"The 2022 Election and You" - Thursday 10/13 from 4:30-6pm

[Daniel Lake]

 The Department of Political Science invites you to a panel discussion of
the 2022 midterm election featuring four distinguished Plattsburgh State
alumni.

The 2022 Midterm Election is shaping up to be very consequential, and not
only at the national level. Decisions made by elected officials at the
state and local levels often have major effects on our lives. This panel,
made up of alumni all currently serving as elected officials, will discuss
the implications of the 2022 elections for you. Topics include some of the
key issues the election may decide, the potential to roll back some of the
hyperpartisanship common to American politics today, and answering your
questions.

The panel will take place on Thursday, Oct. 13, from 4:30-6:00pm in the
Alumni Conference Room, Angell College Center. Refreshments will be
provided.

The panelists include:

Kimberly Davis, ’06, graduated magna cum laude with a B.S in Business
(Marketing) and Philosophy with a minor in Accounting. Her public service
career began as Town Assessor in East Hampton in 2000, prior to moving to
Plattsburgh. After graduation, she served as campaign manager for a NY
State Senate race and then ran for Clinton County Treasurer in 2007,
narrowly losing that race. She won when she tried again in 2013, and has
served as County Treasurer since January 2014. She is a member of the
Clinton County Democratic Committee and represents Clinton County on the
NYS Democratic Committee. Kimberly Co-Founded North Country Women United, a
political action committee dedicated to recruiting, training, and funding
Democratic women running for local and state office in Clinton, Essex, and
Franklin Counties. Kimberly also ran for NYS Senate in 2020.


David Rodriguez DeCancio, ’93, earned his B.A. in Political Science. The
son of Cuban refugees who came to America in 1962, he embarked on a career
in public service as a NYS Assembly intern. Since graduating in 1993 David
has worked for three Speakers of the NYS Assembly and Governor of New York
State. He has served in several senior positions including Deputy Director
of Communications and Information Services, Political Director of the
Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, and is currently Senior Advisor to
NYS Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie.  In 2021, David was the first Latino
ever elected to the Bethlehem Town Board, where he currently serves in
addition to his work for the Speaker.


Christopher Rosenquest, ‘00, earned his degree in English (Print
Journalism). He moved to Plattsburgh in the early 1980’s when his father
was stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, and enrolled at SUNY
Plattsburgh after graduating from Clinton Community College. After a stint
on the West Coast where he began a career in technology management and
earned an MBA from the University of Washington's Foster School of
Business, he returned to Plattsburgh in 2013. Chris Rosenquest served for
5-years on the Clinton County Legislature before running in the 2020
Mayoral election. In a historic win, Chris Rosenquest became the first
Mayoral candidate to unseat the incumbent during the primary. Upon winning
the election, Mayor Rosenquest became the first African American Mayor to
serve the City of Plattsburgh.

Matt Veitch, ’94, earned a B.S. in Secondary Education with a minor in
Music.  He also earned an A.S. in Applied Information Technology degree
from Pace University in 2005. He has served as the Saratoga County
Supervisor representing the City of Saratoga Springs since 2008 and was
elected by his peers to be Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in 2015.
Matthew serves in a variety of public roles including as Chair of the
Saratoga County Capital Resource Corporation, as Vice-Chair of the New York
State Association of Counties Public Safety Committee, and as Chair of the
National Association of Counties International Economic Development Task
Force. It is also notable that both of Matt’s parents are graduates of SUNY
Plattsburgh, as well as all four of his siblings and two of his in-laws.  The
latest Veitch is currently a Junior at Plattsburgh.


This alumni panel is generously supported by the Office of Institutional
Advancement.

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*Daniel Lake*

(gender pronouns: he/him/his)

Assoc. Prof.  and Chair of Political Science

Interim Director, Institute for Ethics in Public Life

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