Office of the President

Nicholas F. Laino, Officer-in-Charge:

Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Nicholas F. Laino is also currently serving as officer-in-charge, a role he has filled since May 2024. 

Mr. Laino joined the Herkimer College administration in 2005. He previously served as interim president for 12 months in 2014-2015, and as officer-in-charge for four months in 2014 and six months in 2008. He is vice chairman of the Board of Directors for the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority in Syracuse, NY and chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee. He also serves as a community director for the Bank of Cooperstown in Cooperstown, NY. He previously was treasurer for the Utica City School District and a councilman for the City of Utica - elected at age 23.

Mr. Laino has served as an adjunct lecturer at Utica College of Syracuse University, SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, and Cazenovia College, as well as an adjunct associate professor at Herkimer College. He holds a Master of Science in Business Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business and Public Management from SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, and an Associate in Applied Science in Business Administration from SUNY College of Technology at Delhi.

Mr. Laino’s professional affiliations include vice president for the New York State Community College Business Officers Association where he formerly served as chairman of the Education Committee, evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, member of the SUNY Shared Services Steering Committee, and former member of the SUNY Strategic Planning “Group of 200.”

To Contact the President's Office: 

Please contact Shari Hunt, Secretary to the President, at huntsl@herkimer.edu or 315-866-0300, x8261.