UP START - Key Persons


Adrienne Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Director, Chief Transformation Officer, Equitable

Aimee Durfee

Job Titles:
  • Director of Workforce Innovation

Alice Maggiore - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications
  • Member of the Downtown Committee

Alissa Tubbs

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Operations Manager

Aminy Audi

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • CEO, L. & J.G. Stickley, Inc

Amy Lawler

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Senior Vice President, Finance

Andreas Frank

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior Vice President, President, Front Line Care, Hillrom

Andrew Breuer

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Hueber - Breuer Construction Co., Inc

Andrew Fish

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Business Development

Andrew Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Membership Manager

Andrew Obernesser

Job Titles:
  • Director of Community Investment

Anne Messenger

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Coach & Facilitator

Anne Ruffer

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Partner, Mackenzie Hughes, LLP

Anthony Fiorito

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Ex - Officio / President, Partnership Properties, Inc

Anthony Pham

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Downtown Committee
  • Marketing and Promotions Assistant

Benjamin Sio

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff
  • Strategy & Development

Beth Savicki

Job Titles:
  • Advertising & Sponsorship Manager

Beverly Mack

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager

Brenna Sherman

Job Titles:
  • Member Engagement & Operations Coordinator, Greater Oswego - Fulton Chamber of Commerce

Calvin Corriders

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Board Chair, Upstate Minority Economic Alliance
  • Manager of Neighborhood Economic Development

Carl Austin

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Partner, Bowers & Company CPAs

Carmen Canino III

Job Titles:
  • Operations

Carol Eaton - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President

Carol Fletcher

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, C.R. Fletcher Associates, Inc

Casey Crabill

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Onondaga Community College

Catherine Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chief Executive Officer, COR Development Company, LLC

Chad Welch

Job Titles:
  • Senior Sales Manager

Chandra Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Vice President of Radar & Sensor Systems, General Manager Syracuse, Lockheed Martin

Charles Green

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, AIS

Christa Glazier

Job Titles:
  • Communications
  • Vice President of Communications & Marketing

Cindy Gambell

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Conor Rockhill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Downtown Committee
  • Economic Development Coordinator

Daniel Dorsey

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Owner, Eagle Beverage Company

Danny Liedka - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • President

Darin Price

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chief Operating Officer, Right Price Companies

Darlene Kerr

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member Emeritus of the Board

Dave Dalgety

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Administrator

David Capriotti

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Partner - Syracuse Office, Harris Beach

David Kneer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Downtown Committee
  • Operations Staff

David Mankiewicz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Research, Policy & Planning

David Nutting

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chairman & CEO, VIP Structures, Inc

David Schneckenburger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • President, Thompson & Johnson Equipment Co., Inc

Dennis Lightfoot

Job Titles:
  • Site Manager

Dominic Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Economic Inclusion

Douglas Pinckney

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Pinckney Hugo Group

Ebony Farrow

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Eli Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Director, E. Smith Contractors, LLC

Elizabeth Judge

Job Titles:
  • Senior Marketing Manager

Elle Hanna

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Communications & Media Relations

Ellen Kirsch

Job Titles:
  • Receptionist

Emma Spector

Job Titles:
  • GENIUS NY Program Coordinator

Eric Vinal

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Film, TV and Entertainment

Erik Jankowski

Job Titles:
  • Economic Inclusion Small Business Manager

Erik Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Vice President & General Manager, Sensor Systems, Saab, Inc

Evelyn Ingram

Job Titles:
  • First Vice Chair
  • Member of the Officers Team

Frank Curci

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, TOPS Markets, LLC

Gail Cowley

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Vice President, Cowley Associates

Greg Snell

Job Titles:
  • Sales Team Leader

Gwen Webber-McLeod

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, Gwen, Inc

Heather Schroeder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Downtown Committee
  • Director of Economic Development

Honora Spillane

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Business and Economic Development

J. Kemper Matt

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Dupli Envelope and Graphics Corporation

J. Michael Haynie

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation / Syracuse University

James Fox

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Director & President, Ramboll Americas

James McCarthy

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Northland Communications

James Reed

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President / CEO, Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield / Shannon

Jay Subedi

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • CEO, TruCare Connections, Inc

Jeff Cruse

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Plant Manager, Novelis

Jeff Fuchsberg

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Jeff Knauss

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Co - Founder, Digital Hyve

Jeff Mickle

Job Titles:
  • Senior Sales Manager

Jeremy Thurston

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, the Hayner Hoyt Corporation

Jessica DeJohn Barbuto

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Performance

Jessica Underwood

Job Titles:
  • Digital Platform Manager

Joanie Mahoney

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

John Clark

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Cushman & Wakefield / Pyramid Brokerage Company, Inc

John Currier

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Currier Plastics, Inc

John Huhtala

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Director and Market Executive, CNY Middle Market, Commercial Banking, Chase

John Sharkey III

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Universal Metal Works

John Trimble

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, C & S Companies

John Wakefield

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, Empower Federal Credit Union

Jonathan Gibralter

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Wells College

Jonathan Link Logan

Job Titles:
  • Director, Northside UP

Joseph Pacher

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior Vice President, Northeast Operations, Exelon Generation

Joseph Scuderi

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Widewaters Group

Joseph Serbun

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior Vice President & Chief Credit Officer, Community Bank, N.a

