in high finance, even while experiencing the accompanying glamorous nightlife, was not what Gorelick wanted to do. “I was somewhere in the Middle East and I’m thinking, ‘how did I get here?’ It was moving too quickly … which made me question some things and realize there were better opportunities for me to channel my energy …”

At that point in time, Gorelick’s father, Jerrold, founder of Emanon Equities, a well-established, successful development company on Long Island, asked his son to work with him. “I didn’t want to work with him immediately,” says the younger Gorelick, “so I did development and consulting for him and other developers on Long Island. And my dad realized that it would be smart for him to hire me to work with the company. I told him I’d only work if I was president of the company.”

Jeremy reports that, while it was a difficult adjustment for his father, the pair eventually “found their groove.” But, looking for new challenges, the younger Gorelick decided to come to Sullivan County where his family had property. “I came here with the idea of developing property in [the Town of] Fallsburg. We started with plans for 550 residential units and about 85,000 square feet of commercial property, then scaled it back to 350 residential and 45,000 square feet of commercial. It’s on Route 52 in Woodbourne right at the Sullivan–Ulster border.” …

To read the full story go to – New Chairman Brings His Can-Do Background to Sullivan County Chamber in the new Sullivan Faces Section of The Catskill Chronicle or just click on the link.