Edwin J. Kelley, Jr. and Debra A. Verni join board

Edwin J. Kelley, Jr. and Debra A. Verni have joined the Cazenovia College Board of Trustees. Kelley will serve on the finance and investment committees, while Verni will serve on the academic affairs and institutional advancement committees.

Retired from the firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Kelley is a member of the New York State Bar Association and served on its tax-exempt bond committee, municipal law section and tax section. He is also a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the Onondaga County Bar Association.

In the community, Kelley is a board member of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, the Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, the YMCA of Greater Syracuse and St. Joseph’s College of Nursing, where he is also chair. In 2012, he received the Post-Standard Community Achievement Award.

Kelley earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude from St. Lawrence University, a Master of Science in Accounting from Syracuse University, and a juris doctor magna cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law. He received the Order of the Coif and served as the executive editor of Syracuse Law Review.

Verni is a partner with Herzog Law Firm located in Albany, Saratoga Springs, and Kingston, N.Y., where she concentrates in estate planning, asset protection, estate tax planning, charitable giving and elder law. She is a member of the Trust and Estate Section and the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Verni is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Estate Planning Council of Eastern New York and the Saratoga County Bar Association. She is also a frequent lecturer on estate and Medicaid planning issues throughout Upstate New York.

In her volunteer work, Verni is the past president of the Soroptimist International of Saratoga County. On behalf of her alma mater, she serves on the planned giving council and was recently named president of the Cazenovia College Alumni Association in addition to her service on the board of trustees.

Verni earned a Bachelor of Professional Studies in business management summa cum laude from Cazenovia College and a juris doctor with a concentration in tax and estate law from Syracuse University College of Law.