Pathfinder Village Foundation board elects three new trustees

EDMESTON, N.Y. — The Pathfinder Village Foundation, Inc. board of trustees recently elected Linda V.W. Clark, Patricia R. Hanft, and Raymond E. Holohan as new board members.

The foundation raises both funds and public awareness for Pathfinder Village, a community in Edmeston that offers residential, educational, vocational, health, and other services to people with Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities.

Clark, of New Hartford, is a retired bereavement counselor with Hospice & Palliative Care and is a committed advocate for Otsego Academy, Pathfinder’s post-secondary transitions program. Clark and her husband, D. Christopher Clark, are the parents of Pathfinder Village resident Theresa Clark.

Hanft, of Cooperstown, helped begin the Tennis Classic fundraising event in 2010 and has served as its co-chair ever since. The event has raised more than $250,000 in scholarships. Hanft and her husband, Robert S. Hanft, are active volunteers and support several nonprofit organizations.

Holohan owns Raymond Holohan CPA, which offers tax and other financial services to individuals, businesses, and municipalities. Holohan and his wife, Sheri, moved to Cooperstown in 2006 and are active in many local organizations. He has worked with families who have children with special needs and is knowledgeable on guardianship and special-needs planning.

Trustees of the foundation, an independent nonprofit, oversee fundraising and community-education efforts supporting Pathfinder Village capital projects and operations, planned giving, and special events that benefit residential and student scholarships. They also supervise the foundation’s named funds and endowments. Trustees are elected to three-year terms and may serve three terms before transitioning off the board.

Joseph Leo of New Hartford and Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya recently completed three terms and were elected as emeriti trustees.