A native of Spencerport, Holly Bauer-Mergen retired from New York State after 32 years, with most most of that time with the State addictions agency as a regional program manager. Since that retirement, she has had another life chapter as a consultant working with non-profit addiction organizations providing a variety of technical communications functions, while volunteering at the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House as a receptionist (and other miscellaneous tasks), and serving on both the Votetilla and Votercade planning committees.
She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and art history (minor radio, television, and film) from SUNY at Albany, an MBA in Health Systems Administration from Union College, and Basic and Advanced Certificates in Technical Communications from RIT. Now that the pandemic is receding, she looks forward to traveling to visit family and friends, including her husband’s family in Turkey (knitting project always in hand), while keeping up with her tai chi classes and auditing classes at RIT.