Kathy Coley

Kathy Coley is a lifelong gardener from a long line of gardening enthusiasts and farmers. She retired in September 2020 after 40 plus years from Farmingdale State College. At Farmingdale, she advised students, coordinated media/government relations, created marketing strategies, co-chaired two presidential inauguration committees, and worked with the college president on the annual start-of-the-semester convocation.

Kathy’s involvement with environmental issues is longstanding, serving on FSC’s Sustainability Committee and organizing the annual Earth Day Fair.  She was campus liaison with Transit Solutions and 511NY Rideshare, working on Car Free Day LI. A member of the Board of Directors for SUNYCUAD, SUNY’s professional development association, she co-chaired the 2013 Conference on Long Island.

Kathy continues to serves as a Director on the Board of Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington. She has lived in Port Washington since 1979, where she raises vegetables and composts as much as possible. She is the proud grandmother of August who arrived in June 2019.