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| Residence: | Delmar, NY EMAIL PETER |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Spouse: | Mary Elizabeth Dwyer Potter |
| Children | Peter Richard Potter, II (‘97) & Michael Dwyer Potter (‘99 |
| Grandkids: | No |
| College/Schools |
SUNY, Albany-Bachelor’s; Public
Affairs; Political Science - concentration on Political Development; HVCC-Associate’s;
Marketing/Business |
| Occupation: |
Director of Public Affairs, US
Department of Veterans Affairs, ALBANY Stratton VA Medical Center |
| Past Residences: |
Albany, NY; Charleston. SC;
Orlando, FL; St. Petersburg, FL |
| Past Jobs: |
Director of Public Affairs, NYS
Senator Frank Padavan, Vice President Pro Tempore; Sr. Public Affairs &
Campaign Manager, NYS Central-Capital Region-Long Island Regions; Chief of
Staff, Legislative Director and Campaign Manager, NYS Assemblyman Robert G
Prentiss (Colonie, NY); Legislative and Aide, Congressman Michael R McNulty
(Albany, NY); Personal Business-PR Enterprises Consulting (political/public
affairs/marketing); Disc Jockey, various night clubs and radio stations. |
| Other Activities |
Soccer Coach for Bethlehem Travel
Soccer; Manager for Afrim’s Elite Soccer Team(s); Swimming; Politics. |
| Military |
US Navy, BM3; 1987-1991; USS Santa Barbara-AE-28; PRP/Guard Force Leader for SpecWeapOps; SSDF Leader Ops: Desert Shield; Line of Death; Med Tour; Guantanamo Bay; North Atlantic; Caribbean.
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Favorite Teacher(s): |
They really all hold a special place and include Administration! |
| Memories: |
Principle for the day; ski trail and Southern Comfort; the impromptu party at my house that grew to a full house when the parents were gone (someone left a blunt in the covered knobs if the oven :-) ); Soccer, Soccer, Soccer with Bear and Cheney; pranks and squirt gun battles with Morton; math magic with Montgomery; chalk board after chalk board in Social Studies; Mrs Hodgson sitting on my desk in English while teaching; Latin class and foreign language club; Strobeck and band; many plays with the Cutes. |
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Comments: |
You never realize how much you’ll cherish the past until your well set in the future. I know that anyone that had me in English would certainly be aghast at the prospect that I’d be writing in the future, which always brings a smile to my face. Life has an irony all it’s own. I remember thinking how other schools were lucky to have colors like garnet and grey or navy and burgundy, while Cambridge was stuck with the Halloween colors of black and orange. Oddly enough, when I finally moved to the spot to raise my family in Bethlehem, NY, taking advantage of a good school district, low and behold, our colors - BLACK and ORANGE! I so admit to loving the colors, more now, and was proud when my boys donned the colors, taking part in both swim and soccer. |