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men@work20 Featuring 14 businessmen of our region

A companion guide to our Business & Professional Women’s edition

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Richard Trotti STORY AND PHOTO

BY CAROL MONTANA

Name: Richard Trotti Age: 33 Where do you live: Livingston Manor Place of employment: Schmidt’s Wholesale, Monticello Current title and duties: Warehouse Manager. I check in-bound and out-bound freight, I do the daily deliveries. The orders come in and we check it and send it out. We have multiple ways of shipping it out.

We deliver all over Pennsylvania and down to Tarrytown. I manage eight people: four drivers, two warehouse hands and two dockhands.

Years of experience: I’ve been here five

years now.

Previous titles with your company: I started as a driver. Worked my way inside, where I checked materials in, and then worked my way up to management. Chris Schmidt gave me a chance when nobody else would.

Previous employment: Nelson Tree Service based out of Ohio, they cut trees around powerlines, I had started a family, so I had to wanted something where I could spend more time at home because I was traveling all the time. And I worked at Rolling V where I got my CDL, that’s how I started to drive.

Favorite part of your job: Dealing with other people, socializing. I see customers every day. Customers order stuff and come

down here. Trucks come in, so we deal with the drivers, too.

Most challenging part of the job: The hours. I usually work 12 hours, but I have Friday’s off. I have a three-day weekend. My girlfriend takes care of the kids during the week. Friday, I get to pick my kids up at school and spend time with them.

Favorite on-the-job moment, customer or memory: I would say learning from Kim DeVoe because he did teach me a lot. He showed me a lot about the business for sure.

Kim worked here as a driver and warehouse guy when I first started for my first two years, then he retired. I spent a lot of time with the guy, and I learned a lot from him.

Education (high school, college): High school diploma from Livingston Manor. I

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moved down to Georgia for about 12-14 months. Didn’t like it, came back home. There was no opportunity down in Georgia. I couldn’t find anything that would pay. No good money down there. You could work, but minimum wage was everywhere Favorite movie: Independence Day Favorite actor and/or actress: Will Smith How do you spend your spare time: With the kids and the family Favorite vacation spot: We go camping on the Beaverkill a lot. It’s nice. Sometimes we go to the Jersey Shore.

Family: My girlfriend Amber, three girls and one boy, Savannah is 10, Emily is 9, Penelope is three and Richard is one.

Civic or volunteer affiliations: I’m a firefighter with Livingston Manor Fire Department.

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CONGRATS TROTTI! Thank you for your Hard Work & Dedication.

You are very deserving of this recognition. Thanks for being a team player.

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ny: Been owner since inception Previous employment: General Manager at Savannah Shipyard Co., Savannah, Georgia. I’m a marine engineer, it’s a mechanical engineer related to ships.

Favorite part of your job: Repairing oil burners Most challenging part of the job: Repairing oil burners. It makes you think. Plumbing is somewhat simple.

If you have a leaky pipe you just change the pipe, whereas oil burners will make you use your head a little bit, it’s more challenging.

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Age: 66 Where do you live: Swan Lake Place of employment: Silverman Mechanical Corp.

Current title and duties: Owner.

We do everything regarding water in a home, so all plumbing, heating, well systems, and roto rooter work.

We don’t drill wells, but we do repair them, and we don’t do septic systems.

Years of experience: 33. My father had the business, he was a one-man show. I came home in 1987 and I bought the business from him, and then took it from there.

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STEVE! Thanks for all you do & love that you are part of our family.

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Steve, You are an inspiration and role model to all who know you.

You are the Best!!!

Thank you for all the Hard Work You Do!

We love you and are lucky to get to call you Apa.

All the Best, The Bloom Family & Sullivan County Septic Service

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You deserve the Biggest, Hardest-working Man Award there is to have. We don’t know another person who’s as dedicated as you are to giving his customers the best service.

We’re proud to call you Dad & Grandpa.

We love you very much, Mandi, Paul, Sedona and Bryce

Congratulations Dad!

No one deserves this more than you.

We are so very lucky to have you as an amazing role model to show Westin and Waylon what hard work and determination looks like.

Not only are you someone to look up to and learn from for us but anyone who gets the pleasure of meeting you.

We couldn’t be more blessed than having you as our Apa each day!

