Board of Directors
The Center for Economic Growth’s board of directors is comprised of business, government, education, and community leaders. This group is instrumental to the success of the organization and ultimately sets the agenda to execute organizational vision, initiatives, and goals needed to stimulate regional growth. CEG thanks them for their committed, ongoing support.
Executive Committee
Chair of the Board
Mr. Robert E. Blackman
Vice President
Realty USA
Executive Vice Chairperson
Mr. Michael J. Hickey
Executive in Residence
Siena College
Secretary
Ms. Christine A. Horne
Manager, Communications & Public Affairs
GE Energy
Treasurer
Kenneth F. Deon, CPA
Managing Partner
KPMG LLP
Immediate Past Chair
Mr. David M. Buicko
Chief Operating Officer
The Galesi Group
General Counsel
Gregory J. Champion, Esq.
Managing Member
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
President & CEO
F. Michael Tucker, Esq.
Center for Economic Growth
Executive Vice President
Mr. Jeffrey Lawrence
Center for Economic Growth
Mr. Thomas Amell
President & CEO
Pioneer Bank
Mr. James J. Barba
President and CEO
Albany Medical Center
John D. Bennett, MD
CEO
Capital District Physician’s Health Plan
Mr. Gary Balfour
President
Solid Sealing Technology, Inc.
Chair – CEN
Charles F. Carletta, J.D.
Secretary of the Institute & General Counsel
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mr. Robert M. Curley
Chairman – New York
Berkshire Bank
Mr. Dean A. Fuleihan
Executive Vice President for Strategic Partnerships
College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, University at Albany
Ms. Patricia A. Fusco
President
Fusco Personnel, Inc.
Chair – Membership Committee
Mr. Alan P. Goldberg
Community Partner
Mr. George R. Hearst, III
Publisher
Times Union
Hon. Kathleen M. Jimino
County Executive
County of Resselaer
Hon. Gerald D. Jennings
Mayor
City of Albany
Mr. John F. LaRow
VP, District Manager
Gilbane Building Company
Mr. John J. Nigro
President
Nigro Companies
Jeffrey Rothenberg, Esq.
Managing Partner
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC
Chair -Technology Council
Laura W. Schweitzer, Ph.D
President
Union Graduate College
Jeffrey D. Stone
President, Capital Region District
KeyBank, N.A.
Mr. Charles Wait
President
Adirondack Trust Company
Members
Dean Penelope Andrews
President & Dean
Albany Law School
Mr. Daniel Armbrust
President & CEO
SEMATECH
Mr. Stephen P. Baboulis
Vice President and General Manager
WNYT
Mr. Kenneth L. Blass
President
Blass Communications
Mr. J. David Brown
President & CEO
Capital District YMCA
Quintin B. Bullock, D.D.S.
President
Schenectady County Community College
Mr. Mark T. Frost
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Office
Angiodynamics
Mr. William J. Flaherty
Director, Customer & Community Management
National Grid
Mr. James Gaspo
President
Citizens Bank New York
Mr. David Golub
Senior Vice President of Administration
Price Chopper Supermarkets
Mr. William H. Goodrich
President/CEO
LeChase Construction Services, LLC
Mr. James E. Guzewich
President
Tyler Technologies
John Harris, Esq.
Partner
Harris Beach, PLLC
Ms. Joan R. Hayner, CPA, CMPE
Chief Executive Officer
CapitalCare Medical Group, LLC
Maureen O. Helmer, Esq.
Partner
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
Ms. Jessica Henderson Gabriel
Regional Director
Empire State Development Corporation
Ms. Amy M. Johnson
President
Capstone, Inc.
Ms. Carolyn M. Jones
Publisher
The Business Review
Mr. Stephen P. LaFleche
Managing Director, NYS
IBM Corporation
Richard E. Leckerling, Esq.
Co-Managing Partner
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna
Ms. Jennifer L. MacPhee
Regional Market President
Bank of America
Mr. Shaun P. Mahoney
President and CEO
NextRidge, Inc.
Andrew J. Matonak, Ed. D
President
Hudson Valley Community College
Robert J. May, Esq.
Member
Lemery Greisler, LLC
Mr. Angelo M. Mazzone
President and CEO
Mazzone Management Group
Ms. Tracy L. Metzger
Principal Broker
TL Metzger
Ms. Ann C. Moynihan
President
Documentation Strategies, Inc.
Mr. Philip Morris
Chief Executive Officer
Proctors
Mr. Stephen Obermayer
Chief Financial Officer
BBL Construction Services
Mr. James Pascarell
President
nfrastructure
George M. Philip, Esq.
Andrew C. Rose, Esq.
Office Managing Partner
Nixon Peabody, LLP
Mr. Raymond Rudolph
Chief Executive Officer
CHA
Ms. Pamela Sawchuk Brown
Vice President, Community Development
Albany Medical Center
Hon. Charles E. Schumer
United States Senator
United States Senate
Ms. Kay Stafford
President & Board Chair
CMA Consulting, Inc.
Mr. Charles P. Steiner
President
The Chamber of Schenectady County
Ms. Paula A. Stopera
President/CEO
Capital Communications Federal Credit Union
Mr. I. David Swawite
President
Omni Development Company, Inc.
Mr. Michael Uccellini
President
United Group of Companies
Mr. Thomas Valentine
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Mainfreight USA
Mr. Todd Vandervort
President
The Vandervort Group, LLC
Mr. Peter D. Wohl
Chief Performance and Innovation Officer
SEFCU
*Elected Officials are Ex-Officio Members without voting responsibilities






