AUBURN — Unity House of Cayuga County, Inc. announced that Lorie Fischer of the Cayuga County Health Department has recently joined the agency’s board of directors. “Lorie has solid experience and knowledge of special needs in Cayuga County,” Unity House CEO Liz Smith said in a release. “This lends well to the organization because many […]
AUBURN — Unity House of Cayuga County, Inc. announced that Lorie Fischer of the Cayuga County Health Department has recently joined the agency’s board of directors.
“Lorie has solid experience and knowledge of special needs in Cayuga County,” Unity House CEO Liz Smith said in a release. “This lends well to the organization because many of the individuals we support need and access those services regularly. Lorie was recommended by the county health department, and I look forward to working with her.”
Fischer is the program director and early intervention official with Services for Children with Special Needs at the Cayuga County Health Department, where she has worked since 2006. She previously held positions at the Gavras Center in Auburn, and in North Carolina, Japan, and San Diego. Fischer served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves from 1987-1995. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education from SUNY Cortland.
“I am very excited to be on the Unity House board of directors; I want to remain active in my community,” Fischer said. “I have many years of experience working with the developmentally disabled population. I look forward to being part of a team that helps many people be successful in the community that I live in, work in and love.”
Unity House of Cayuga County is a nonprofit that provides transitional and permanent housing, respite, rehabilitative, and employment services for individuals with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and/or substance-use disorders from which they are recovering. The agency, founded in 1977, says it serves more than 1,000 adults per day in seven Central New York counties.
