Kevin Smith, a resident of Sackets Harbor, and Watertown resident Jacqueline D. Keating have joined our land trust as members of the Board of Directors of Ontario Bays Initiative, Inc.
Both became board members during the April 4, 2011 monthly Board of Directors meeting. They received unanimous approval for membership. With the addition of Jacquie and Kevin, the OBI Board of Directors has 12 members.
Kevin recently retired as a planner for the New York State Tug Hill Commission. In his post of some 28 years, he was instrumental in developing the commission’s technical assistance program. The program worked with towns and villages of the region on issues related to infrastructure development. While working with the commission, Kevin was instrumental in the formation of the Jefferson County Local Development Corporation, the Center for Community Studies at JCC and the Black River Housing Council, among others. Kevin, a father of three girls, lives with his wife, Maryellen in Sackets Harbor. He looks forward to strengthening the relationship between OBI and the Great Lakes Initiative.
Jacquie spent 33 years as a French teacher at General Brown High School in Dexter. She is a private tutor for AP French and an interpreter for the U.S. District Court, Syracuse and the U.S. Border Patrol. Jacquie hold a Master’s Degree from Middlebury College, a Bachelor’s Degree from SUNY Potsdam, as well as a Diplome d’Estudes Francaises, from l’Universite de Poitiers, France.
Jacquie is a member of the Honorary Educational Sorority, the American Association of Teachers of French, the Jefferson County Historical Society, the Officers’ Spouses’ Club of Fort Drum and the Fort Drum Chapter of the AUSA.
She and her husband, Tony, live at 234 Flower Ave. West. They have a daughter, Katherine Dionne Keating and a son, John Michael Keating
Congratulations Kevin and Jacquie!
