St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Board Members serve at large; each term of office is for three years. BOCES Board Members either currently sit on component school Boards of Education or are retired from a component school Board of Education.

Roger M. Bennett (2013)

President

• Elected to the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Board of Education in 1995, serving as Board President since 2003
• Served 15 years on the Massena Central School District Board of Education; Vice President from 1983-1988 and President from 1992-1995
• Received the New York State School Boards Association Master of Boardsmanship Award in September 2003; the award is the highest honor bestowed by the Associations Leadership Development Recognition Program
• Retired from a 41-year career at the New York State Power Authority, having held positions in both the union and management
• Currently: President of the Massena Rescue Squad Board of Managers, a member of the Village of Massena Planning Board, Chairman of the St. Lawrence County Recreational Trails Advisory Board, and member of the New York State Certified Long Term Care Ombudsman
• A past member of New York State School Boards Association Resolutions Committee, Ad Hoc Committee, and a Past President of the St. Lawrence-Lewis Counties School Boards Association
• U.S. Army Veteran
• Roger and his wife Florence have two adult children and two grandchildren

Dana M. Smith (2014)

Vice President

• Elected to the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Board of Education in 2002, serving as Vice President since 2003
• Serving as a member of the Madrid-Waddington Central School Board of Education from 2003-2009
• Formerly a six-year member of the Horseheads Central School District Board of Education, 1991-1997, and on the SCT BOCES Board of Education from 1996-2001
• Ambassador for the New York State School Boards Association and member of NYS School Boards Association - Board of Directors - Area 6 since 2006
• Worked as an elementary school teacher for seven years in the Schenectady City School System
• Retired from a 29-year career with the New York State Department of Corrections, starting as a counselor, later promoted through the ranks to Superintendent of the Ogdensburg Correctional Facility
• 23 years of service with the U.S. Army Reserves
• A member of the Knights of Columbus and former member Frederic Remington Museum Advisory Board, instructor for AARP Safe Driving Program, a volunteer driver for DAV, and a Waddington Library Board Vice President
• Dana and his wife, Louise, live in Waddington and have two adult children and two grandchildren

Nancy Cappellino (2014)

• Elected to the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Board of Education in 1995 -  past president
• Member of BOCES Audit Committee
• BOE representative on BOCES contract negotiations team
• Alternate BOE representative on Safety Committee
• Serving on the Gouverneur Central School Board of Education since 1974 to present (37 years) - 16 years as Board President
• District (Gouverneur CS) Leadership Committee
• District (Gouverneur CS) Labor Management Committee
• District (Gouverneur CS) Capital Project Committee
• New York State School Boards Association voting delegate
• Co-partner of Penguin Lanes, Inc. from 1977-1989
• Received degree from SUNY Canton, 1994
• Enjoys being involved with the education of people of all ages
• Nancy is married to Dan Caruso, they have seven children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren

Patricia Gengo (2012)

• Elected to the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Board of Education in 2006
• Serving on the Brasher Falls CSD Board of Education since 1996, is a past President
• A Legislative Liaison for the past six years
• A NYSSBA delegate serving on the NYSSBA Resolutions Committee and the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on testing & accountability
• Completed the eight-part Leadership-in-Governance Program
• Served on the Senior Recognition and New School Board Training Committees of the SLLCSBA
• A member of the Federal Relations Network
• Acts as the Brasher Falls CSD representative on the BOCES Committee of Key Communicators
• Enjoyed a professional career working as a speech therapist for 32 years in public schools for St. Lawrence-Lewis County BOCES, retiring in 1993
• Has been printed in the American School Board Journal
• Volunteered for 22 years with Tri-Town Rescue Squad; is a CPR Instructor; Odyssey of the Mind Coach and Judge at the state level; AARP 55 Alive Instructor; past Girl Scout Leader; and past President of Potsdam Lions Club
• Earned the NYSSBA Master of Boardsmanship Award and completed the Magna Award Application for Brasher Falls CSD
• Served as facilitator at the Annual Meeting of NYSSBA
• Orchestra of Northern NY Committee Chair

Marjorie McCullough (2014)

• Elected to the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Board of Education in 2001
• Serving on the Hammond Central School Board of Education since 1974; is the Legislative Liaison for the district, and a past president
• Represents the St. Lawrence-Lewis Counties School Boards Association at the Federal Relations Network Annual Conference held in Washington D.C.; Appointment as representative made by the Area 6 Director of the NYS School Boards Association
• Awarded the Master of Boardsmanship, 2004-2005, the award is the highest honor bestowed by the Associations Leadership Development Recognition Program
• Retired from 33 years of teaching in the Gouverneur Central School District
• Present member of the Rossie Planning Board; the New York State Retired Teachers Association and the Gouverneur Retired Teachers' Association
• Marge and her husband Malcom have three adult children and five grandchildren

Andrea Webb (2013)

• Elected to the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Board of Education in 2007
• 20 years of service to Edwards-Knox BOE between 1990 and 2011.  Served three years as President during the first 15 year period.  Served on a variety of Committees during both periods
• NYS Registered Nurse
• Received a BA in English Literature from Notre Dame College (now St Johns University)
• Attended NYU and St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing, 1981
• New York University, Wagner College of Staten Island, The New School of Social Research were three of the institutions attended for fun and careers
• Volunteer Experience: Sacred Heart Church, Edwards Hepburn Library (Story Hour, Friends of the Library), Literacy, Edwards History Center member, Red Cross, Girl Scouts, 4-H, and Senior Housing Board
• Andrea and her husband Emery Webb have one daughter, Michaele

Shelli Prespare-Weston (2013)

• Elected to the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Board of Education in 2008
• Elected to the Colton-Pierrepont Central School Board in 1990, elected as Board President in 2010, formerly served as Vice President
• Employed at Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country for 26 years; currently the Director of Community Development
• Earned a BA in Sociology from SUNY Potsdam; an AA in Liberal Arts from SUNY Canton; and a graduate of Knox Memorial Central School
• Volunteer experience: 4H Leader; Committee of Special Education parent representative; having extensive knowledge both professional and personal regarding special education programs and services, Campus Kitchen Project
• Shelli and her husband Lynn have two children; both received an education from Seaway Tech Center, Tyler - 2006 Metalworking Technology, and Geill - 2008 Early Childhood Education

James Young (2015)

     •  Member of the Parishville-Hopkinton Central School Board of Education since 1980
     •  Past President of the St. Lawrence County School Boards Association
     •  Began his teaching career in 1963, retiring in 2002
     •  Volunteers in the CAD lab at Parishville-Hopkinton Central School
     •  Owns and operates a construction business
     •  Served on the Variance Board for the Town of Parishville for four years, serving as President for   
         two years
 

John Zeh (2015)

     •  Dr. of Veterinary Medicine - NYS College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University - 1979
     •  Heuvelton Central School Board member since 1981
     •  SUNY Canton Veterinary Science Advisory Panel
     •  Owner and operator of Town and Country Veterinary Clinics in Ogdensburg and Potsdam