MOST FOUNDATION - Key Persons


Abby Saville

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • HR Business Partner - JMA Wireless

Al Boudreau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Tax Partner - Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa

Amir Gethers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Contract Compliance Officer - Onondaga County

Andrew Flamik

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chief Financial Officer - Usherwood Office Technology

Betty Lyons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President and Executive Director - American Indian Law Alliance

BettyAnn Kram

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Retired Director of Global Communications and Investor Relations - INFICON

Brian Barney

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Senior Director of Finance

Cami Riley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director of Programming - Children 's Therapy Network

Carrie Veley - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President

Cathy Janowski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Labor Relations

Charles Richard Shubert Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director, Information Systems - Syracuse Community Health Center

Chris Perrine

Job Titles:
  • Facilities
  • Senior Director, Facilities & Exhibits

Dan Queri

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Owner - Daniel Queri Consulting Services

Dana Corcoran

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Supervisor of Science and Technology - Syracuse City School District

David Schlosser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Partner - Schopfer Architects LLP

David Schneckenburger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President - Thompson & Johnson Equipment Co., Inc.

Donna J. DeSiato

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Superintendent - East Syracuse - Minoa Central School District

Elaine Rubenstein

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Elizabeth Liddy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Dean, Emeritus - School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

Emily Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Education & Curation

Eric Devendorf

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Owner - ED23HOOPS, Syracuse University Basketball Alum

George McGuire

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member / Partner - Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

Heather Feng

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Dir. M & a Finance Integration - Cognizant Technology Solutions

Howard Hollander

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President Emeritus - Technology Alliance of Central NY

Irv Lyons Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Development
  • Marketing & Development

James Nicoll

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Partner - Mackenzie Hughes, LLP

Jeffrey Rubenstein

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer
  • Member of the Board of Directors

John Spina, Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice President and CAO - C & S Companies

Karyn Gerling

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Owner - Karyn Burns ABC's

Kathleen Metallo-Mason

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • CEO - KMase Productions

Lauren Kochian - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President
  • President of the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology
Lauren Kochian serves as President of the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) and has held the position since August 2018. Prior to her appointment as President, Kochian championed the MOST Foundation and museum operations efforts as Executive Vice President beginning in May 2016. She has more than 18 years of fund development, marketing and public relations experience. Her previous roles include marketing and development for Arc of Onondaga and Syracuse Stage, and public relations for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. Kochian also serves on the board of the Armory Square Association, Syracuse First Steering Committee, and the advisory council of Golisano Children's Hospital. Kochian is the fourth president of the MOST and second woman to head the Museum. A Syracuse native, Lauren earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School and a Master of Science in Media Management from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School & Whitman School of Management.

Leah Caldwell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Asst. VP Marketing & University Communications - SUNY Upstate Medical University

Leila Giancone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Communications & Government Affairs - Novelis

Martin Hewitt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Special Counsel - Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Michael J. Leone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice President & Chief Engineer of Integrated Warfare Systems & Sensors - Lockheed Martin

Michael Kernan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Portfolio Manager - M & T Bank

Mike Brunner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President, Central New York - Bank of America

Milt Stevenson IV

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • VP, Chief Environmental Officer - Anoplate Corp.

Nancy Izuno

Job Titles:
  • Membership Coordinator

Philip Bousquet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member - Bousquet Holstein PLLC

Richard Sykes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President - RHS Holdings, LLC

Ruth Chen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Professor of Practice - College of Engineering & Computer Science, Syracuse University

Ryan W. York

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President - York Wealth Management

Sam Edelstein

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Senior Director, Data & Analytics - Insight Partners

Sam Roberts II

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Sarah Weber

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director of Corporate Relations - Syracuse University 's School of Information Studies

Sharon Owens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Deputy Mayor - City of Syracuse

Stephanie Herbert - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing

Terry Madden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Retired Sr. Division Officer - OBG / Ramboll

Tino Laterza

Job Titles:
  • Director of Guest Services

Tom Schneider

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President & CEO - Pathfinder Bank

Tony Baird

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • CEO and President - Tony Baird Electronics, Inc.

Tony Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • General Manager, SRCTec, LLC - SRC, Inc.

Wajiha Mahmoud

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • VP - Future of Electric, National Grid