Tom Aposporos

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Tom Aposporos is an American politician. He served as mayor of Poughkeepsie, New York for four two-year terms beginning in 1980. He was elected at age 27, making him the youngest mayor in Poughkeepsie's history. He is the only person to have served four consecutive terms.

In 1988, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Progressive Bank, Inc., a publicly held holding company based in Pawling and later Fishkill, New York, which owned Pawling Savings Bank. In 1991, Aposporos was elected Progressive's Chairman of the Board and served until the merger of Progressive into Premier National Bank, and then as a Director of Premier to its sale in 1997 to a bank holding company owning M & T Bank of Buffalo, New York.

Subsequently, Aposporos moved to Anna Maria Island on Florida's Gulf Coast and served in government there first chairing Anna Maria's Charter Review Commission and reforming the government to a Mayor and Commission form. He later served as a member of the City Commission.

In 2006, he helped to found a not-for-profit producing theater company, Theatre Odyssey, and later served as Director Emeritus. Theatre Odyssey has produced over 200 new plays.

Since 1972, Aposporos has also been a professional in the real estate field and is a licensed real estate broker in both Florida and New York.