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Congratulations Dad!!

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Love, Andy, Kate & the Boys

Thank you for many years of reliable & professional service to our community.

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Education (high school, college): New York State Maritime College Favorite movie: Clint Eastwood movies, Smokey and the Bandit, American Graffiti, and Back to the Future Favorite actor and/or actress: Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds How do you spend your spare time: Riding motorcycles whenever possible Family: Wife Jean, three daughters, four sons, eight grandchildren Civic or volunteer affiliations: National Guard Water Association Favorite quote (who said it) /words to live by: “Creed: Remember This”

by Elbert Hubbard “If you work for a man, in Heaven’s name, WORK for him. If he pays you wages which supply you bread and butter, work for him; speak well of him; stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vili-

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Steve Silverman... reliable, consistent, dependable, well grounded, established, authentic, genuine, trustworthy, devoted, steadfast, unwavering, constant, committed, honest, reputable, responsible, proven, solid, secure, honorable, steady, sensible, competent, diligent, conscientious

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Thank you for years of tireless and incredible service.

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Love Buddy, Jen, Charlie, Jake and Austin

you mean the world to us and we are so glad to have you in our lives.

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To one of the hardest working and nicest guys we’ve had the pleasure to have in our family.

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Thank you Steve Silverman, I am the manager of the Sullivan County SPCA. I have known Steven Silverman for 10 years. I first heard of him 10 years ago, when the well pump went here at the shelter. Calling around for someone to come and help out, (it was a Sunday) was a huge issue, no-one would come. Steve called me back and sent a crew right over. It was a good 5 hour job. We knew it would be a lot, but we have to have water. The bill arrived and it was $0 dollars. That was exceedingly generous, but I heard he was a great guy.

We had a huge issue, not too long after that and had to have a new hot water heater installed. We opted to go tankless as we use a lot of HOT water. Steve installed the unit and did not charge us again.

The qualities that make Steve Silverman, owner of Silverman Mechanical,

We have had to have the well pump replaced 2 more times (no fault of Silverman Plumbing) there is a lot of sediment in our well. Steve has come and replaced the well pump each time with no charge to the shelter. We have had many issues with plumbing in the past 10 years, and there has never been a time that I called Silverman Plumbing and he did not send someone over right away to help.

We could have been stuck with NO water for all the fur-babies numerous times.

a trusted and valued businessman in Sullivan County; Guiding & Supportive

Honest & Empathetic Motivational & Nurturing

Creative and & Inspiring

Steve is so dedicated to his work, and to animals that we feel blessed to call Steve a friend and supporter of the SPCA .

He is truly our hero.

...are the same qualities that make him a wonderful Brother-in-Law!

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Congratulations Steve on your nomination! You deserve it!

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Kevin McLaren

BY JOSEPH ABRAHAM Age: 56 Where do you live: Ulster Park Place of employment: Catskill Hudson Bank Current title and duties: President Years of experience: 30 Previous titles with your company: Executive Vice President Previous employment: Stissing National Bank Favorite part of your job: When the bank is able to work with our customers to provide financial guidance and help that allows them to reach their potential.

Most challenging part of the job: Keeping up with the ever-increasing number of banking regulations we are required to comply with.

Favorite on-the-job moment, customer or memory: Too numerous, but have been very fortunate to meet

so many incredible people along the way.

Education (high school, college): Masters in Finance from Marist College, Bachelors in Economics from SUNY at Cortland. ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Favorite movie: The Last Waltz How do you spend your spare time: Coaching youth sports, playing music, exercising and spending time with family.

Favorite vacation spot: Cape Cod Family: Wife who is superintendent of schools for Onteora Central Schools, and my own half-court basketball team of three boys aged 26, 22 and 10.

Civic or volunteer affiliations: Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development, Board Chairman for Ulster County Habitat for Humanity.

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Dan Hust

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Age: 44 Where do you live: Damascus, PA Place of employment: County of Sullivan Current title and duties: Director of Communications –– responsible for press releases, media relations, social media, etc.; also Co-Chair of Sullivan County Complete Count Commission with Freda Eisenberg, leading a group of community organizations to get out the message that all of Sullivan County needs to be counted in the 2020 U.S. Census Years of experience: 3 in current job, 24 overall.

