Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chair: Sarah Lee, Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation

Chair Elect: Steve Griffin, CEO,
Finger Lakes Economic Development Corp.

Vice Chair: Bridget Gibbons, Director of Economic Development, Westchester County

Vice Chair: Matt Hurlbutt, President & CEO, Greater Rochester Enterprise

Vice Chair: Brittany Davis, Executive Director, Lewis County Economic Development

Treasurer:  Thomas Kucharski, President & CEO, Invest Buffalo Niagara

Secretary: Elena Garuc,
Executive Director, FuzeHub

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

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

• Western New York: John Cappellino, Executive Director of the Erie County IDA 
• Finger Lakes: Joe Sayre, Manager - Economic Development, NYSEG / RG&E
• Long Island: Frederick C. Braun, Chair, Town of Brookhaven
• Mid-Hudson: Steve Porath, Executive Director, Rockland County IDA
• Southern Tier: Heather McDaniel, President, Ithaca Area Economic Development 
• Capital Region: Katie Newcombe, Statewide Director of Economic Development, National Grid
• Central New York: Honora Spillane, Vice President of Economic Development, CenterState CEO
• Mohawk Valley: Ronald Peters, President & CEO, Fulton County Center for Regional Growth
• New York City: Rochelle Powell, Managing Director, Hilltop Securities Inc.
• North Country: Victoria Duley, Executive Director, Adirondack Economic Development Corporation

DIRECTORS- AT-LARGE

• Maribel Cruz-Brown, Vice President, Economic Development & Key Account Management, NYPA
• Heather Devitt, Deputy Director, Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, Inc.
• Stacey Duncan, CEO, Leadership Alliance
• Kipp Hicks, Executive Director, Madison County IDA
• Patrick J. Kelly, CEO , St. Lawrence County IDA
• Dr. Marnie Lavigne, Launch NY
• Emily Marcus,  Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
• Kelly Murphy, Executive Director / CEO, Suffolk County IDA
• Zoë Nelson, Associate Director of State Relations for Cornell University
• 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
• John Piseck, CEO, Herkimer County IDA
• Kyle Strober, Executive Director, Association for a Better Long Island

Board Member Emeritus: Jim Griffin, Hornell IDA