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Board of Directors
Terrence Hammill - Chairman of the Board
Richard Atkins - Vice Chairman - Executive Committee
Thomas Gillen - Secretary/Treasurer - Executive Committee
Thomas W. Schneider - Executive Committee
Alfred Archer
David Buske
John Kares Smith
Kathryn Torba
Terrence Hammill – Chairman of the Board
Dr. Terrence M. Hammill taught biology at SUNY-Oswego (1971-2002), chairing its Biology Department for seven years (1990-1996). At his retirement, he held the rank, Distinguished Teaching Professor. Prior to his employment at SUNY-Oswego, Hammill earned degrees at SUNY-Potsdam (B.S., 1963), the University of Georgia (M.Ed., 1968), SUNY College of Forestry and Syracuse University (Ph.D., 1971). During his academic career, Dr. Hammill was the recipient of numerous National Science Foundation scholarships and research grants, and several research and teaching awards. While a faculty member at SUNY-Oswego, Hammill was twice elected Mayor of Oswego, and served eight years (1992-1999). While mayor, Hammill also served on the NYS Fire Prevention and Building Codes Council (1994-1999), the NYS Canal Recreationway Commission (1993-1998), and on various panels/committees for the NYS Conference of Mayors. Hammill has also served on many community organizations, including Oswego Zoning Board of Appeals, Oswego City Planning Board (Chair), Oswego Economic Development Zone (EDZ) Board of Directors (Chair), Oswego Hospital Planning Committee, Oswego County Opportunities Board of Directors, Oswego Hot Stove Association (Little League), Oswego Maritime Foundation, Success by Six Advisory Board and Policy Council, and more. Dr. Hammill has traveled widely for professional reasons, giving lectures in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and Canada. While Mayor of Oswego, Hammill traveled and spoke widely in the United States, Canada, France, and three times in Russia. Dr. Hammill is married to Martha Trembley Hammill, who retired after nearly thirty years as a teacher at Leighton Elementary School and, for several semesters as a Supervisor of Student Teachers for SUNY-Oswego. Martha Hammill has also been very active in the Oswego community, and was named Oswego City School District Teacher of the Year in 1983. They have two sons and four grandchildren.
Richard Atkins – Vice Chairman – Executive Committee
Richard L. Atkins is a graduate of SUNY Morrisville, with continuing education classes at SUNY Oswego and the University of Southern Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army, with an extended tour of combat duty in Viet Nam. Upon his return, he was hired by the Nestle Food Company, where he eventually retired from, after 34 years of employment, after rising through the ranks from Quality Control Microbiologist at the Fulton, New York facility, to the position of Supply Chain Manager, with responsibility for planning, scheduling, purchasing, warehousing, and shipping and receiving for not only the Fulton plant, but several other co-manufacturing locations throughout the U.S. His employment with Nestle included time spent as QC Manager at their plants in, Marysville, Ohio, Granite City, Illinois and Freehold, New Jersey. In 1980 he was promoted to Nestle Corporate Headquarters in White Plains, New York, as the Corporate Quality Control Manager for the Coffee, Tea and Water Division, with primary responsibility for manufacturing facilities located in New Jersey, Illinois, Oklahoma, Ohio, Canada and Puerto Rico. During his professional career, Atkins chaired numerous team building and cost efficiency committees, and worked closely with corporate marketing on new product rollouts for Fulton and several other facilities. He was a member of the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), International Food Technologists (IFT) and American Management Association (AMA). Atkins has served his city as a member of the Oswego City Board of Assessment Review and is member of the Oswego County Historical Society, Friends of the Library, The Ancient Order of Hibernians and is a supporter and volunteer for Harborfest. His service in local government included being elected to the Oswego City Common Council, serving 2 terms from 1996 to 2000 and one term in 2006 to 2007. Atkins was elected to council President in 1999 and Vice President in 2006 and also served as Chairman of Administrative Services Committee. Atkins is married to the former Donna Riley and they live in the city of Oswego, and are the proud parents of a daughter Erin, who, along with her husband Rich, have given Dick and Donna two wonderful grandsons, who are the light of their lives.Thomas Gillen – Secretary/Treasurer – Executive Committee
Thomas Schneider – Executive Committee
Tom Schneider has served as President and CEO of Pathfinder Bank since January 2000. Mr. Schneider has been employed by Pathfinder Bank since April 1988 and previously served as Chief Financial Officer and as Controller. Mr. Schneider has spent his entire 23-year career in the Financial Services industry being previously employed by Merrill Lynch & Co. and J. Henry Schroeder Bank and Trust. Mr. Schneider received his Masters in Business Administration from Fairfield University in May 2002 and his Batchelor of Arts in Economics from the SUNY Cortland May 1983. Mr. Schneider has been involved in numerous professional, trade and civic organizations throughout his career. He is Board President for Springside at Seneca Hill, an independent adult congregative living facility, a board member and Audit Committee Chairman of the Port of Oswego Authority and is a board member of Oswego Health. He is a board member of the New York Bankers Association, and was Chairman of the 2006 Smaller Member Bankers Conference. He served on the board and as officer for the Community Bankers Forum, including Chairman in 2001. Mr. Schneider has also served on the boards of Home Aides of Central New York, the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Small Business Program, the Greater Oswego Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Oswego County and the Oswego YMCA.
An Oswego native, Al is employed by Constellation Energy and has worked in the Nuclear Industry for 25 years. He has served as the Vice President and President of the Oswego Softball Association, is a member of the Oswego Elks Lodge, volunteer for Oswego County Special Olympics, and assistant basketball coach at Oswego High school and SUNY Oswego. Al was elected to the Oswego Common Council in 1998 and served as Chairman of the Physical Services Committee while also being a member of the Audit/Budget Committees and the Planning/Development Committees. Al is a committee member for Planning and Development and Governance at the Port. He is the father of two sons, Al and Brandon.
David W. Buske is a resident of Oswego and has been a member of the Port Authority Board of Directors since 2001.Currently the Traffic Administrator with Novelis, Dave has been with the company for more than a decade. Prior to his employment with Novelis, Dave was the Warehouse Coordinator for Lakeshore Warehousing. Dave has served as the Chairman of the Oswego County Board of Appeals and also served as Board member of the Oswego County Energy Utilization Board. Dave and his wife Jean are the parents of three boys, David, Brian and Jonathan.
Dr. John Kares Smith has over thirty years experience serving the faculty of SUNY-Oswego and the Oswego community. He is a recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service award, presented by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity "for dedication and service to the college and Oswego
community." He is also a Recipient of the International Awareness and Peace Award, presented by The Coalition for Peace Education for Outstanding Dedication to Peace Education and Leadership in 2000. Dr.
Smith has earned the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching bestowed by the Chancellor of the State University of New York, "in recognition of superb performance as a classroom teacher." He is also a
recipient of the State of New York and United University Professions Excellence Award for Professional Service, given to "exemplary faculty and professionals in the Professional Services Negotiating Unit in recognition of sustained, outstanding performance and superior service to the State University and to the State of New York." Since 2000, he has been included in Who's Who Among American Teachers and has been profiled in the Directory of American Scholars. No stranger to community service, Dr. Smith has served as a member of the Board of Assessment Review for the city of Oswego and as a member and Vice-Chairman of the Oswego Zoning Board of Appeal. He and his spouse, Dr. Jean Troy-Smith have lived on Oswego’s West 6th Street for the past thirty four years.