The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
2 join board of trustees
Cazenovia College Board of Trustees has welcomed two new members, Shane O’Dell, class of 2002 and Steve Wells. O’Dell will serve on the Investment and Enrollment Management committees, while Wells will serve on the Institutional Advancement and Finance committees.
O’Dell is a partner and wealth management advisor with McGovern, O’Dell & Associates at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Destin, Fla.
O’Dell graduated from Cazenovia College with a bachelor of professional studies in business management and served as the 2015 commencement speaker. He was inducted into the Cazenovia College Wildcats Hall of Fame in 2013 along with his teammates from the 2001- 02 men’s basketball team, which received an at-large bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.
Wells is a founding partner of American Food and Vending Corporation, one of the largest privately held on-site culinary and refreshment service providers in the U.S.
In addition to being a trustee of Cazenovia College, his current civic activities include board president of The Century Club of Syracuse; Upstate Regional Finance Chair of the New York State Republican Committee; member of the National Council of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee; member of the Young Presidents’ Organization; finance co- chair of the Katko for Congress Committee; Finance Committee, Elise for Congress; board member of the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum; and board member of the Cazenovia Lake Association.