Previous employment: 21 years as reporter and editor at Sullivan County Democrat; 4 years as adjunct professor (English Composition) at SUNY Sullivan.

Favorite part of your job: Spreading the word about all the incredible and positive efforts in which my fellow County employees are engaged every day in the service of the public.

Most challenging part of the job: Keeping up with the activities of

1,100 employees spread across County government.

Favorite on-the-job moment, customer or memory: Riding along with our snowplow truck drivers during storms, seeing how they expertly put themselves in harm’s way to keep our roads clear and our travelers as safe as possible (and being able to document that via video).

Education (high school, college): Master’s Degree in Journalism, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. Why’d you chose this career: I worked at the Democrat as a teenager in the summer and was encouraged to do so by my parents because I was good at spelling and vocabulary. I proofread articles, made copies, got coffee, helped with computer issues, even mowed the lawn. I enjoyed being a part of a team at the paper, putting a product together twice a week. Having a part in that was very compelling.

Then when I enrolled at SUNY Sullivan, I took English Composition with Eileen Israel, and for the first time I had a teacher who was encouraging me to cultivate a talent I had for writing. So between summers at the Democrat and that class, I realized

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writing and journalism was something I liked.

As for the Director of Communications position, when the opportunity arose I thought it was the next logical step. I wanted to challenge myself to do something new and different.

Favorite movie: Groundhog Day Favorite actor and/or actress: Meryl Streep How do you spend your spare time: Road trips with my husband and time with family, including playing music with my mom (she’s on the piano, I’m on the violin).

Favorite vacation spot: Great Smoky Mountains.

Family: Husband Will, mom Barbara, sister Becky and her family, cats Rosie, Edie and Sebastian, and my inlaws Terry, Linda, Julie, Tara, Sara and all my nieces and nephews, whom I adore.

Civic or volunteer affiliations: 1st Vice President of Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Board, former board member of Western Sullivan Public Library.

Favorite quote (who said it) /words to live by: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.� –– Maya Angelou

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I’m so Very Proud of your Much Deserved Recognition!!!

You’re a shining star to this county and I’m honored that you are my husband!!!

Congratulations Dan! It’s such a privilege to work with you.

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Love, Linda, Terry & the Hulse Family

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Congratulations DAN HUST and thank you for all you do to make our community strong!

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Michael Connolly

Mike, Congratulations, you deserve this!

Thank you for 20+ years of kind, courteous, knowledgeable & great service, plus “this, that and the other thing!”

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Name: Michael Connolly Age: 68-years-old Place of Employement: I’m employed at Allgas Welding Supply Company, part of Combined Energy Services.

Current Title and Duties: I’m the Store Manager and my duties include customer service, ordering stock, answering very busy phones, dispatch of deliveries and more over the course of five and a half days a week.

Years of Experience: I’ve been employed at Allgas 36 years Previous Titles with your Company: Started with the company as a propane delivery driver.

Favorite part of the job: The most fulfilling aspect of my job is helping inexperienced welders choose the right equipment.

Most challenging part of the job: The most challening part of the job is dealing with upgrades to the computer system.

Favorite on the job moment, customer or memory: There’s too many good memories to choose from over the last 36 years. I deal with so many long-time customers and enjoy very good business relations with them.

How do you spend your spare time: I have a vegetable and herb garden every summer (leave the flower gardens and fish pond to my wife). A round of golf is always nice. I enjoy woodworking and made all the gingerbread pediments (running trim and spandrels) on our house and front porch. I like taking walks with our dogs around the lake. I have been playing guitar since my early teen years. I was lead guitarist in the constantly working band, "Special Delivery", back in 1991-1996 and was part of the acoustic/electric duo, "Double Bogey", from 1998 to 2003. I have enjoyed jamming with some notable musicians that include Lee Delray, Slam Allen and Peter

Florence. Now I play for my own pleasure.

Favorite vacation spot: There’s no place like home!

Family: Wife Denise (happily retired). We will have our 48th wedding anniversary this coming September.

Son, Captain Christopher, a Public Affairs Officer in the Army, who travels around the world, serving our country. Chris did some acting on the side, appeared in movies, commercials and TV shows (Grey's Anatomy and CSI) Civic or volunteer affiliations: Past board member of the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, took part in a good number of plays and musical productions. These days I assist my wife, when needed, with volunteer work for the Town of Bethel (gardening and the dog park).

