Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chair: James C. Johnson, Executive Director,
Steuben County IDA
Chair Elect: Sarah Lee, Executive Director, Dutchess County IDA
Vice Chair: Thomas Kucharski, President & CEO, Invest Buffalo Niagara
Vice Chair: Sarah Reginelli, Executive President, Capitalize Albany
Secretary: Steve Griffin, CEO,
Finger Lakes Economic Development Corp.
Immediate Past Chair:
Patrick J. Kelly, CEO , St. Lawrence County
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
- Western New York: John Cappellino, Executive Director of the Erie County IDA
- Long Island: Frederick C. Braun, Chair, Town of Brookhaven
- Mid-Hudson: Bridget Gibbons, Director of Economic Development, Westchester County
- Southern Tier: Heather McDaniel, President, Ithaca Area Economic Development
- Finger Lakes: Matt Hurlbutt, President & CEO, Greater Rochester Enterprise
- Central New York: David V. Bottar, Executive Director, CNY Regional Planning & Development Board
- Capital Region: Robert L. Pasinella, Executive Director, Rensselaer County IDA
- Mohawk Valley: Ronald Peters, President & CEO, Fulton County Center for Regional Growth
- New York City: Rochelle Powell, Managing Director, Prager & Co. LLC
- North Country: Brittany Davis, Executive Director, Lewis County Economic Development
DIRECTORS- AT-LARGE
- Anthony J. Catapano, Executive Director, Suffolk County IDA
- Victoria Duley, Executive Director, Adirondack Economic Development Corporation
- Stacey Duncan, Executive Director and CEO, The Agency and Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce
- Elena Garuc, Executive Director, FuzeHub
- Art Hamlin, Director, Economic Development & Corporate Citizenship, National Grid
- Steve Hyde, President and Chief Executive Officer, Genesee County Economic Development Center
- Dr. Marnie Lavigne, Launch NY
- Melinda Mack, Executive Director, New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals
- Emily Marcus, Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
- Zoë Nelson, Associate Director of State Relations for Cornell University
- Katie Newcombe, Chief Economic Development Officer, Center for Economic Growth
- Crickett Thomas-O’Dell, Statewide Pre-Apprentice Program Coordinator and Director of Community Engagement at the Workforce Development Institute (WDI)
- Bob Petrovich, Executive Director of the Onondaga County IDA
- Dr. Roger Ramsammy, President, Hudson Valley Community College
- Maribel Cruz-Brown, Vice President, Economic Development & Key Account Management, NYPA
- Honora Spillane, Vice President of Economic Development, CenterState CEO
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS
- James W. Griffin, Retired Executive Director, City of Hornell IDA