GERALD J. SKODA

Name & Address:

Gerald J. Skoda

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Woodbourne, New York 12788 Telephone ( 845 ) 434 - 4373 E-mail: abpy7d@r.postjobfree.com

Fax ( 845 ) 434 - 5227

Cell ( 845 ) 798 - 0984

Education:

Franklin High School, 1959 Franklin, New Jersey

B.S. Dairy Science, 1963 Delaware Valley College Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Advanced study and in-service education Cornell University Ithaca, New York

Employment:

Cornell University Cooperative Extension County Agriculture Agent

Madison County 1963

Delaware County 1964-1967

National Bank of Delaware County Walton, New York 1967 1968 Farm Credit Representative

Cornell University Cooperative Extension Executive Director

Sullivan County 1968 to 1998 (retired)

Agricultural Program Leader

Programming Poultry, Business Management, Land Use, Community Resources

Development, Economic Development

Operate a 200 acre hay farm with family 1971 present

Farm Income Tax Preparation Business 1964 present

Agricultural Consultant 1998 present

Mid Hudson Cooperative Insurance Company Vice President -2005 - present

Committee/Appointments Present

Past Chairperson/Founding Director/Chair Strategic Planning Committee/Shovel Ready Task Force

Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development

Vice President/Director/Executive Committee Mid-Hudson Co-operative Ins. Co.

Sullivan Renaissance Steering Committee

Emerald Corporate Center Local Development Corp. President ; Chair Architectural

Review Committee; Operations Committee

Emerald Spring Water Company - President

Committee/Appointments Previous

Tri-Valley Central School Board of Education 24 years

President 17 years, Vice President 6 years

Designed, built, and managed Cornell Cooperative Extension Education Center, Liberty, N.Y.

National Association of County Agricultural Agents 32 years

Past National Director and Vice Director 4 years

Chairman, Registration Committee 1997 National Annual Meeting

Co Chairperson Sullivan First

Negotiating Committee, Sullivan County Casino Advisory Committee

Sullivan County Revolving Loan Fund Committee Block Grant/Main Street Revitalization

Joint Economic Task Force

Committee/Appointments Previous continued

Northeast Regional Vice-Chairman Communications Committee 2 years

Chairman, Banquet Committee 1981 National Annual Meeting, Ithaca, NY

Attended 21 National Meetings

New York State Association of County Agricultural Agents 32 years

President 1979, Vice President 1978, Secretary Treasurer 1977

Regional Chairman, Chairman various committees

Chairman National Officers Committee

Ex Officio N.Y.C. Watershed Agricultural Council Member, Farmland Retention Committee

Sullivan County Farmland Protection Board

Founder, Manager, Secretary-Treasurer of Sullivan County Farmers Market Assoc. 1996-1998

Governor Cuomo Agriculture 2000 Committee 1985

New York State Century Farm Committee 1985, 1997

Search Committee Agriculture Program Coordinator, Cornell University 1985

Search Committee N.Y.S. Director of Extension 1986

Member Farm Service Agency Committee Sullivan County USDA-FSA 8 years

Sullivan County Dairy Princess Committee 15 years

N.Y.S. Avian Influenza Task Force

Executive Assistant N.Y.S. Poultry Industry Task Force

Interdepartmental Poultry Committee- Cornell University 10 years

Sullivan County Agricultural Advisory Committee Assemblyman Richard Coombe NY 98th Dist.

Tri-Valley Booster Club Fund Raising Committee Chairman 2 years

Sullivan County Farm Home & 4-H Youth Center Fund Raising Committee

Citizen Advisory Council, Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River 4 years

I-86 Committee 1997-1998

Task Force Chair (Agriculture) Sullivan-Wawarsing Rural Economic Area Partnership

Sullivan 2009 Vision Panel Sullivan County Legislature

Technical Advisory Council Catskill Watershed Corp.

