Catharine Young
Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Lake Shore Savings Bank, announced today that Catharine M. Young has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Young is currently the executive director of the New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell University’s AgriTech Center, a position she has held since March 2019. Prior to this, she served for 20 years in the New York State Legislature as a senator and assemblywoman.
As a senator for 14 years, Young represented Western New York’s 57th District, which included Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and part of Livingston counties. She was a trailblazer, becoming the first woman to chair the Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance – the second-highest rank in the Senate. She also chaired the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development, making her uniquely valuable to Lake Shore Bancorp and its consumer and commercial business teams.