Alumni Profiles is an ongoing series highlighting successful graduates who, with a SUNY education, achieved interesting and influential careers.

Shawn Yetter is the Commissioner of Tioga County Department of Social Services in New York.  He is a graduate of Broome Community College, Class of 1982, and SUNY Oswego, Class of 1988.

Yetter has spent the last three decades in public and private sectors in the health and human services arena, where most of that was in leadership positions.  He is now actively involved in organizational and community development projects around the Owego, NY area, where Yetter lives.

Using his managerial expertise and applying his social science background, Yetter serves as: Board Member (and past President) of Tioga United Way, Inc.; Advisory Board member of Lourdes Hospice; Board Member of New York Public Welfare Association; and Board Member of Broome-Tioga Workforce Investment Board.  Yetter is also a Board Member of the Broome Community College Foundation, which provides financial support for students enrolled at his Alma Mater.

As Commissioner of Tioga County Social Services, Yetter leads a 100-person staff to serve a population of 52,000, budget of $22 million, and over 30 diverse Federal and State programs.

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