Agricultural Advisor Assemblyman Jake Gunther, New York

New York State Poultry Allied Industries Representatives, Inc. (P.A.I.R.) 14 years

Memberships:

National Association of County Agricultural Agents 33 years

New York State Association of County Agricultural Agents 33 years

New York State Farm Bureau 31 years

Cornell Cooperative Extension, Sullivan County 35 years

Epsilon Sigma Phi Fraternity 24 years

New York State School Boards Association 24 years

New York State Field Staff Council member 26 years. Director 4 years

New York State Tree Farm System

Northeast Regional Poultry Specialist member 14 years

Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development 10 years

Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce 6 years

Research Projects

Reintroduction of broilers to Sullivan County 1984 1985 N.Y. State Dept. of Ag & Markets

Cornell University, Hebrew National Foods, Gerald J. Skoda

Affects of High Levels of Poultry Manure on Corn Yields 1972 Cornell University, Gerald Skoda

Affects of High Levels of Poultry Manure on Herbicides, 1977-1978 Cornell Univ., Gerald Skoda

Effectiveness of Triazine Resistant Herbicides 1979 Cornell University, Gerald Skoda

Development & Analysis of Turkey Production in Sullivan County 1985 N.Y. Ag & Markets

Inter-County Farmers Cooperative, Hebrew Nat l Foods, Cornell University, Gerald Skoda

Published Papers

Editor, Sullivan County Farm News 1968 1984

Southeastern New York Farm Business Management Summary

1974 through 1984, S.V. Smith; Cornell University, Gerald Skoda

Southeastern New York Farm Business Management Summary

1984 through 1986, S. V. Smith, Cornell University

Gerald Skoda and Alan White

A Practical Demonstration to Study the Feasibility of Turkey Production in Sullivan County, 1985

Gerald Skoda and David Goodstein

Study Facility Requirements for Sullivan County Cooperative Extension and USDA Agencies

to develop a New Sullivan County Farm Home and 4-H Youth Center.

July 1985 Gerald Skoda

Report on Animal Control, Sullivan County

Gerald Skoda, Drs. Hartelius, Bartholf, Fachios, Glick, Nebzydoski, Stein, Wachter

Taxes and Farming 11/99; 02/01; 02/02; 03/03 Gerald Skoda

Awards and Honors

Distinguished Service Award 1981 Highest Award of National Assoc. of County Ag. Agents

Friend of the Poultry Industry 1985 Inter-County Farmers Cooperative

1st New York State Department of Agriculture and Market Research and Development Grant

1985 - $39,250.

School Board Member of the Year 1995 Mid-Hudson School Study Council

Certificate of Accomplishment 1996 Village of Liberty Farmers Market

Gerald J. Skoda Extension Education Center (Cornell Cooperative Extension Bldg.) named by

the Sullivan County Legislature 1998

Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition Congressman Benjamin Gilman 04/04/98

1999 Distinguished Service Award Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce

Distinguished Service Award Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Dev. 10/09/03

Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition- Congressman Maurice Hinchey 08/15-05

Recent Consultations:

Addis Food Products Inc. Fowl Processing Plant, Liberty, N. Y.

Financial, Market, and Technical Feasibility Studies

Thomas Shepstone Consultants Joint Projects

Sullivan County Farmland Protection Plan

Catskill Watershed Corp. Agricultural Plan

Schuyler County Farmland Protection Plan

Schoharie County Farmland Protection Plan

Stueben County Farmland Protection Plan

Hudson Valley Regional Meat Processing Facility Feasibility Study

St. Lawrence County Farmland Protection Plan

Greene County Farmland Protection Plan

Fulton County Farmland Protection Plan

Yates County Farmland Protection Plan

Yasgur Farm Dairy Milk Processing Feasibility Study

Town of Brandt - Agricultural Development Plan

Day in the Garden, Woodstock Concert Neighbor public relations-Agribusiness Coordination

AGY Corp. Advisor: Migrant Housing, Community Development Block Grant, International

Trade Actions, Foie Gras Production

Bella Poultry Agricultural Advisor; Feasibility of Further Processing of Specialty Poultry into a

Line of Retail Products

IDA Tax Incentive Proposals

Agricultural Tax Applications

LaBelle Farm Inc. Business Plan

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