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
Vice Chair: Laurie Villasuso, CEO, Orange County IDA/The Accelerator
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
- Western New York: Corey R. Wiktor, Executive Director, Cattaraugus County IDA
- Long Island: Frederick C. Braun, Chair, Town of Brookhaven
- Mid-Hudson: Luiz Aragon, Commissioner for Development, City of New Rochelle
- 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: Donald C. Alexander, Business Development Specialist, Jefferson County IDA
DIRECTORS- AT-LARGE
- Pamela Caraccioli, Deputy to the President for Economic Development, SUNY Oswego
- Anthony J. Catapano, Executive Director, Suffolk County IDA
- Harry Coghlan, CEO, Nassau County IDA
- Brittany Davis, Executive Director, Lewis County Economic Development
- 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
- Steve Griffin, CEO, Finger Lakes Economic Development Corp.
- Art Hamlin, Director, Economic Development & Corporate Citizenship, National Grid
- Keith Hayes, Vice President, Marketing, New York Power Authority
- 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
- Katie Newcombe, Chief Economic Development Officer, Center for Economic Growth
- Krishna Omolade, Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corp & NYCIDA
- 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, UB CAT, NYS Center of Excellence Bioinformatics & Life Sciences
- Jennifer Waters, Vice President Business Development and Communications, Mohawk Valley Edge