David Farmelo, Bio:
I was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. I left for seven years to attend college at the University of Rochester and then law school at the University of Pennsylvania. I then returned to work at a law firm in Buffalo, and I spent my entire career there. After a few years I began to focus my work on representing public school districts throughout the Western New York area. I also represented some private schools, some private businesses and some other entities such as the local chapter of the American Red Cross.
My wife Jean and I were married in 1984 and have two sons, Peter and Mark. In 1992 I took a sabbatical from my job for two months and we moved into a small A-frame in Breckenridge. We had never been in the state until the day we moved here, but we fell in love with Summit County immediately and planned to eventually move here. As it turned out, both boys graduated from CU and then moved to the mountains, so it made our long-term plan all the more workable when we were finally in a position to move. We have lived in Wildernest since May of 2017.
My wife and I believe in giving back to our community, and we have volunteered in a number of capacities over the years with our church’s food bank, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, youth sports programs, our sons’ school and others. After we had been here a while we began working on the Community Dinner each Tuesday at the Elks Club, and last summer I took on the job of writing the grant applications for the dinner program. I look forward to continuing in that role and finding additional opportunities, hopefully as a member of Rotary.