Favorite quote: Honesty is the best policy.

Congratulations Michael!

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John Pawlowski STORY AND PHOTO

BY CAROL MONTANA

Name: John Pawlowski Age: 48 Where do you live: Pine Bush Place of employment: Catskill Regional Medical Center Current title and duties: Director of Rehabilitation Services. That’s a dual role; I serve as a Physical Therapist, treating a full caseload of patients. In addition to that I have leadership responsibilities over the Harris and Callicoon campuses for the rehab services departments.

Through the rehab department, we provide physical, occupational and speech therapies at three levels: the acute in-patient, the sub-acute rehab, and the out-patient therapies. We have a team of 30 therapists and support administrative personnel; it’s a great team.

John Pawlowski

Years of experience: 26. I’ve been in this job for 13 years.

Previous employment: I have worked in various roles and practices. I started my career at New Rochelle Hospital. While there, I also saw home-care patients, and worked at a private practice in White Plains. Then I moved to the mid-west and was part of a start-up company called Progressive Health Rehabilitation, during which time I went back to grad school, met my future wife who was from Kingston (I was from Amsterdam), so the writing was on the wall that at some point we’d end up back in NY. I reconnected with the private practice in White Plains and was asked to run their practice. I worked there for about six years. Then when we were expecting our second child, so while looking around for available real estate, and seeing the prices in

Westchester, we decided it was time to move elsewhere. I interviewed here. It seemed like a great opportunity. I accepted the position and I’ve been here ever since.

Favorite part of your job: Having the opportunity to assist people to reach their maximum potential.

That goes for my team and my patients.

Most challenging part of the job: The paperwork. If I could just treat patients all day and have someone else record what I’m doing that would be great. Certainly, the challenge with working some of the insurance companies, having to do more with less is something that we have to become accustomed to. But we try to advocate and fight for our patients.

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We are proud to congratulate John Pawlowski for being recognized as one of the Sullivan County Democrat’s Men at Work for 2020. John’s dedication to our patients, visitors and hospital family is invaluable to our commitment to patient care. Thank you, John, for your ser vice. We’re proud to have you on our team!

At Catskill Regional Medical Center, we know that to best ser ve our community, we need individuals who are experts in their field. With more than a decade of experience in rehabilitation ser vices, John is a highly skilled, compassionate and thoughtful leader. We aim to continuously improve how we can better care for our neighbors in Sullivan County, and our rehabilitation ser vices play a crucial role in providing exceptional patient care.

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happened for my team last year.

Every year our Patient Quality and Safety Department puts on an award ceremony in Middletown, and it’s a combined program for the entire Greater Hudson Valley Health Care System, and that includes all the staff from Catskill Regional, Orange Medical and our medical groups. It’s by invitation only and based on your performance in certain areas on where you’ve made progress and improvements. And for the third year in a row, our rehab team was recognized with the highest award for the evening. The metrics that go into the award are your staff engagement, patient satisfaction and your performance on what’s called the culture of safety survey. Those are calculated and for the whole system, we were the highest performing group.

Education: Bachelor’s of Science (1994) University of Buffalo, Master’s of Health Science (1999) University of Indianapolis, Doctorate in Physical Therapy (2012) Arcadia University Favorite movie: Any Harry Potter movie Favorite actor and/or actress: Tom Hanks How do you spend your spare time: I have a 12-year-old son and a 14-year-old daughter. My spare time is spent with them usually at a ballfield, a track or a court. They’re very active with cross-county, track, baseball, basketball and soccer. I also assist in coaching in t-ball, soccer and baseball. I enjoy swimming, running, biking and skiing.

Favorite vacation spot: Disney with the family Family: My wife Kim, my daughter Hannah is 14, my son Jacob is 12.

Civic or volunteer affiliations: Pine Bush Little League, Pine Bush Soccer League, Board Member for Academic Advisory Board for Marist and SUNY Orange. Marist has the Doctor of Physical Therapy program; SUNY Orange has the Physical Therapy Assistant program.

