Meals on Wheels elects new board members, officers

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Meals on Wheels of Syracuse recently elected new members and officers to its board of directors.

Meals on Wheels in a nonprofit that prepares and delivers meals, offers nutrition education, and provides resource assistance to homebound older adults and younger adults with disabilities living in the Syracuse area. 

Newly elected members of the Meals on Wheels of Syracuse board are Linda Llewellyn and Matthew Van Ryn. 

Llewellyn retired as director of curriculum and instruction at the Homer Central School District in July 2017, and has been volunteering for Meals on Wheels of Syracuse since October of that year. Prior to working in Homer, she was the middle-school principal, assistant principal, and taught fifth and sixth grade in the Chittenango Central School District. 

Van Ryn is the owner of the Law Office of Matthew Van Ryn, LLC. He is a business law and economic-development attorney who has helped people create more than 300 businesses in the Central New York area in the 15 years. He recently joined Volunteer Lawyer Project part-time, providing free legal information, assistance, and representation in civil legal matters to low-income people in Central New York.

The newly elected board officers for Meals on Wheels of Syracuse are Secretary: Llewellyn; and Vice President: Bruce Wodka, manager of information systems at Mower, an advertising, marketing, and PR agency.