Co-Chair

Born an FDR Democrat in Pennsylvania, Carole moved to New York about 50 years ago. She began her professional career as a music educator and supervisor. Carole then moved on in administration as an elementary school principal (Kingston, NY), and ultimately the first female Superintendent of Schools in Hyde Park.

  Alongside her professional career, Carole has been a passionate activist for human rights, nuclear disarmament and gun control.

She is also the proud Mom of three and Grandma of six.

In retirement, Carole served as Chair of the Methodist Church Council (Hyde Park), and chaired the Dutchess County Mental Health Board.

Carole has been Chair of the Hyde Park Democrats for the past five years, working with Co-Chair Mark Campbell to support the election of qualified Democrats up and down the ballot!

Co-Chair

Vice Chair

Secretary

A Texas transplant, Michael Dupree initially worked in finance before becoming a contributor and editor at several national magazines. He moved to Hyde Park in 1994 and served two eight-year terms on the Board of the town’s Visual Environment Committee, where he led the repair of Hyde Park’s signature stone walls and started its biennial garden tour; helped to create the Hyde Park Farmer’s Market; served on the Dutchess County Planning Board from 2010 to 2019; is the longest serving current Trustee and was Board Chair for the last six years at Dutchess Community College; and was named the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce’s Volunteer of the Year in 2004 and 2011.  Dupree retired from nearly 19 years as chairman of the Hyde Park Planning Board last September, after receiving the NYS Planning Federation’s John O. Cross award for Planning Board chair of the year; is the chairman of the Dutchess County Democratic Committee and the former chairman of the Hyde Park Democratic Committee and a past chairman of Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley’s 501(c)4 Board.  He joined Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital’s Board of Visitors in 2023.

Treasurer

Herbert Sweet receive an AAS in Electronics Technology from State University Agricultural and Technical Institute in 1959 and a BS in Business Administration from Syracuse University in 1964. He worked at General Electric as an electronic technician aligning and troubleshooting radar and missile guidance systems and then in administration at IBM in the Hudson Valley. After retiring in 1992 he became active in Hyde Town government participating on the Master Plan Committee and Zoning Board of Appeals for 30 years and also on the broadcast committee for 15 years. He has been a treasurer for the Hyde Park Democratic Committee and various Hyde Park candidates for the past 15 years.