Favorite quote/words to live by: “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” – Race car driver Bobby Unser

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Name: Salvatore Crescitelli Age: 62 Live: Liberty NY Employment: Catskill Adult Pediatric medical Position: Nurse Experience: 40 years Previous titles: None Previous jobs: I was previously an infectious disease nurse for 15 years at Daytop Village. I was also a U.S. Army nurse for 17 years.

Favorite part of job: The best part of the job is having the opportunity

to help people.

Most challenging part of job: The hardest part is giving injections to infants and seeing people when they are feeling their worst.

Favorite memory: Having a patient tell you thank you and having a baby coo, smile, and hug you.

Education: High school diploma, US Army LPN Diploma, US Army Infantry and AAlabamaEMT Favorite movie: Saving Private Ryan Favorite actor/actress: Tom Hanks Spare time: In my spare time i like

refinishing old furniture, golf, kayaking, spending time with my family.

Favorite vacation spot: My favorite vacation spot is Washington D.C. Family: My wife Maureen M. Crescitelli and I have been married for 40 years. We have a daughter, Sarah K. Rabito and a Son-in-law Joseph Rabito. We have a Grandson named Rocco J. Rabito, our son, Salvatore M. Crescitelli, a daughter in law Emily Crescitelli and our granddaughter Isabel Crescitelli.

Favorite quote: Do the right thing.

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Peter Feinberg

Name: Peter Feinberg Age: 70 Where do you live: Livingston Manor Place of employment: Town of Rockland Town Judge Current title and duties: My current title is Administrative Judge for the Town of Rockland. In that capacity, my current duties include holding court once a week on everyything from traffic court, arraignments, summary proceedings, landlord/tenant disputes, animal cases, bench and jury trials and marriage officiating. I take care of the courthouse by ordering supplies and being in direct contact with the Office of Court Administration regarding electronic equipment.

Years of experience: I have 11 years experience in the Town of Rockland, 38 for LMCS, 35 years for the Livingston Manor Volunteer Ambulance Corp, 20+ years as a real estate agent.

Previous titles with your company: Previous employment: Former LMCS teacher for 38 years.

Favorite part of your job: Being part of the community and working with the DA’s office and other agencies that are tied into the court system Most challenging part of the job: Keeping up with all the new laws.

Favorite on-the-job moment, customer or memory: Being a teacher and coach for 38 years. As a judge, getting to officiate weddings to former students and members of the community.

Education (high school, college): James Madison High School and a bachelor’s degree from Long Island University in Brooklyn. Masters Equivalent from NYU and Colombia Teachers College.

Favorite movie: Independence Day. Favorite actor and/or actress: Bruce Willis.

How do you spend your spare time: Being with my wife Debra, whether

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Favorite vacation spot: A ship going to a warm destination.

Family: 7 children and 20 grandchildren.

Civic or volunteer affiliations:

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Years of experience: Eight years Previous employment: The Center for Discovery Favorite part of your job: I get to make this program my own. Which means I get to reach the people we support in an authentic, purposeful way. I am able to bring the things that I enjoy and am passionate about to the people we support.

Most challenging part of the job: The hours. While I am very lucky to have a flexible schedule, some activities and events fall outside of a normal workweek. But these activities are always to the benefit of the people we support, so I’m happy to do it.

Favorite on-the-job moment, customer or memory: Last year at a Special Olympic track and field time trials

event, one of the Special Olympic directors for our region approached me to express how impressed she was with the level of sportsmanship and competitiveness displayed by my team, coaches and myself at the previous Unified Basketball tournament. It was a proud moment for me, as I had a sense of validation for our approach and what we try to teach our athletes.

Education (high school, college): I went to Liberty High School and some years at SUNY Sullivan.

Favorite movie: The Town Favorite actor and/or actress: Robert Downey Jr. and Charlize Theron How do you spend your spare time: During the winter I try to stay active playing basketball 1-2 times a week, and watching movies or playing video games. During the summer, I am usually on a golf course or playing softball. Watching movies is definitely a year-round way I love to spend my time.

Favorite vacation spot: I haven’t been on a real vacation in a few years, but I would like to spend a week in Greece or Italy. If only for the food scene.

Family: I’m not quite sure what to put here, I have an older brother and two sisters (one older, one younger). I am very close with my family, and we are in a dart league on Wednesday nights over the winter. We have also hosted a local ice fishing tournament for the last 29 years.

