The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Lara Sepanski as Program Associate.
Sepanski recently returned to the area after spending three years in the Dominican Republic with the Peace Corps. Peggy O’Shea, president and CEO of The Community Foundation, said, “Not only are we pleased to have such a bright and capable individual join our team, but we are also thrilled that Lara decided to return to this community when she could have gone anywhere in the country.”
Sepanski is a 2001 graduate of Whitesboro Central School and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science cum laude from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. While with the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic, Sepanski taught English, was a community economic advisor to a women’s artisan group and founded a library. Lara Sepanski resides in Whitesboro with her husband.
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.
For more information about The Community Foundation, call 315-735-8212 or visit www.foundationhoc.org.
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