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

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

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

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: 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

Kyle Banks, Senior Economic Development Specialist at NYSEG | RGE
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
Bridget Gibbons, Westchester County Executive George Latimer's Director of Economic Development
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
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