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Age: 53 Where do you live: Liberty Place of employment: Care Center at Sunset Lake Current title and duties: Food service worker.

Years of experience: I have 33 years of experience. I began working here in a program through workforce development. Based on my performance, they hired me full-time.

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tomer or memory: I enjoy the staff appreciation BBQs when we all get together. I also like delivering meals to different people and interacting with them. I also like all aspects of the job, from setting up trays to doing palettes in the dish room.

Education: Liberty Central School District and Sullivan BOCES. Favorite movie: I like classic movies like Grease and Saturday Night Fever.

How do you spend your spare time: Watching TV and cleaning my house.

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Name: Robert (Bob) Lohr Age: 74-years-old Where do you live: Narrowsburg Place of employment: Jeff Bank, Operations Department Current title and duties: IT generalist, Machine Repair Technician. I am currently working at home as part of Jeff Bank’s efforts to enable “social distancing” during this very stressful and strange time of global pandemic.

Years of experience: 15 years at Jeff Bank, 30 more at other employers.

Previous titles with your company: Inventory and purchasing clerk Previous employment: Many jobs, including tech refurbishing, electronics repair technician, TV repair, retail sales, glazier, apprentice meat cutter, (we’re going way back in time here!) and starting out with my dad in his paint, glass, and decorating store when I was a mere lad. Always along the way worked as a musician!

Favorite part of your job: Always love being a team member and getting to know workmates at Jeff Bank.

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Robert Lohr Directors are a wonderBA Music Eduful group of folks. Of cation, Associcourse I’m always fond ate Degree of the days when work Electronics. gets clear results! I love Favorite the Delaware River area movie: O of Sullivan County. So Brother Where glad to have been here Art Thou? since 2004.

Favorite Most challenging part actor and/or of the job: Well, that actress: so would be that day when many… mostnothing seems to go ly British. right. IT is always facing How do you new challenges, espespend your Robert Lohr cially in the security spare time: I area. My specialty is hardware and am a musician and my non-working machines, and we all know how fick- hours are taken up with my piano le they can be! and guitars. Also have two dogs that Favorite on-the-job moment, cus- we (my wife Kyoshin and I) enjoy. I’m tomer or memory: Would you handy with mechanical things so I believe no one thing comes to mind? have a lot of tools and like to believe Many, many fond memories of peo- I can fix that thing. Enjoying owning, ple and events. and spending time in, our house in Education (high school, college): Narrowsburg. the schools in Montrose Colorado, Favorite vacation spot: My back

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yard at the moment. Love Colorado (I grew up there) and mountain air.

Family: Still have sisters in Colorado, and a collection of nieces and nephews who have contributed to the population. Son and daughter but no grandchildren. My wife Kyoshin is the manager at the Tusten-Cochecton branch of Western Sullivan Public Library in Narrowsburg. The library is closed due to pandemic but she goes to the premises every day and checks the building and any mail or deliveries.

She’s a bright light here in the town, and with her sister Wendy has founded a local theater company (Act Underground). It was their unfortunate sacrifice to indefinitely postpone a planned production of a new play by a local playwright (“The Dog Walker” by Katherine Lewis of Narrowsburg. Come see it when it reschedules at the Krause Hall at the DVAA).

Civic or volunteer affiliations: I supply music for art openings and a vocal music class.

Favorite quote (who said it) /words to live by: Be Here Now. Richard Alpert Baba Ram Das.

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BY PATRICIO ROBAYO Name: Frederick Marks Age: 40 Where do you live: Livingston Manor Place of employment: Rolling V. Bus Corp.

Current title and duties: Terminal Manager for Livingston Manor and Roscoe School Districts and Safety Compliance Manager. I do every school-related, all school trips for the schools.

Years of experience: 15 Previous titles with your company: Standby driver, Driver, Lead Driver, and Mechanic.

Previous employment: I have had

many jobs from driving fuel trucks, garbage trucks, excavation, cook, until I found my home away from home, Rolling V. Bus Corp.

Favorite part of your job: I love to see the smiling faces of the students and working with my co-workers.

Most challenging part of the job: Every day is a new and exciting adventure; there is always something that pops up to create a challenge.

Education (high school, college): I went to the Livingston Manor Central School system, and I have an Associates in Business Management from University of Phoenix Favorite movie: Back to the Future

Favorite actor and/or actress: Adam Sandler How do you spend your spare time: What free time?

