D Patrick Curley

D. Patrick Curley was confirmed by the New York State Senate for a five-year term as a Power Authority trustee on October 22, 2007, following his nomination by Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Mr. Curley, of the Town of Orchard Park near Buffalo and a lifetime resident of Western New York, is president of St. Lawrence Business Consultants, a financial consulting firm which he founded in 1977. The company has clients in banking, manufacturing, education and various other interests in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. He has served on the boards of several corporations and is a member of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee, a high-security, public-private partnership that engages business leaders in formulating U.S. trade policy. Mr. Curley served three terms on the Orchard Park Town Board, and chairs the Board of Trustees of Erie County Central Police Services, an administrative criminal justice agency, and has been a member of the Orchard Park Fire Company for nearly 40 years. Mr. Curley is the founder of the Orchard Park Council of the Arts and has been a member of the National Board of Directors of the American Heart Association. He has served on the board of Mercy Hospital of Buffalo and on the President’s Council of D’Youville College in Buffalo. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College and a Master of Science from Canisius College in Buffalo.