Laura Lavine

Laura Lavine, 70, has bachelor's and master's degrees and a certificate of advanced study in speech-language pathology and audiology and school administration from Ithaca College and Syracuse University. She is a retired public school superintendent and former private school head of school who now works as an education expert witness consultant. She ran for mayor of Syracuse in 2017. In that campaign she described herself as a 'social liberal' and a 'multi-party candidate.' She said she was open to working with anyone of any party. Her stated focus in 2017 was education and crime.