Board and Volunteers

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
United Way’s Board of Directors governs the organization and makes all important policy and funding decisions. Governance extends through committees that oversee each functional area of United Way and report to the board through their respective chairs.
	Stephen Gorczynski UWCNY Chair M&T Bank	Ginny Biesiada O’Neill UWCNY Vice Chair The Pioneer Companies
2017 BOARD OFFICERS
Sally Berry Assistant Chair, Human Resources NYS Office of People with Developmental Disabilities Lisa Fasolo Frishman Assistant Chair, Community Impact Health Foundation for Western & Central New York Rosa Clark Chair, Community Impact Retired, Syracuse City School District  Stephen Gorczynski Co-Chair, Resource Development M&T Bank Stephanie Crockett Co-Chair, Resource Development Eric Mower + Associates Michelle Kennedy Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Welch Allyn James Ennis Assistant Chair, Volunteer Resources Retired Firefighter Peggy Ogden Assistant Chair, Investment Committee Peggy Ogden LLC, Solutions in Philanthropy Marion Ervin Director Emeritus Annette Peters Assistant Chair, Marketing and Communications Syracuse Media Group Tim Fox Chair, Marketing and Communications NewsChannel 9 Jeremy Thurston Assistant Chair, Leadership Development Hayner Hoyt Corporation Paula Freedman Chair, Human Resources Director Emeritus Freedman Associates, Inc. David Wall Chair, Volunteer Resources Onondaga Community College James D. Freyer, Jr. Chair, Leadership Development Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc Martha Winslow Secretary/Treasurer Saab Sensis    2017 BOARD MEMBERS Stephen Austin Lockheed Martin Michael Humphrey Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists Kevin Bernstein Bond Schoeneck & King Zanette Howe Upstate Medical University The Hon. Vanessa Bogan Syracuse City Court Pastor Daren C. Jaime People’s AME Zion Church Rebecca Bostwick Syracuse University Patricia Leone Contact Community Services William H. Brower III Le Moyne College Peter Maier INFICON, Inc. James Capparelli Gardner & Capparelli Don Morgan IBEW Local 43 Evelyn Carter Wegmans Anne Marie Mullin Laboratory Alliance of Central New York Dr. Ruth Chen Syracuse University Joe O’Hara PEACE, Inc. Marcy Robinson Dembs Barclay Damon Carleen Pensero Crouse Health Kevin Hair SRC Enterprises William Simmons Syracuse Housing Authority Doneen Hobbs National Grid Julie Sheedy Loretto