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Government &
Professional Experience
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Associate Member -
New York State Association of County Clerks
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Village of Tivoli
Board of Trustees (2004-present)
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Named Deputy Mayor
in January 2007
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Tivoli Fair Housing
Officer (2007-present)
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Assistant to the
Chairman of the Dutchess County Legislature (2004-2006)
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Dutchess County
Deputy Clerk (2006-present)
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Former Executive
Director of Taconic Resources for Independence
Community Involvement
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Provoost Park -
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Village of Tivoli
Recreation Committee - Member/ Village Board Liaison
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Access Dutchess
County - Founding Member
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Dutchess County
crime victims subcommittee
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Dutchess Health
2000 - Member
Family Life
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 Biography
Bryan F. Cranna is a graduate
of Hudson High School, and attended Columbia Green Community College
and Marist College. He is the son of Donald Cranna, a retired
Sergeant of the Hudson Police, and Joann Lewicki, a Registered
Nurse.
He is the former Executive Director of
Taconic Resources, an independent living center in Dutchess County.
Under Bryan’s tenure as executive director, the agency saw its
outreach grow to serving more than 24,000 individuals with
disabilities a year. The agency also formed partnerships with other
agencies and organizations, bringing disability awareness to aide in
breaking down the barriers that prevent access and inclusion for
persons with disabilities.
In 2004 Mayor Cranna left Taconic
Resources upon being named Assistant to the Chairman of the Dutchess
County Legislature. Bryan served under then Chairman Brad Kendall
until December of 2006, when Brad Kendall was appointed Dutchess
County Clerk by Governor George Pataki, and Kendall appointed Bryan,
Deputy County Clerk, a position he still holds today. He oversees
the legal division of the County Clerk’s office.
Mayor Cranna was first elected to the
Village of Tivoli Board of Trustees in 2004 and was reelected in
2006, 2008, and was reelected to a fourth term in March of 2010,
winning 66% of the vote. In November of 2010, Mayor Cranna announced
his candidacy for Mayor and on March 15th was elected Mayor of
Tivoli.
During his tenure as a Trustee, Mayor
Cranna voted to approve funding for various projects and programs
that help to move Tivoli forward and to ensure the safety and
welfare of the residents. He is proud to have sponsored a resolution
during his first year in office that granted a tax exemption to
seniors over the age of sixty five with limited incomes. In October
2010, then Trustee Cranna proposed and passed through legislation
ensured Tivoli’s Memorial Park is tobacco free.
In addition to his governmental roles,
Bryan has been involved with various community agencies and
programs. They include the Red Church Historical Society, Leadership
Dutchess, Provoost Park, Dutchess County Human Rights Commission,
Dutchess County District Attorney’s Crime Victim Sub-Committee,
PANDA Television, Access Dutchess County, Dutchess Health 2000, and
the Dutchess County Developmental Disability Planning Committee.
As Mayor, Mayor Cranna has further
opened the lines of communication to village residents. The Mayor
allows residents an opportunity to address the Board of Trustees at
the beginning of board meetings, rather than at the end. This allows
the Mayor and Trustees an opportunity to hear where residents stand
on certain issues before they are voted upon. In addition, Mayor
Cranna established the weekly “Conversations with the Mayor”. This
is an opportunity upon which Mayor Cranna dedicates one evening a
week to meeting face to face with residents on an array of topics
that the resident chooses. These conversations better allow the
Mayor to hear directly from residents, their opinions and ideas as
to the day to day operations of the village.
In February 2008, Mayor Cranna won the
Shaker Award. The Shaker Award is given to individuals under the age
of forty who have made remarkable strides in their community. He is
also the recipient of the 2007 George H. Sibley Award, The Young
Republican of the Year, presented to him by the New York State Young
Republicans Club, as well as the 2003 Leadership Dutchess Commitment
Award.
The Mayor and his wife Christina
reside on Woods Road in Tivoli, with their two sons Kieran and
Shane.
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