BIO - Larry Craybas

 

Vice Chairman, Bethel Board of Education - 2 years

• Chairman, Personnel & Contract Negotiations Sub-Committee
• Chairman, Policy Review Sub-Committee
• Member, Finance Sub-Committee
• Member, School Facilities Sub-Committee
• Member, Transportation Sub-Committee
• Alternate Member, Curriculum Sub-Committee

Volunteer, Bethel Health Department - 4 years

• Member, Community Emergency Response Volunteers
• Member Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Committee
• Business Educator, Business Continuity Planning

Certified Member, Bethel’s inaugural Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

• Certified Member of Redding’s CERT team
• Certified Fire Policeman

Member of the Board of Directors, Bethel Visiting Nurses Association - 3 years

• Member, Planning and Marketing Committee
• Member, Annual “Breakfast for Care” committee, the BVNA's primary fund-raising event.

Retired Sales Executive, General Foods/Kraft Foods - 28 year career

• Eastern Franchise Manager, Maxwell House Coffee - $1.3 Billion sales and 450 employees
• Director, Worldwide Military Sales, Kraft Foods - largest food supplier to the Defense Department’s Commissary Agency - $375 Million sales, 250 employees and 3 broker sales organizations
• Vice Chairman, American Logistics Association, a trade organization that worked with the Defense Department on Troop Morale, Welfare & Recreation initiatives through Commissaries, Post Exchanges and Military Clubs

Graduate, Syracuse University - 1963

• Full athletic scholarship - Baseball/Basketball
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Marketing

30 year Bethel resident

• Married 46 years to wife, Joan
• Wife and oldest son own and operate The Gift Cottage on Greenwood Avenue - 20th anniversary in 2010
• 4 adult children, all graduates of Bethel Schools
• 7 grandchildren, 2 in Bethel Schools today
• Eucharistic Minister and Lector at St. Mary’s - 30 years
• Member, Bethel Fish & Game Club - Event Co-Chair for annual Fishing Derby (open to all children in Bethel), annual fall Club Picnic, and annual Game Dinner
• Enjoy golf, bird hunting, fishing, photography, flower gardening and being a grandfather