Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Community Foundation Appoints Richardson Executive Director

At its meeting Tuesday, the Northern New York Community Foundation board of directors appointed Rande S. Richardson as the Foundation’s executive director. In 2008, Mr. Richardson was selected as the organization’s first associate director as part of a plan to place a successor to Alex C. Velto upon his retirement. Mr. Velto died December 17, 2009. Mr. Richardson has been serving as acting director since that time.

Mr. Richardson, 39, was executive director of the Jefferson Community College Foundation from 2005 to 2008. Prior to that, he was a licensed funeral director for 15 years. He has served on various community boards including the Watertown Urban Mission, Hospice of Jefferson County and the City of Watertown Planning Board. In 2001, he was elected to a five-year term on the Watertown City School District Board of Education. He was also chairman of the committee that raised funds to restore the Gov. Roswell P. Flower Monument located in Downtown Watertown. Read more here.

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