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Canandaigua National Trust Company of Florida Appoints New Director

The Canandaigua National Trust Company of Florida (CNTF) Board of Directors has appointed Sue A. Jacobson as Director.

Jacobson, originally from Elmira, New York received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology from the University of Rochester, and her Master of Science (M.S.) in Social Administration from Case Western University’s Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Jacobson earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.), cum laude, from Albany Law School of Union University, where she was a member of the Justinian Honor Society and personal research assistant to the Dean of the law school. 

Jacobson began her law career as a Confidential Law Research Assistant to the Justices of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, in Albany, New York. After living and practicing law for many years in Rochester, New York, Sue moved to Sarasota in 1999. She continued to practice law in Sarasota until 2012, when she retired.

Jacobson is past Chair of the Board of Directors of Jewish Family and Children’s Service of the Suncoast and the Immediate Past President of the West Coast Florida Region of American Jewish Committee. She is currently a member and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Pines of Sarasota Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of the New College Foundation.