Community Memorial Foundation appoints two new board members

HAMILTON — The Community Memorial Foundation board of directors recently appointed Theresa Kevorkian and Mark Barnes as new members of the 19-person board. 

Kevorkian currently serves as VP for institutional advancement at SUNY Morrisville and as executive director of the Morrisville College Foundation. She oversees fundraising activities including the annual fund, leadership gifts, major gifts, planned giving, and all alumni-relations functions, according to a Community Memorial Foundation news release. Prior to her tenure at Morrisville, Kevorkian worked for institutional advancement at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin; as well as Hamilton College and Colgate University. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Colgate in 2009 and a master’s degree in Islamic studies and history from the University of Oxford in England in 2011. 

Barnes grew up on a family-owned dairy farm in Madison, graduating from Madison Central School. He attended Syracuse University, where he earned a bachelor’s in political science and a J.D. from the Syracuse College of Law, the release stated. He established his private law practice in Waterville, focusing primarily on real estate, estate planning, and family law. Barnes has been a trustee of the Waterville Public Library since 1994, and currently serves as president of the board of trustees. For more than 40 years, he has been involved in the entertainment industry as a performing musician and singer.

The Community Memorial Foundation also named the following board officers: Julie Rubenstein, chairperson; Patty Caprio, vice chairperson; Robert Tenney, treasurer; and Diane Chase, secretary. 

The foundation, which is a separate nonprofit organization that helps raise funds for Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, also has set plans in motion for its “Building For The Future” hospital renovation project. 

“These are exciting times for the hospital and our community. This is the largest project in our hospital’s history. It involves the entire Community Memorial family and the community at large working together bringing the most advanced technology to our emergency room and ambulatory services and increasing access to health care for residents of Hamilton and our surrounding communities,” Sean Fadale, president and CEO of Community Memorial Hospital, said in the release.

Next month, the Hamilton Family Health Center expansion and renovation project — costing $2 million and entirely funded by Community Memorial Foundation donors — will be completed. The 5,000-square-foot addition and updated space houses both primary care and expanded specialty services. 

Community Memorial Foundation raises funds for capital needs, endowment, and special programs as well as providing operating support at Community Memorial Hospital. Since its founding, the foundation has raised nearly $5 million in philanthropic funds. 

HAMILTON — The Community Memorial Foundation board of directors recently appointed Theresa Kevorkian and Mark Barnes as new members of the 19-person board. 

Kevorkian currently serves as VP for institutional advancement at SUNY Morrisville and as executive director of the Morrisville College Foundation. She oversees fundraising activities including the annual fund, leadership gifts, major gifts, planned giving, and all alumni-relations functions, according to a Community Memorial Foundation news release. Prior to her tenure at Morrisville, Kevorkian worked for institutional advancement at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin; as well as Hamilton College and Colgate University. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Colgate in 2009 and a master’s degree in Islamic studies and history from the University of Oxford in England in 2011. 

Barnes grew up on a family-owned dairy farm in Madison, graduating from Madison Central School. He attended Syracuse University, where he earned a bachelor’s in political science and a J.D. from the Syracuse College of Law, the release stated. He established his private law practice in Waterville, focusing primarily on real estate, estate planning, and family law. Barnes has been a trustee of the Waterville Public Library since 1994, and currently serves as president of the board of trustees. For more than 40 years, he has been involved in the entertainment industry as a performing musician and singer.

The Community Memorial Foundation also named the following board officers: Julie Rubenstein, chairperson; Patty Caprio, vice chairperson; Robert Tenney, treasurer; and Diane Chase, secretary. 

The foundation, which is a separate nonprofit organization that helps raise funds for Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, also has set plans in motion for its “Building For The Future” hospital renovation project. 

“These are exciting times for the hospital and our community. This is the largest project in our hospital’s history. It involves the entire Community Memorial family and the community at large working together bringing the most advanced technology to our emergency room and ambulatory services and increasing access to health care for residents of Hamilton and our surrounding communities,” Sean Fadale, president and CEO of Community Memorial Hospital, said in the release.

Next month, the Hamilton Family Health Center expansion and renovation project — costing $2 million and entirely funded by Community Memorial Foundation donors — will be completed. The 5,000-square-foot addition and updated space houses both primary care and expanded specialty services. 

Community Memorial Foundation raises funds for capital needs, endowment, and special programs as well as providing operating support at Community Memorial Hospital. Since its founding, the foundation has raised nearly $5 million in philanthropic funds.