CURRENTLY SERVING AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTION OF THE RURAL SCHOOLS ASSO. OF NYS. HAVE 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION; 25 YEARS AS A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT OF WHICH 16 YEARS WERE SPENT AS THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BROOME TIOGA BOCES IN BINGHAMTON, N.Y. IN MY ROLE W/ THE RURAL SCHOOLS ASSO., I WORK W/ THE NEARLY 400 SMALL AND RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF NYS IN ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE LEADERSHIP TRAINING, SCHOOL BD. MEMBER TRAINING, ADVOCACY WORK, AND MERGER STUDIES.