Juhanna Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Racial Equity & Social Impact

Justin Miller

Job Titles:
  • Digital Communications Manager

Kara Jones

Job Titles:
  • Director of GENIUS NY

Katie Toomey

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Greater Oswego - Fulton Chamber of Commerce Director of Investor Relations

Kelly Fumarola

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Ken Stewart - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

Kevin Bernstein

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member & Chair, Managment Committee, Bond, Schoeneck & King

Kevin Hair

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, SRC, Inc

Kevin Schwab

Job Titles:
  • Senior Aviation Industry Advisor
  • Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations

Kevin Stanard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Downtown Committee
  • Operations

Kiel Kinkade

Job Titles:
  • Research Analyst

Kimberly Boynton

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, Crouse Health

Kimberly Townsend

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • CEO, Loretto

Kristen Clark

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Partner, the Bonadio Group

Kristine Sherlock

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Assistant to the Executive Director
  • Member of the Downtown Committee

Laiza Semidey

Job Titles:
  • Syracuse Surge Workforce Manager

Laura Quercia

Job Titles:
  • Accountant

Lauren Chyle

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Economic Inclusion

Laurence Bousquet

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Manager, Bousquet Holstein PLLC

Laurie Reed - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing
  • Member of the Downtown Committee

Leslie Paul Luke

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, St. Joseph 's Health

Linda LeMura

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Le Moyne College

Lisa Metot

Job Titles:
  • Director of Events & Programs

Lisa Sculley - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Executive Assistant to the President

Lori Dietz

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director for Electronics Park, LLC
  • Vice President of Operations & Compliance

Luke Esposito

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Vice President, RF Esposito, Inc

Madelyn Hornstein

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chief Executive Officer, Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC

Maggy Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Technology Manager

Mantosh Dewan

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Marcus Webb

Job Titles:
  • Economic Inclusion Fellow

Margaret O'Connell

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Director, Allyn Family Foundation

Marijean Remington

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, Atlantic Testing Laboratories

Mark Hall

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, Syracuse Community Health Center

Mark Southwick

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Plant Manager, Huhtamaki, Inc

Mary Kate Rolf

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, Nascentia Health, Inc

Meghan Durso

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager of Industry Partnerships for Work Train

Melanie Littlejohn - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Officers Team

Melinda Young

Job Titles:
  • Senior Support Manager

Merike Treier

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Downtown Committee

Michael Brunner

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior VP, Market President - CNY, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Michael Harlovic

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, Oswego Health

Michael Nash

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Principal, KS & R

Michael P. Falcone

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chairman & CEO, Pioneer Companies, a CP Realty Company

Michael Reilly

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Partner, Dannible & McKee, LLP

Monifa A. Wilcox

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Human Resources
  • Human Resources

Nancy Kern Eaton

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, United Way of Central New York

Nathan Andrews

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Morse Manufacturing Co., Inc

Nathan Trembath

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • General Manager, Global Biologics Operations, Syracuse, Bristol Myers Squibb

Nicholas Dereszynski

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Brown & Brown Empire State

Noel Dempsey

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Area Vice President, CNY Operations, Spectrum

Oliver Wyrsch

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, INFICON, Inc

Peter Carmen

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chief Operating Officer, Oneida Nation Enterprises, LLC

Peter Dunn

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President & CEO, Central New York Community Foundation

Piper Titus Kline

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chief Financial Officer, Page Trucking, Inc., Keith Titus Transportation, Page E.T.C., Inc

Richard Shirtz

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Regional President, NBT Bank

Rob Travers - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations
  • Member of the Downtown Committee

Robert Simpson - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • President

Sara Broadwell

Job Titles:
  • Events and Membership Manager, Greater Oswego - Fulton Chamber of Commerce

Sarah Hood

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Operations, the Tech Garden

Shae Brooks-Rolling

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Shannon Fults

Job Titles:
  • Economic Development Specialist

Shelly Polge

Job Titles:
  • Receptionist

Somak Chattopadhyay

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • General Fund Manager, Armory Square Ventures

Stephanie Crockett

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Eric Mower Associates

Stephen Case

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Founder and Partner, Acropolis Realty Group

Stephen Fournier

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President - Central New York, KeyBank, N.a

Stephen Gorczynski

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Central New York Regional President, M & T Bank

Susan Crossett - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer

Tammy Connors

Job Titles:
  • Accountant

Thomas Schneider

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • President & Chief Executive Officer, Pathfinder Bank / Secretary

Thomas Wu

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Vice President Finance, Knowles Precision Devices

Tim Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Regional President, Advance Local

Tim Penix

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Vice President, SUNY Syracuse Educational Center

Timothy Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Partner, Hancock & Estabrook

Tom Campanie

Job Titles:
  • Director of Security
  • Member of the Downtown Committee

Tony Baird

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Tony Baird Electronics, Inc

Tony Basile - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operations Officer

Traci Geisler

Job Titles:
  • Investment and Contract Manager

Troy McClelland

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, JADAK LLC

Vicki Brackens

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President and Financial Planner, Brackens Financial Solutions Network

Vinny Lobdell

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, HealthWay Home Products

William Simmons

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Director, Syracuse Housing Authority

Zeruiah Jones

Job Titles:
  • Membership Manager