New York

Board President
Dr. Cynthia Jones
Chief Medical Officer
Mosaic Health

Members

Tanya Bristol, RN
Watchman Therapy Awareness Representative
Boston Scientific – North Atlantic Region

Dr. Jennifer Carbone Zuccaro
Pediatric Cardiologist
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital

Amy DeMetri
Executive Vice President
First Source Federal Credit Union

Dr. Jon Henderson
Pediatric Physician
Utica Pediatrics

Jennifer Keida
CEO
Standard Insulating

Mike McGraw
Financial Advisor
Strategic Financial Services

Albert Pylinski
Emeritus Board Member, Retired Executive VP/CFO/CRO/Treasurer
NYCM

Lori Sharpe
VP, Sales & Distribution
Preferred Mutual

Kim Allen
Strategic Communications Director
Excellus BCBS

Dr. Ann Leonhardt-Caprio
Board President
Coordinator - Stoke Center
UR Medicine

Adam Kelly
MD, Associate Professor Neurology
UR Medicine 

Christina Deats
Counsel
Harter, Secrest & Emery

Dr. Scott Feitell
Cardiologist
Rochester Regional Health

Lashay Harris
City Council Member
City of Rochester

Leway Chen
MD, MPH, Medical Director
UR Medicine

Lydia Rotondo
DNP, RN, CNS Senior Associate Dean
UR School of Nursing

Dr. Uzma Iqbal
Cardiologist - Dir. Womens Health
Rochester Regional Health

Tom O'Gara
Chief Counsel
LeChase Construction

Shane Grant
Managing Director
Dixon + Co

Sharon Samjitsingh
Founder
Health Care Originals

Salley Thornton
Board Chairwoman
Director – Field Marketing and Events
Toshiba America Business Solutions

David Borkholder
Professor Emeritus
RIT

Tim Meehan
Project Manager
Crosby Brownlie

Brian A. Howard
Board Chairperson
Retired

Ronald Belle
Chief Executive Officer
AmeriCU Credit Union

Diane Benedetto
Leadership Development Committee Chairwoman
Manager, Customer and Community Management
National Grid

Nakeia Chambers, MS Ed
Director of Multicultural, Disability, and Veteran's Affairs
Upstate Medical University

Pavi Chigateri
VP and Chief Technology Officer
KPH HealthCare-Kinney Drugs

Michael Cominolli
Executive Director
Salt City Senior Care Advantage

Shanelle R. Dawson, Ed.D
Chairwoman, Community Action Committee
Global Family of Companies

Grahame Gould, MD
Neurosurgeon
Upstate Medical University
Brain & Spine Center

Amy Grover, MS, ATC
Sports Medicine Coordinator and Wellness Program Coordinator
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists

Josh Harrison, MD
Crouse Health

LaToya M. Jones
Healthcare Eduction Project

Nelly Kazzaz, MD, FACC
SJH Cariology Associates

Jim McKenney, CPA
Principal
The Bonadio Group

Derrick L. Murry, MPH, CHES
CEO
Retina-Vitreous Surgeons of CNY

Dara Penny
Vice President, Director of Marketing
Community Bank

Meredith Price
Sr. Vice President, Operations
St. Joseph’s Health

Lynne Shopiro, RN
Board President
Chief Nursing Officer
Crouse Health

Kelly Springer, MS, RD, CDN
Owner and Founder
Kelly’s Choice, LLC

Randy Tuthill
Chief Financial Officer
C&S Companies

Deborah Welch

Kaweeda G. Adams
Chair

Mandeep Sidhu, MD, MBA
Board president
Albany Medical Center
The Albany Med Health System

Haven Brown
Mount Olive Baptist Church

Joan Clifford

Peter Connolly
The Mercedes-Benz Center
at Keeler Motor Car Company

Michael T. Colon, MD
Capital District Pediatric Cardiology Associates

Maria Decker

Kristin Mathews
KeyBank

Disha Mookherjee, MD
Saratoga Hospital,
a member of the Albany Med Health System

Sulagna Mookherjee, MD
Albany Medical Center,
a member of the Albany Med Health System

