Board of Directors

The CenterState CEO Board of Directors is drawn from the community and business leaders who make up the organization’s membership. We are actively recruiting new directors,  representing a diversity of perspectives, to serve on the board and governance-related sub-committees. Please contact Ben Sio for more information.

Officers

Chair
David Schneckenburger
President, Thompson & Johnson Equipment Co., Inc.
President
Robert Simpson
President and Chief Executive Officer
rsimpson@centerstateceo.com
Vice Chair
Evelyn Ingram
Director of Media and Community Relations, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Secretary
Margaret O'Connell
Executive Director, Allyn Family Foundation
Treasurer
Susan Crossett
Chief Executive Officer, CPS Recruitment

Directors

Nathan Andrews
President, Morse Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Aminy Audi
CEO, L. & J.G. Stickley, Inc.

Carl Austin, Jr.
Managing Partner, Bowers & Company CPAs

Michael Backus
President & CEO, Oswego Health

Tony Baird
President, Tony Baird Electronics, Inc.

Kevin Bernstein
Member & Chair, Managment Committee, Bond, Schoeneck & King

Brian Bisaccio
Senior Vice President, Northern Region Manager, Tompkins Community Bank

Laurence Bousquet
Manager, Bousquet Holstein PLLC

Vicki Brackens
President and Financial Planner, Brackens Financial Solutions Network

Andrew Breuer
President, Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc.

Michael Brunner
Senior VP, Market President-CNY, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

John Camp
President & COO, C&S Companies

David Capriotti
Managing Partner - Syracuse Office, Harris Beach

Peter Carmen
Chief Operating Officer, Oneida Nation Enterprises, LLC

Stephen Case
Founder and Partner, Acropolis Realty Group

Somak Chattopadhyay
General Fund Manager, Armory Square Ventures

John Clark
President, Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company, Inc.

John Connor
Area Vice President of Field Operations, Spectrum

Gail Cowley
Executive Vice President, Cowley Associates

Stephanie Crockett
President & CEO, Eric Mower + Associates

John Currier
President, Currier Plastics, Inc.

Nicholas Dereszynski
President, Brown & Brown Empire State

Mantosh Dewan, MD
President, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Christopher Didio
Managing Partner, Dannible & McKee, LLP

Daniel Dorsey, Jr.
Owner, Eagle Beverage Company

James Dowd
President & CEO, PathFinder Bank

Peter Dunn
President & CEO, Central New York Community Foundation

Nancy Kern Eaton
President, United Way of Central New York

Luke Esposito
Vice President, RF Esposito, Inc.

Michael P. Falcone
Chairman & CEO, Pioneer Companies, A CP Realty Company

Anthony Fiorito, Ex-officio
President, Partnership Properties, Inc.

Stephen Fournier
President-Central New York, KeyBank, N.A.

Jo Anne Gagliano
President, Environmental Design & Research

Jonathan Gibralter
President, Wells College

Stephen Gorczynski
Central New York Regional President, M&T Bank

Charles Green
President & CEO, AIS

Kevin Hair
President, SRC, Inc.

Mark Hall
President & CEO, Syracuse Community Health Center

Michael Hausladen
General Manager, Lotte

J. Michael Haynie
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation
Syracuse University

Hannah Henley
President, Inficon

Warren Hilton
President, Onondaga Community College

John Huhtala
Executive Director and Market Executive, CNY Middle Market, Commercial Banking, Chase

Catherine Johnson
Chief Executive Officer, COR Development Company, LLC

David Kavney
Regional President, NBT Bank

Tim Kennedy
Regional President, Advance Local 

Darlene Kerr, Board Member Emeritus

Todd Klaben
Partner & Syracuse Lead, The Bonadio Group

Dr. Seth Kronenberg
President, Crouse Health

Bertram L. Lawson II
President & CEO, YMCA of Central New York

 

Linda LeMura
President, Le Moyne College

Melanie Littlejohn
Vice President, New York Jurisdiction, National Grid

Joanie Mahoney
President, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Chandra Marshall
Vice President of Radar & Sensor Systems, General Manager Syracuse, Lockheed Martin 

J. Kemper Matt, Jr.
President, Dupli Envelope and Graphics Corporation

James McCarthy
President, Northland Communications

Anne Messenger
Executive Coach & Facilitator

Timothy Murphy
Managing Partner, Hancock & Estabrook

Allen Naples
Senior Vice President/Regional Commercial Executive, Community Bank, N.A.

Michael Nash
Principal, KS&R

Kristen Nelson
Plant Manager, Novelis

David Nutting
Chairman & CEO, VIP Structures, Inc.

Joseph Pacher
Senior Vice President, Northeast Operations, Constellation

Tim Penix
Vice President, SUNY Syracuse Educational Center

Douglas Pinckney
President, Pinckney Hugo Group

Darin Price
Chief Operating Officer, Right Price Companies

Meredith Price
Senior Vice President, Acute Operations, St. Joseph's Health

Joanne Rauch
President, C.R. Fletcher Associates

James Reed
President/CEO, Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

Shannon Reedy
Vice President of Account Management, Terakeet

Marijean Remington
President & CEO, Atlantic Testing Laboratories

Mary Kate Rolf
President & CEO, Nascentia Health, Inc.

Anne Ruffer
Managing Partner, Mackenzie Hughes, LLP

Alisa Salibra
Vice President, Global Marketing Front Line Care, Baxter International

Joseph Scuderi
President, Widewaters Group

John Sharkey III
President, Universal Metal Works

Savneet Singh
President & CEO, PAR Technology

William Simmons
Executive Director, Syracuse Housing Authority

Eli Smith
Managing Director, E. Smith Contractors, LLC

Erik Smith
Vice President & General Manager, Sensor Systems, Saab, Inc.

Sheena Solomon
Board Chair, Upstate Minority Economic Alliance

Mark Southwick
Plant Manager, Huhtamaki, Inc.

Carolyn Sturick
Partner/CEO, Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC

Jay Subedi
CEO, TruCare Connections, Inc.

Sarah Tackabury
Vice President, Managing Director, Digital Hyve

Jeremy Thurston
President, The Hayner Hoyt Corporation

Piper Titus Kline
Chief Financial Officer, Page Trucking, Inc., Keith Titus Transportation, Page E.T.C., Inc.

Mary Toale
Executive-In-Charge, SUNY Oswego

Kimberly Townsend
CEO, Loretto

Neil Webb
Director - Markets & Strategy, Ramboll

Gwen Webber-McLeod
President & CEO, Gwen, Inc.

Ashley White
Plant Manager, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Thomas Wu
Vice President Finance, Knowles Precision Devices