Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Treasurer: Thomas Kucharski, President & CEO, Invest Buffalo Niagara
Secretary: Elena Garuc,
Executive Director, FuzeHub
Immediate Past Chair: Sarah Lee, Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
- Western New York: John Cappellino, Executive Director of the Erie County IDA
- Finger Lakes: Joe Sayre, Director of Economic Development & Business Relations, NYSEG / RG&E
- Long Island: Frederick C. Braun, Chair, Town of Brookhaven
- Mid-Hudson: Steve Porath, Executive Director, Rockland County IDA
- Southern Tier: James C. Johnson, Executive Director, Steuben County IDA
- Capital Region: James Hannahs, Executive Director, Greene County Economic Development Corporation
- Central New York: Bob Petrovich, Executive Director, Onondaga County IDA
- Mohawk Valley: Ronald Peters, President & CEO, Fulton County Center for Regional Growth
- New York City: Rochelle Powell, Managing Director, Hilltop Securities Inc.
- North Country: Victoria Duley, Executive Director, Adirondack Economic Development Corporation
DIRECTORS- AT-LARGE
- Maribel Cruz-Brown, Vice President, Economic Development & Key Account Management, NYPA
- Heather Devitt, Deputy Director, Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, Inc.
- Conor Eckert, President and CEO, Orange County Partnership
- Kipp Hicks, Executive Director, Madison County IDA
- Patrick J. Kelly, CEO , St. Lawrence County IDA
- Dr. Marnie Lavigne, Launch NY
- Ana Liss, Director, Monroe County Department of Planning & Development and Executive Director, Monroe County Economic Development (COMIDA & MCIDC)
- Emily Marcus, Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
- Heather McDaniel, Chief Economic Development Officer, Center for Economic Growth
- Kelly Murphy, Executive Director / CEO, Suffolk County IDA
- Zoë Nelson, Associate Director of State Relations for Cornell University
- Katie Newcombe, Statewide Director of Economic Development, National Grid
- Bob Petrovich, Executive Director, Onondaga County IDA
- John Piseck, CEO, Herkimer County IDA
- Zachary Steinberg, Executive Vice President, External Relations and Advocacy
- Kyle Strober, Executive Director, Association for a Better Long Island
- Crickett Thomas-O’Dell, Statewide Pre-Apprentice Program Coordinator and Director of Community Engagement at the Workforce Development Institute (WDI)
- Austin Wheelock, Executive Director, Operation Oswego County, Inc.
Board Member Emeritus: Jim Griffin, Hornell IDA