A 1968 Loyalsock
graduate, Mr. Thomas Dempsey has served as President of Utz Quality Foods since
January, 2008. He joined Utz in 1988 as Vice President for Marketing and
Executive Vice President. Mr. Dempsey has also held various executive
positions with Dun & Bradstreet, Avon Products, and CJ Clark N.A. prior to
joining Utz Foods. Mr. Dempsey is a graduate of Colgate University with a
Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, where he was a member of the basketball team,
the student governance committee, and the inter-fraternity council. Mr.
Dempsey has served on the boards of United Cerebral Palsy of South Central
Pennsylvania and the YMCA of Hanover. He currently serves on the boards
of the Colgate University Alumni Council, the Delta Upsilon Foundation of
Colgate University, the York County Community Foundation and is currently the
Board Chair for Sweet Charities of Hanover. He was recently appointed to
the Governor’s Early Learning Investment Commission. In 2009, Tom also
established the Dempsey Family Scholarship at Loyalsock, awarded to deserving
Loyalsock seniors. While a student at Loyalsock, Tom was president of the
student council, a three time basketball letter recipient, and was Loyalsock’s
first basketball athlete to score 1,000 points. He is married to Rebecca,
Loyalsock Class of 1971, and has two daughters, Katie and Jennifer, and he
resides in Hanover, PA.
