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 

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 

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: 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

DIRECTORS- AT-LARGE

• 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
• 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