Community Involvement

Memberships

  • Chemung County Industrial Development Agency – Board of Directors
  • Chemung County Capital Resource Corporation – Board of Directors
  • Solutions Federal Credit Union – Chairman, Supervisory Committee
  • Traffic Safety Board  – Chemung County
  • Human Relations Commission of Chemung County
  • Chemung County Office of Aging and Long Term Care Advisory Board
  • Chemung County Transit Board – Legislature Representative
  • Chemung County Federation of Sportsmen – Government Affairs Representative
  • New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chemung County – Board of Directors
  • New York State Conservation Council
  • Finger Lakes Conservation Council
  • National Wild Turkey Federation
  • Ashland Historical Society
  • Southport Historical Society
  • Chemung County Historical Society
  • New York State Farm Bureau
  • Chemung County Farm Bureau
  • New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Sons of The American Legion –  Post 1612 – Big Flats
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars  Auxiliary – Post 901 – Elmira – Life Member
  • Friends of the Chemung River Watershed
  • National Rifle Association NRA – Institute For Legislative Action
  • ARC of Chemung – Association of Retarded Citizens
  • National Notary Association
  • New York State Notary Association
  • Chemung Valley Living History Center – Newtown Battlefield State Park
  • American Diabetes Association
  • National Kidney Foundation
  • Friends of Historic Elmira
  • S.C.O.P.E., Inc
  • Chemung Valley Farmer’s Museum
  • Southport Christmas Parade Committee

Political

  • Chairman – Chemung County Republican Committee
  • Regional Vice Chairman – New York Republican State Committee
  • Chemung County Republican Committeeman
  • New York Republican State Committeeman
  • New York State Republican Party – Executive Committee
  • NYS Supreme Court 6th Judicial District Republican Committee
  • Statewide Alternate Delegate – 2016 Republican National Convention
  • Delegate – 2020 Republican National Convention
  • Electoral College Presidential/Vice Presidential Elector 2016 & 2020 – New York State Republican and Conservative Parties
  • Vice Chairman – Chemung County Republican Committee  2012-2013
  • Chairman – Town of Ashland Republican Committee
  • Town of Southport Republican Committee
  • Endorsed Candidate of the Conservative Party
  • Endorsed Candidate of the Independence Party
  • Endorsed Candidate of the 15th District United Party
  • Endorsed Candidate of the Reform Party

Volunteer

  • 2014 Judge for Miss Finger Lakes/Miss Upstate New York Pageant
  • National Kidney Foundation – Upstate New York Chapter 
  • Chemung County Farm City Day
  • American Red Cross Double Red Blood Donor
  • American Diabetes Association
  • Adopt-A-Highway – Chemung County Routes 8 & 60
  • March of Dimes
  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  • Downtown Elmira Holiday Parade – Fred Flintstone
  • St. Mary’s Parish Festival
  • Salvation Army Bell Ringer
  • Blood Donor – American Red Cross

Sponsor

  • Twinkle Town at Bradley Farms – A magical Christmas & holiday light show
  • Red Cross Summer Blood Drive
  • Red Cross Thanksgiving Blood Drive
  • Professional Bull Rider Troy McDonald
  • Friend of the Festival – Brand Park Olde Tyme Summer Festival
  • Mark Twain Little League
  • Chemung County Deputy Sheriff’s Association Golf Tournament – Hole Sponsor
  • National Night Out – Honoring Chemung County’s First Responders
  • Taste of Chemung
  • Elmira Kidney Walk
  • East Hill Fire Department’s Chicken BBQ
  • Southport Fire Department’s Chicken BBQ
  • Southport Fire Department Fire Prevention Week Open House
  • Wellsburg Community Days
  • Chemung County Deputy Sheriff’s Association
  • Elmira Pioneers Baseball
  • Blessed Sacrament Parish Festival
  • Notre Dame High School Football
  • Chemung Valley Old Timers Show
  • Elmira Enforcers Hockey Team
  • Wisner Market Downtown Elmira
  • Elmira Little League
  • Turkey Day 5K – Notre Dame High School
  • Strong Kids Safe Kids
  • Elmira High School Express Baseball
  • Southside Invitational Special Olympics
  • Elmira Holiday Parade
  • Holly Days in Hanover Square Horseheads
  • Horseheads Police Benevolent Association
  • Elmira Kiwanis Club Christmas Auction
  • Southport Fire Department’s Breakfast with Santa
  • Chemung County Fair
  • Downtown Elmira Clean-Up
  • Elmira Police Benevolent Association
  • Town of Southport “Night of Holiday Magic” – Live Reindeer Display
  • Elmira Heights Police Benevolent Association
  • Elmira Elks College Fair
  • Tour de Cure -American Diabetes Association
  • Italian American Veterans Festival (IAV)
  • Wreaths Across America – Woodlawn National Cemetery
  • Twin Tiers Honor Flight

Charitable Contributions & Donations

  • American Red Cross – Sullivan Trail Chapter
  • Meals on Wheels of Chemung County
  • Notre Dame High School
  • Chemung County SPCA
  • Southside High School Booster Club
  • Arnot Ogden Medical Center Foundation
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation
  • Boy Scouts of America – Five Rivers Council
  • East Hill Volunteer Fire Department
  • St. Pauly Mission
  • Wounded Warrior Project
  • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley
  • Arctic League
  • St. Mary’s Southside Roman Catholic Church
  • Disabled Veterans National Foundation Operation
  • Christmas Child
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Chemung County Agricultural Society
  • Children’s Miracle Network
  • American Cancer Society – Relay For Life
  • United Way of the Southern Tier
  • Friends of the Steele Memorial Library
  • American Diabetes Association
  • Food Bank of the Southern Tier
  • USO – United Service Organization
  • Catholic Charities of Chemung/Schuyler Counties
  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  • Chemung County SPCA
  • Salvation Army – Elmira Chapter
  • American Lung Association
  • Epilepsy Foundation
  • Foundation For American Veterans
  • Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society
  • Glaucoma Foundation
  • Catholic Relief Services

Walks

  • Trinity of Chemung County – Walk for Recovery
  • Kidney Walk
  • Walk To End Alzheimer’s
  • Time To Sperr – Trooper Sperr Memorial 3K Walk/Run
  • Down Syndrome Buddy Walk
  • Step Out Walk To End Diabetes
  • Lyme Walk – A Hope 4 Lyme
  • Walk A Mile In My Shoes – Suicide Prevention Walk
  • Susan G. Komen Race For A Cure – Breast Cancer

Previous Public Service

  • Elmira School Board Member – 1991-1998 & 2007-2010
  • Elmira School Board Vice President – 1993-1995
  • Elmira School Board President – 2008-2009
  • Chairman – Board Audit Committee – 2007-2010
  • Chairman – Board Budget Committee – 1996-1997

Additional Government Meetings

  • Southport Town Board – Second Tuesday of the month
  • Wellsburg Village Board – Second Wednesday of the month
  • Ashland Town Board – Second Thursday of the month
  • Elmira Town Board – Third Monday of the month
  • Town of Southport Sewer Commission – Second Thursday of the month