Liz Callahan
Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties (CCESO)
Appointing Authority: Governor's Office
County of Residence: Otsego
Board term ends 2032
Advisory Board
Liz Callahan is the Executive Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties (CCESO). CCESO shares research-based resources and engaging outreach programming and activities with the residents of these predominantly agricultural counties. Before joining the staff of CCESO, Liz had a 30-year career in cultural stewardship which focused on rural and agricultural communities in the Northwest Catskills, worked in higher education, and assisted with refugee resettlement as a VISTA volunteer. Liz holds a Master’s in History Museum Studies from the State University of New York College at Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program, and has training in grassroots community leadership, non-profit governance and management, and strategic planning and resource development. Present and past board service includes the Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board of the Village of Cooperstown (chair), the Catskills Folk Connection, the Friends of the Parks of the Village of Cooperstown, the United Way of Otsego & Delaware Counties, and the Cooperstown Graduate Association.
