Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chair: Patrick J. Kelly, CEO , St. Lawrence County IDA

Chair Elect: James C. Johnson, Executive Director, Steuben County IDA

Vice Chair: Thomas Kucharski, President & CEO, Invest Buffalo Niagara

Vice Chair: Sarah Lee, Executive Director, Dutchess County IDA

Treasurer: Kipp W. Hicks, Executive Director, Madison County IDA

Secretary: Sarah Reginelli, President, Capitalize Albany

Past Chair: Marnie LaVigne, CEO, Launch NY

Western New York: Corey R. Wiktor, Executive Director, Cattaraugus County IDA
Long Island: Frederick C. Braun, Chair, Town of Brookhaven
Mid-Hudson: Keith Hayes, Senior Vice President, Clean Energy Solutions, New York Power Authority
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

Anthony J. Catapano, Executive Director, Suffolk County IDA
Harry Coghlan, CEO, Nassau 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
Bridget Gibbons, Westchester County Executive George Latimer's Director of Economic Development
Steve Griffin, CEO, Finger Lakes Economic Development Corp.
Art Hamlin, Director, Economic Development & Corporate Citizenship, National Grid
Steve Hyde, President and Chief Executive Officer, Genesee County Economic Development Center
Melinda Mack, Executive Director, New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals
Michael J. Manikowski, Executive Director, Ontario County Office of Economic Development
Emily Marcus, Assistant 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
Dr. Roger Ramsammy, President, Hudson Valley Community College
Joseph M. Rizzo, Central Regional Manager, Economic Development, Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.
Karen Utz, Director, Program Administration, Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
Jennifer Waters, Vice President Business Development and Communications, Mohawk Valley Edge