Favorite vacation spot: Lancaster, PA. I love the Amish sites and the community.

Family: Melinda Marks (wife), Dakota Marks (son), Zoie Marks (daughter) Favorite quote (who said it) /words to live by: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” - Robert Frost

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Martin Colavito Name: Martin Colavito Age: 62 Where do you live: Liberty Place of employment: Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County with St. John St. School Community Hub. Current title and duties: As Program Manager and I oversee the activities at the Hub and provide a safe environment for kids and hopefully everybody in the community.

The goal is to make it an intergenerational community hub.

Years of experience: 45 years Previous employment: Catholic Charities providing substance abuse services.

Favorite part of your job: My favorite part of my day is coming home to see my wife Lynn and talk to her. For my job, my favorite is that I can serve the community.

Most challenging part of the job: Being 62, a lot of what I do is a marathon that requires a lot of effort.

A lot of people don’t understand what it takes to start something and bring it to the point of sustenance. It requires a lot of energy and a lot of effort. You put your physical health aside, and you put your emotional health aside for greater good.

Favorite on-the-job moment, customer or memory: It’s more of a story than a memory, a woman who walked into the place in Newburg and said she was dying and had stage four cancer. We asked her what we could do for her and she said, “Can you help me live?” I said, I can’t help you live, but I can kind of help you live. She was afraid because her daughter was pregnant and having children and

she gave everything she could to grandkids. She was sleeping on the floor, she would eat on the floor, and she knew she was dying and wondered who’s going to take care of her grandkids. So we figured stuff out for her, but she asked me to hug her. I hugged her, and I remember when I was hugging her and it reminded me of when I was a little kid, and I would hug my mother. I always remembered this because I felt hopeless when I was hugging her, and for a split second, I felt hope. The hug transcended everything.

Education (high school, college): For High School I went to St. Helena in the Bronx. For my undergraduate, I went to St. John’s University, and I have a Master’s Degree in Human Services from Lincoln University.

Favorite movie: Stepbrothers Favorite actor and/or actress: Sean Connery How do you spend your spare time: I take walks with my wife, Lynn.

Favorite vacation spot: I go over every year with my wife to Italy Family: My wife Lynn and I have two daughters Sara and Jess and three grandchildren, Amaiya, Mariah, and Jasmin.

Civic or volunteer affiliations: I am part of SALT (Sullivan Allies Leading Together), a grassroots organization designed to compassionately navigate those in need to appropriate human services and the Human Rights Commission for Sullivan County.

Favorite quote (who said it) /words to live by: A quote by Edmund Burke, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”

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Age: 55 Where do you live: Bethel Place of employment: Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Current title and duties: Senior Curator overseeing The Museum at Bethel Woods, the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair Years of experience: I have been working in the museum field for more than 25 years, developing historic sites and museums.

Previous employment: I have served several museums in very unique locations; in the Caribbean, the desert of Southern California, and Hawaii. But I started my career at the Ohio History Connection in Columbus, Ohio.

Favorite part of your job: It is a privilege to work somewhere that most people come on their day off or their vacation.

Most challenging part of the job: People have a lot of things they could do with their free time, it is a constant priority to make the museum a place that meets expectations, is authentic, and is fun.

Favorite on-the-job moment, customer or memory: In the Caribbean

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Education (high school, college): I have a Masters in Architecture and a Ph.D. in History from The Ohio State University

How do you spend your spare time: I love Jeeps and music, between those two things I have almost no spare time.

Favorite vacation spot: My wife loves the beach; I love my wife.

Family: We have three sons, two of them have pursued architecture as a career. The Caribbean left a deep impact on our youngest, and he is working in the field of marine biology.

Civic or volunteer affiliations: I have seen Rotary International do amazing things in the communities we have lived and believe their motto of service above self is worth working toward.

Favorite quote (who said it) /words to live by: “Whatever the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve.” Napoleon Hill.

This quote is about the power of dreams; conceiving something no one has ever done before. When asked about Woodstock, Michael Lang said, “I always thought if you could dream it up, you could pull it together.” It is the same idea.

The Museum at Bethel Woods can really be seen as the story of the work and perseverance it takes to make a dream happen.

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