PRESIDENT: Sydney Conner Sydney joined the Conner Foundation board in 2012. She has attended scholar interviews in both Brentwood, CA and Greene, NY since joining. She attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York graduating in 2016 with a B.S in Fiber Science and Apparel Design concentrating in Design Management and minoring in Business. Sydney now works for Levi Strauss & Co in San Francisco as a merchandise manager.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: Sarah Conner Sarah grew up in Greene, NY and attended Greene High School. She received her undergraduate degree from Union College and earned a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University in 2017. Sarah lives in Washington, DC where she currently works for Booz Allen Hamilton consulting firm, with past experience working in the non-profit sector.
VICE PRESIDENT: Timothy Conner Timothy is the board member from the Greene, NY branch of the Conner Foundation. Tim has been a science teacher for 38 years working in both private and public schools, elementary and middle school, as well as high school and college. He worked as a science department chairperson for 24 of those years. The last seven years have been with SUNY Cortland Geology department, where he has also worked with the Adolescence Education program teaching science education courses.
SECRETARY:Morgan Conner Morgan grew up attending the Conner Foundation meetings and often participated from under the table while eating strawberries and coloring. She became an official board member in 2011. Attending undergrad at Mount Holyoke and graduate school at Samual Merritt, where she completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in May 2016 and is now working as a physical therapist for Origin in San Francisco.
IMMEDIATE PASTPRESIDENT: Kathleen Conner Kathleen was raised in upstate New York attending Greene Central School, home to the Benjamin Silverman Conner scholarship. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Speech from Northwestern University, before moving to Los Angeles to work in television and film. Kathleen switched to education for 25 years, earning a Master’s in Education from Pepperdine University along the way.
Catherine Ann Conner Catherine is a mediator and collaborative lawyer at Conner, Lawrence, Rodney Olhiser & Barrett LLP in Santa Rosa, CA. She has been a member of the Conner Foundation Board since 1980. Catherine attended UCLA for her undergraduate education, majoring in History and Sociology. She graduated from UC Berkeley Law in 1982.
Our Board
PRESIDENT: Sydney Conner
Sydney joined the Conner Foundation board in 2012. She has attended scholar interviews in both Brentwood, CA and Greene, NY since joining. She attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York graduating in 2016 with a B.S in Fiber Science and Apparel Design concentrating in Design Management and minoring in Business. Sydney now works for Levi Strauss & Co in San Francisco as a merchandise manager.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: Sarah Conner
Sarah grew up in Greene, NY and attended Greene High School. She received her undergraduate degree from Union College and earned a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University in 2017. Sarah lives in Washington, DC where she currently works for Booz Allen Hamilton consulting firm, with past experience working in the non-profit sector.
VICE PRESIDENT: Timothy Conner
Timothy is the board member from the Greene, NY branch of the Conner Foundation. Tim has been a science teacher for 38 years working in both private and public schools, elementary and middle school, as well as high school and college. He worked as a science department chairperson for 24 of those years. The last seven years have been with SUNY Cortland Geology department, where he has also worked with the Adolescence Education program teaching science education courses.
SECRETARY:Morgan Conner
Morgan grew up attending the Conner Foundation meetings and often participated from under the table while eating strawberries and coloring. She became an official board member in 2011. Attending undergrad at Mount Holyoke and graduate school at Samual Merritt, where she completed her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in May 2016 and is now working as a physical therapist for Origin in San Francisco.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Kathleen Conner
Kathleen was raised in upstate New York attending Greene Central School, home to the Benjamin Silverman Conner scholarship. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Speech from Northwestern University, before moving to Los Angeles to work in television and film. Kathleen switched to education for 25 years, earning a Master’s in Education from Pepperdine University along the way.
Catherine Ann Conner
Catherine is a mediator and collaborative lawyer at Conner, Lawrence, Rodney Olhiser & Barrett LLP in Santa Rosa, CA. She has been a member of the Conner Foundation Board since 1980. Catherine attended UCLA for her undergraduate education, majoring in History and Sociology. She graduated from UC Berkeley Law in 1982.