Background

Education

Master’s Degree in Public Administration
Concentration in State and Local Finance
Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
July 1992

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology
State University of New York at Oneonta
May 1984

National Development Council Economic Development Finance Professional Certification
1997

Education Other

SCUBA Certified Diver
2008

Leadership Cayuga 
1996

Public Service

Member Cayuga County Economic Development Agency (CEDA) Board of Directors

Member Cayuga Community Fund Leadership Council

Executive Committee Member YMCA Board, Board Development Committee

Founding Member of the Women’s Business Network of Cayuga County

Founder and Trustee of the Cayuga Women’s Business Trust Fund

Frequent speaker and panelist for local organizations and conferences

Past Service

Cayuga County Legislator, 15th District 2009-2013

Central New York Regional Planning Board Member 2012-2013

Board of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Auburn, Treasurer and Search Committee Member

C.H.A.D. (Confidential Help for Alcohol and Drugs) Board 

Central NY Women’s Fund Governance Council

Ex-Officio member Auburn Downtown Business Improvement District Board

Cayuga Chamber of Commerce Governmental Relations sub-committee

Member of the Metropolitan Development Association’s Regional Upstate New York Initiative

Membership/Affiliations

Auburn YMCA-WEIU

Friends of Seward House

Cayuga Museum

Community Preservation Committee

Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center

Unitarian Universalist Church of Auburn

Awards and Recognitions

Phyllis Goldman Encouragement Award for Women 2010

Friend of Cornell Cooperative Extension for New York State 2005

Leadership Cayuga Leadership Award 2003

Women in Business Syracuse Region 2003

40/40 Leaders of the Syracuse Region 2001

References

Available upon request