Leadership
Executive Committee Chair
- Dr. Joel Frater
Executive Dean
MCC Downtown Campus
Immediate Past Chair
- Deborah Stendardi
Vice Pres., Govt. & Community Rel.,
Rochester Institute of Technology
Vice Chairs
- Jim Brown
Executive Director
Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center - Tim Corcoran
CFO
CGI Communications - Steve Dubnik
President and CEO
The Strong - Brian Flanagan
Partner & General Counsel
Nixon Peabody LLP - Bret Garwood
Chief Operating Officer
Home Leasing - Chris Hill
Vice President,
I. Gordon Corporation - Chris Mannelli
Executive Director
Geva Theatre Center - Roosevelt Mareus
Dean/Executive Director
Rochester Educational Opportunity Center - Joe Rizzo
Manager
Economic Development & Community Relations, NYSEG and RG&E - Patrick Tobin
Senior Vice President & Market Executive
S&T Bank - Victoria Van Voorhis
CEO
Second Avenue Learning - Christine Vargas
Founder & Owner
Vargas Associates
Treasurer
- Brie Harrison
CFO
Rochester Public Library
Secretary
- Pete Giovenco
President & CEO
Bergmann Associates
Additional Board Members
- David Beinetti
Principal & CMO,
SWBR - Tara Boggio
Senior Business Development Manager
Upstate New York, T.Y. Lin International - Scott Burdett
VP, Marketing & Brokerage Services
Flaum Management Company, Inc. - Craig Burton
Senior Vice President & Commercial Real Estate Executive
Five Star Bank - Keith Cleary
VP/Director — Business Banking
ESL Federal Credit Union - Jim Doser
Director
Institute for Music Leadership, Eastman School of Music - Patrick Dutton
President
FORTIFIED - Josh Farrelman
Associate Vice President for the Office of Government and Community Relations
University of Rochester - Rich Finley
COO
Buckingham Properties - Andy Gallina
President
Gallina Development Corporation - Francis L. Gorman III
Senior Counsel
Harris Beach PLLC - Ken Hall
CFO
Riedman Companies - Bob Healy
President
LaBella Associates, P.C. - Kate Karl
Partner, Chair of Banking/Real Estate Groups
Underberg & Kessler LLP - Ben Keller
Partner
Real Estate Development & Finance Group, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP - Paul Kremp
General Manager
Holiday Inn Downtown Rochester - Peter Landers
Managing Member
Landers Management LLC - Jean Maess
Site Manager
Thomson Reuters - Stuart Mitchell
President & CEO
PathStone Corporation - Richard Mueller
Administrative Vice President – Commercial Real Estate Finance, M&T Bank - Dr. Art Papier
Co-Founder & CEO
VisualDx - Michael Pietropaoli
Vice President Senior Relationship Manager
KeyBank - Jim Redmond
Regional VP – Communications
Excellus BCBS - Patrick Rogers
Vice President
Pike Company, Inc. - Kevin Ryan
Executive Director
Monroe County Bar Association - Naomi Silver
President, CEO & COO
Rochester Red Wings - Steve Webster
Owner
Webster Properties - Dawn Williams-Fuller
Owner
Ambassador Union Street, LLC - Heidi Zimmer-Meyer
President
RDDC