THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER & ONEIDA COUNTIES ELECTS NEW TRUSTEES
The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties elected four new members to its Board of Trustees at its annual meeting.
Newly elected are Lori Kaplan Felice of Rome, CA Kaplan Company; Keith Fenstemacher of New Hartford, retired administrator of Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare; Joseph Hobika, Sr., Esq. of Utica, attorney with Callanen, Foley & Hobika, LLP; and Mary Morse of Mohawk, owner of Kwik-Kut Manufacturing.
George Aney, Esq., John Livingston, Esq., Sheila Smith and William R. Stevens, Esq. retired from the board after serving collectively for a total of 34 years. A term for trustees is three years, which may be extended to a limit of three, three-year terms.
Returning as trustees are Chair-Elect Larry Bull of Herkimer, Don Carbone of Boonville, Rudy D’Amico of Marcy, Harrison Hummel III of Mohawk, Chair Georgiana Roberts Ide of New Hartford, Robert F. Julian, Esq. of Utica, Linda Macartney of Clinton, Susan Matt of New Hartford, Theodore C. Max, M.D. of Holland Patent, Albert Mazloom of Utica, Secretary-Treasurer Judith Vicks Sweet of Clinton and Richard Zick of Rome.
The Community Foundation has been a force for improving lives and promoting philanthropy throughout Herkimer and Oneida counties since 1952. The Foundation has made more than 4,200 grants totaling over $29.5 million in support of causes ranging from education to health care, the arts to the environment. Grants are generated by the more than 260 funds that comprise The Foundation’s endowment, established and advanced by area individuals and families.
