CHUCK SCHWERIN

Tompkins County Area Development (TCAD) has appointed CHUCK SCHWERIN as its new managing director of business services. He will be responsible for business retention, expansion, and attraction initiatives, offering direct incentives, and developing relationships with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and a variety of stakeholders. He will provide direct assistance to retain, grow, and attract new business and industry in Tompkins County. The nonprofit TCAD, founded in 1964, is Tompkins County’s economic-development organization. Before joining TCAD, Schwerin was a certified business advisor for the New York Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Binghamton University for three years, where he specialized in advising tech-based companies. There, he was also the New York State coordinator for FAST (Federal and State Technology), a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)-funded program that helps states enhance the use of Small Business Innovation Research grants. Schwerin is a co-founder (and current board member) of a biotech spin-off from Binghamton University. He holds three patents on geographic information technology and received his master’s degree in urban policy and planning from Tufts University, TCAD said. He was an adjunct professor, teaching entrepreneurship, in Binghamton University’s School of Management.