A Message from Our President, Mary Pat Donnelly

On June 27, 2025, Rensselaer County District Attorney (DA) Mary Pat Donnelly was sworn in as DAASNY President.

DA Donnelly has served as Rensselaer County District Attorney since January 2019. Prior to her election, DA Donnelly was employed for over 20 years by the Office of Court Administration as an Associate Court Attorney in Albany City Court. In November 2012, DA Donnelly was elected Judge of the East Greenbush Town Court. She presided over thousands of cases before resigning to commence her successful run for District Attorney.

DA Donnelly is a 1997 graduate of Albany Law School. Immediately after law school, she was admitted to practice in the State of Vermont and served as a Deputy State’s Attorney for Bennington County before her return to New York State.

Family & Community Service

Mary Pat Donnelly is married to Patrick Donnelly, who retired as Detective Sergeant from the Albany Police Department in 2020. Two of their five children are students in the East Greenbush Central School District and her three oldest are current college students. DA Donnelly is active in her community, as a volunteer with the East Greenbush Central School District, Street Soldiers Rensselaer, as a teacher of Faith Formation at St. Mary’s of Clinton Heights, and formerly as Public Relations Director of the East Greenbush Girls Softball League.  Along with her husband, Patrick, DA Donnelly was awarded the 2025 Volunteer of Distinction Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Upstate New York and Vermont.

Awards & Accomplishments

Mary Pat Donnelly is a founding member of the Timothy J. Murphy Foundation, named in honor of her late father. Since 2006, the Foundation has awarded over $200,000 in college scholarships to children and grandchildren of first responders.

In 2015, DA Donnelly was recognized by the East Greenbush Central School District by her induction into the Columbia High School Hall of Fame, for her accomplishments and commitment to community service.