4 named to library board of trustees

CAZENOVIA » The Cazenovia Public Library Board of Trustees has welcomed four new members — Kate Franz, Carolyn Holmes, Debbie McCullough, and Kurt Schnitzler.

Franz and her family moved from Washington D.C. to Cazenovia in 2011. She is a former elementary teacher and literacy advocate, as well as a director of literacy for a nationallyrecognized charter school. Franz currently works for TNTP, a national non-profit that advocates for excellence in all schools, and for the Syracuse City School District as an independent literacy consultant.

Holmes, a retired English teacher, served on the board of trustees in the late 1980s and worked parttime at the circulation desk before returning to teaching. In 2014, she finished three terms as a member of the Friends of the Library and is currently serving on the library’s Literacy Committee and Museum Committee in addition to organizing and directing the monthly meetings of the Open Afternoon Book Club.

McCullough retired in 2010 from Burton Street Elementary School after 25 years as an educator, but has continued her involvement there as a literacy coach with the “Response to Intervention in Literacy” program. She’s also a member of the International Reading Association and has partic- ipated in fundraising for the American Diabetes Association.

Schnitzler’s banking community assignments have afforded him the opportunity to serve on a variety of organizations — Junior Chamber, Lions, Kiwanis, and Rotary. He has also been president of the Baldwinsville Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Livingston County Red Cross, chairman of the Livingston County United Way Allocations Committee, and director of the Geneseo Foundation. Schnitzler is currently the treasurer for CAVAC and serves on the Syracuse District Golf Association Board.

These individuals are replacing outgoing trustees Hugh Henderson, Sara Mitchell, and Eric Johnson.

Serving as officers for 2015 are Joan Brooks and Tom Ward as president and vice-president with Cynthia Cherny as secretary and Lawrence Tully as treasurer.