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: Matt Hurlbutt, President & CEO, Greater Rochester Enterprise

Treasurer: Steve Griffin, CEO,
Finger Lakes Economic Development Corp.

Secretary: Elena Garuc,
Executive Director, FuzeHub

Immediate Past Chair:
Patrick J. Kelly, CEO , St. Lawrence County

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: Steve Hyde, President and Chief Executive Officer, Genesee County Economic Development Center
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

Maribel Cruz-Brown, Vice President, Economic Development & Key Account Management, NYPA
Heather Devitt, Deputy Director, Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, Inc.
Victoria Duley, Executive Director, Adirondack Economic Development Corporation
Stacey Duncan, Executive Director and CEO, The Agency and Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce
Kipp Hicks, Executive Director, Madison County IDA
Art Hamlin, Director, Economic Development & Corporate Citizenship, National Grid
Dr. Marnie Lavigne, Launch NY
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, Onondaga County IDA
Dr. Roger Ramsammy, President, Hudson Valley Community College
Honora Spillane, Vice President of Economic Development, CenterState CEO
Kyle Strober, Executive Director, Association for a Better Long Island
Therese Daly, Interim Executive Director, NYATEP

Board Member Emeritus: Jim Griffin, Hornell IDA