Chris Collins (county executive)
| Chris Collins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 27th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Higgins |
| 7th Erie County Executive | |
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In office 2007–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Joel Giambra |
| Succeeded by | Mark Poloncarz |
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Christopher Carl Collins May 20, 1950 Schenectady, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Sue Collins |
| Children | Carly Collins Coleman (1976) Caitlin Christine Collins (1991) Cameron Christopher Collins (1993) |
| Parents | Gerald Edward Collins Constance Messier Collins |
| Residence | Clarence, New York, U.S. |
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North Carolina State University 1972 – Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering University of Alabama at Birmingham 1975 – MBA |
| Occupation | Businessman, Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | chriscollins.house.gov |
Christopher Carl "Chris" Collins (born May 20, 1950) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has been the United States Representative for New York's 27th congressional district since 2013. Previously he was the County Executive of Erie County, New York from 2007 to 2011. He is a resident of Clarence, New York.
Born in Schenectady, New York, in 1950, Collins moved around the country with his family as his father was transferred several times by General Electric. Collins graduated from Hendersonville High School in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in 1968 and was inducted into the Hendersonville High School Hall of Fame in 2013. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1972 where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He then earned an MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1975.
Collins spent thirty-five years in the business world. As an entrepreneur he was the founder, President and CEO of Nuttall Gear Corporation located in Niagara Falls, New York. Nuttall Gear was a 1983 leveraged buyout of the Westinghouse Electric Gear Division located in Buffalo, New York. Collins sold Nuttall in 1997 to a large industrial conglomerate.
After losing a race for Congress in 1998, Collins purchased or invested in over twenty bankrupt and financially troubled companies. These companies were combined into several platform companies. His current companies include: Innate Immunotherapeutics, Bloch Industries, Easom Automation, Mead Supply, Oxygen Generating Systems Intl., Schlyer Machine, Volland Electric and ZeptoMetrix Corporation.
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