2025-2026

OFFICERS

• Kerry Tarolli 

  Chair

  King + King Architects

• Ryan Benz

  Vice Chair

  Redev CNY / Oh My Darling

• Bill Patrick

  Treasurer

  Equitable

• Brian Butler

  Secretary

  Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC

• Evelyn Ingram

  Immediate Past Chair

  Wegmans

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

• Bj Adigun

  Chair – Marketing & Communications

  Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

• Matthew Capogreco 

  Chair – Emerging Leaders United

  Upstate Medical University

• Mike Durkin

  Chair – Local Business Development

  VIP Structures

• Evelyn Ingram

  Chair – Women United

  Wegmans

• Timothy LaLonde

  Chair – Investment

  Independent Finance Consultant

• Andrea Masten

  Chair – ReUnited

  Retired

• Deborah Welch

  Chair – Community Impact

  Independent Consultant

DIRECTORS

• Michael Brunner

  Bank of America

• Jim Capparelli

  JCJ Advisory, LLC

• Nicole Chidsey

  Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists

• Rosa Clark

  Emeritus Director

• James D’Agostino 

  Train. Develop. Optimize. (TDO)

• Andrew Derrenbacker

  J.W. Burns & Co. Investment Counsel

• Jenny Dombroske

  Syracuse University

• James Ennis

  Emeritus Director

• Marion Ervin

  Emeritus Director

• Stephen Fournier

  KeyBank

• Paula Freedman

  Emeritus Director

• Mary Beth Frey* 

  Samaritan Center 

• Jim Freyer 

  Emeritus Director

• Timothy Graham

  National Grid

• Taylor Hodge

  MACNY

• Jennifer Ingerson

  Loretto

• Reverend George Maxwell Jones 

  Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ

• Jacquie Kelly Kaden 

  Robert L. Kelly General Insurance

• Chris Keller

  Empower Federal Credit Union

• Daniel Kolinski

  Empire State Development

• George Kuhn

  Drive Research

• Captain Matthew Malinowski

  Syracuse Police

• Kristin Mannion

  RETRN Bio

• Alan Marzullo

  IBEW Local 43

• Courtney Merriman

  Barclay Damon

• Joseph Nehme

  Micron

• Patrick O’Neil

  M&T Bank

• Joseph Piraino

  in-ARCHITECTS

• Mary Lou Sayles*

  Huntington Family Centers

• Olive Sephuma*

  InterFaith Works CNY

• Shaun Stimpson

  Mitten Fluidpower Corporation

• Jay Subedi

  TruCare Connections

• Gwendolyn Sykes

  SRC

• Amy Tucker, MD

  Upstate Medical University

• Kristin Walker

  Lockheed Martin

• David Wall

  Emeritus Director

• Lindsay Weichert

  Community Bank

• Ashley White

  Anheuser Busch

• Casey White

  Chimera Integrations

• Monifa Wilcox

  Onondaga Community College

• Martha Winslow

  Emeritus Director 

• Todd Zegers

  CXtec 

*Honorary Director