Cazenovia College announces new trustees

CAZENOVIA — Cazenovia College announced that Matthew Reilly and Elizabeth Rougeux have joined its board of trustees. 

Reilly will chair the board’s enrollment management committee and also serve on the executive, faculty to board, and student affairs committees. 

Reilly, superintendent of schools at the Cazenovia Central School District, has more than 30 years of experience in public education. He taught secondary social studies in several Central New York school districts for 20 years and has spent the last 11 years as a school administrator at both the middle-school level and the district level, Cazenovia College said in a news release. 

Reilly received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Colgate University. He earned his certificate of advanced study in educational leadership from Syracuse University.

Rougeux, of Syracuse, will co-chair the Cazenovia College board of trustees’ institutional advancement committee and also serve on the executive, faculty to board, and student-affairs committees.

Rougeux served as director of administration in the Office of the Syracuse Mayor under the Stephanie Miner administration. In this role, she was responsible for overseeing six city departments and represented the mayor at local and statewide leadership meetings on a wide range of municipal government issues, as well as many communitywide and neighborhood events. Rougeux also negotiated numerous contracts and agreements on behalf of the city including service agreements with Syracuse University and Crouse Hospital.

Prior to working for the City of Syracuse, Rougeux held several government-relations positions at Syracuse University from 1993 through 2011. Her last position was associate VP for government and community relations, serving as principal liaison between the university and federal, state, and local governments. Rougeux has also held positions as the governor’s regional representative for the Department of State and as the executive director of the Onondaga County Child Care Council. She earned a master’s degree in social work from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in science, recreation and education from SUNY Cortland.