Napco Security Technologies, Inc. on February 2, 2023, the Board of Directors expanded the number of directors constituting the whole Board to eight members and, upon the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, appointed former Governor of New York David Paterson to the Company's Board of Directors to serve for a term ending at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders following the Company's fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. The Board of Directors has approved the addition of David Alexander Paterson, the Governor of New York State from March 2008 until January 2011. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he earned his Bachelor's degree in History from Columbia University in 1977 and completed his J.D. at Hofstra Law School in 1982.

In 2002, he became the minority leader of the New York State Senate, the first non-white legislative leader in New York's history. He made history again in 2004 when he became the first blind person to address the Democratic National Convention.