Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schoharie and Otsego Counties (CCE SO) has hired Liz Callahan of Cooperstown as its new executive director.
Ms. Callahan was the executive director of Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith for 21 years; she also served as director of the Delaware County Historical Association in Delhi, and as the program coordinator for the Regional Council of Historical Agencies.
Her first day with CCE was Tuesday.
“I am honored to begin working with the talented and dedicated staff and volunteers who are bringing Cornell Cooperative Extension’s outstanding programs and resources to our communities and to lead an organization that plays such an important role in the vitality of communities throughout Schoharie and Otsego Counties,” Ms. Callahan said.
Ms. Callahan has been a resident of Otsego County for more than 30 years.
Before moving to Cooperstown in 1991 to purse a Masters in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program, she served as a VISTA volunteer and worked in enrollment management at LeMoyne College in Syracuse.
She has a BA in English/Communications from LeMoyne College.
She grew up in Western New York where she participated in 4-H program in North Boston, and graduated from Nardin Academy of Buffalo.
Ms. Callahan’s husband, Bill Francis is a senior researcher at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and their son, Daniel Francis, is gallery manager for the Cooperstown Art Association.
Their daughter, Matilda Francis, will graduate from St. John’s University, Queens in May.
In her free time Ms. Callahan enjoys cooking, reading, kayaking, swimming, hiking and traveling.