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For Immediate Release
December 10, 2020


Riverhead's Shirley Coverdale Appointed to Suffolk County Community College Board of Trustees

Coverdale Swearing as Suffolk County Community College BOT
Coverdale Swearing as Suffolk County Community College BOT

Riverhead’s Shirley E. Coverdale, president of the Family Community Life Center, has been appointed to the board of trustees of Suffolk County Community College by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo for a term that will expire on June 20, 2024.

Coverdale serves on the board of the Long Island Housing Partnership as well as a host of community councils and committees.

Suffolk Deputy County Clerk Christopher Como, Esq., second from right, administers the oath of office to Shirley E. Coverdale, center, with Suffolk County Community College President Dr. Shaun L. McKay, at left, and Board of Trustees Chair Theresa Sanders, second from left. At right is Coverdale’s husband Rev. Charles Coverdale, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Riverhead.