Glenn Rockwood

Neil Yager, DO
Albany Medical Center, the Albany Med Health System

Alex DiCicco
Board Chair
Johnson & Wales University

Benoit Bewley, MD
Nuvance Health

Karen Burchell
Rondout Savings Bank

John Gavaris
Ellenville Regional Hospital

Sunny Intwala, MD
Nuvance Health

Vincent Oppedisano
M & T Bank

Valerie Ponder
Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Falak Shah, MD
WMCHealth | HealthAlliance Hospital

Cara Whalen
Mackey, Butts and Whalen

Paul Wright, MD
Nuvance Health

Patrick Thomas, MD, MBA, FACC, FAHA
Board President
Cardiologist
NYPMG Hudson Valley Cardiology

Gary Sastow
Board Chair,
Leadership Development Chair
Attorney
Danziger & Markhoff LLP

Dawn French
Board Chair-Elect
Senior Vice President,
Marketing and Community Outreach
White Plains Hospital

Carolin Dohle, MD, MPH
Section Chief, Impatient Neurology 
Director of Quality,
Department of Nuerology
Assistant Professor of Nuerology &
PMR at NYMC 
WMCHealth

Nancy Dowling
Vice President, General Counsel,
Public & Scientific Affairs North America
Danone

Dana A. Gorelik, CFTA
Senior Vice President,
Senior Trust Officer
Bank of America Private Bank

John Glenn Grau
President & CEO
InvestorCom

Damara Gutnick, MD
Immediate-Past Board President
Senior Director
Office of Community and Population Health
Montefiore Health System

Howard Klein, CPA, MS
Immediate-Past Chair
Tax Partner
Citrin Cooperman

Marla Koroly, MD, FACP, MBA
Associate Physician Executive, Northern Sub-Region 
Northwell Health Physician Partners
Northern Westchester Hospital

Dr. Bettye Perkins, Ed.D
President & CEO
Today's Students, Tomorrow's Teachers

Rori Sagal
2023-2024 Leadership Development Chair
Cash Management/Business Development Officer
Connect One Bank

Daren Wu, MD, FAAFP, LCDR, MC, USNR
Chief Medical Officer
Open Door Family Medical Centers

Joseph R. Catapano, CPA
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Pitney Bowes

Joonun (Chris) Choi, MD 
Director of Resident Cardiology Education 
Stamford Health

Sherlita Amler, MD, MS, FAAP
Commissioner of Health
Westchester County Department of Health

Chrissy Blankenship, BSMT (ASCP), MBA
Director of Operations
Clinical Integration
Stonybrook Medicine

John Burke
Managing Director
Global Head of Business & Professional Services
Citibank, N.A.

Samantha Clark
Associate Managing Partner
Center for Wealth Preservation 

Peter Fromm, MPH, RN, FACHE, FAHA
Assistant Vice President
Mount Sinai South Nassau

Evelina Grayver, MD
Director, Women's Heart Program
Katz Institute for Women's Health
Northwell Health

Jason Hudson
Managing Principal / Chief Executive Officer
Cornerstone Land Abstract

Johane Ligondé, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Administration
Elmont Union Free School District

Louis Mastrianni
Market Executive
Capital One, N.A., Northeast Regional

Joseph J. Perry, CPA
National Tax Leader
CBIZ

Tamra Postiglione
Managing Group Director
Senior Vice President
Flagstar Private Bank

Loriann Shelton
Senior VP, COO
Voxx International

Kathleen Stanley
Executive Managing Director Commercial Banking
Allies for Disability & Accessibility Executive Sponsor
Webster Bank

Pilar Stevens-Haynes, MD, FACC
Director of Echocardiology
Mount Sinai South Nassau

Avni Thakore, MD, FACC
President
Catholic Health Physician Partners Medical Group
St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center