Cat Gerson moved to Tully in 2015 with her husband and a couple of cats. Being a life-long book and library enthusiast, she quickly became a regular at the Tully Free Library and started volunteering in 2016. 

Cat grew up on dairy farms and currently works as a legal assistant at a local law firm.  Besides books, she is a pop culture, theater, music and movie devotee. She enjoys volunteering with the Cortland Repertory Theatre Guild, knitting, and spending time with her husband and cats. 

Cat joined the Board in 2021 and loves being very involved with connecting the library to the community and is very excited about the library’s revitalization project!

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Hannah Hackett is a native of Central New York. She attended SUNY Cortland, obtaining both her bachelor's degree in speech and language disabilities and her master's degree in teaching students with disabilities. Hannah has devoted her early professional career to educating special education students at the elementary level and has taught in districts throughout Central New York for the past twelve years. Most recently she has taught in the Marathon Central School District as a special education teacher for the past eight years. She has spent much of her career focused on developing reading skills in struggling and reluctant readers. Hannah has been involved in a variety of extracurricular and volunteer positions within the MCSD, including hosting SUNY Cortland early childhood and childhood education practicum students.

She is now excited to devote time to her own community as a trustee for the Tully Free Library.

She and her husband have settled in Tully to raise their young family. Hannah enjoys bringing her children to the library frequently for events and programming. She looks forward to using her experience and interests to help continue developing the Tully Free Library for readers of all ages, especially young readers and families. She looks forward to steering this local resource to success for the next generation.

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Dennis  lived in the Tully area for 14 years while raising three sons and was active in local sports programs and served a term on the Tully school board.  After leaving for twenty years he moved back in 2021.

 

Dennis has been a lifelong avid reader and visits libraries around the world while on business and bike trips.  He has lived in most parts of the country and is glad to be back in this special community.

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Kathleen Fenlon grew up on her family farm in Tully NY. She attended the State University College at Oswego, and remained in the greater Oswego area for the next 50 years. She worked for county government and two not-for-profit organizations in the field of human services. Her last position, as Executive Director of the Oswego City-County Youth Bureau, was a job she loved going to every day! She retired eleven years ago. Kathy has served on many not-for-profit boards, including the United Way Board, Oswego School Board, Child Care Council, two foundation boards, and a statewide youth advocacy board.

 

Kathy and her husband Richard Kaulfuss built a house on the Fenlon family farmland a few years ago. Their grandchildren are the sixth generation to enjoy the beautiful property which overlooks Meeker Hill. She has many interests including gardening, quilting, and kayaking

 

During her career, Kathy was in a position where she gave out grant funding and wrote many grants. She would like to bring this knowledge along with board management experience to her role as a Trustee of the Tully Free Library.

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