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YO PITTS! FOODS As a native New Yorker, Join us in welcoming Vivan After 20 years of service, Tom Pitts grew up to the Cornell Cooperative 4-H Program Coordinator believing that anything Extension Sullivan County Marylin Jones embarks was possible in New team! on her next adventure York. His natural business Vivian has extensive – retirement! acumen started at a experience with over 30 years young age. During his “My time with CCESC, and of accounting, systems, and education and career, he especially the 4-H Youth was driven to create and management. She obtained Development Program build. He found success her Bachelor of Science has been an amazing in a myriad of industries, personal experience, filled degree in Management with a commitment to at Empire State College. with learning, community, marketing as his mainstay. Vivian comes from the CCE and inspiration. Working Tom received a patent family with over 5 years alongside folks of all for a soap product titled of experience working in ages and backgrounds Soapscense – an all-natural CCE Orange County as a soap company. Sourcing from every corner of Finance Manager in handling his ingredients led him to Sullivan County has both small and large grants upstate New York, where definitely cemented my and association financials he discovered tasteful, allfeelings of connection while also managing IT natural jams and spreads. and commitment to this and database solutions. This led to an epiphany beautiful place we call and the birth of Yo Pitts! Her strengths are systems home.” streamline, budgets, financials, Foods, an all-naturalMarylin has been a trusted, and grant administration. condiment line. He now loved member of the Vivian is a progressive thinker, has a full line of 3 ketchup 4-H and CCE community and 10 mustard flavors following current and new in Sullivan County, New which are featured in trends and believes strongly York State, and across the several Taste NY locations nation. She will be missed! in a team environment. and on ShopTasteNY.com.
MARYLIN JONES
VIVIAN MONSANTO
Extension Connection
August 2021
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