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