CenterState CEO Announces 2025 Annual Elections to its Board of Directors
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Following the 2025 Annual Meeting of its members, CenterState CEO has announced new and returning members to serve on the Board of Directors.
The following Directors have been elected to serve an additional term, expiring in 2028:
- Margaret O'Connell, Allyn Family Foundation
- Alisa Salibra, Baxter
- Todd Klaben, Bonadio Group
- Vicki Brackens ChFC, Brackens Financial Solutions Network, LLC
- Nicholas Dereszynski, Brown & Brown Empire State
- Joanne Rauch, C.R. Fletcher Associates, Inc.
- Gail Cowley, Cowley Associates
- John Currier, Currier Plastics, Inc.
- John Huhtala, JPMorgan Chase
- Stephen Fournier, KeyBank N.A.
- Michael Nash, KS&R
- Kimberly Townsend, Loretto
- Michael Hausladen, LOTTE Biologics USA LLC
- Kate Rolf , MBA, CHCE, FACHE, Nascentia Health, Inc.
- David Kavney, NBT Bank
- Luke Esposito, R.F. Esposito, Inc.
- Peter O. Nwosu Ph.D., SUNY Oswego
- Mantosh Dewan, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Michael Haynie Ph.D., Syracuse University
- Jeremy Thurston, The Hayner Hoyt Corp.
- Brian Bisaccio, Tompkins Community Bank
- Peter Carmen, Turning Stone Enterprises, LLC
- Sheena Solomon, UMEA
The following members have been elected as new Directors, for a term expiring in 2028:
- Steven L. Aiello, COR Companies
- Eric Ridley, Pioneer Companies
The Board of Directors is comprised of up to 100 members who serve three-year terms. In accordance with the bylaws, the Chair appointed a Nominating Committee whose recommendations were accepted by the Executive Committee and confirmed by an affirmative quorum of member proxy votes, and recognized at the organization’s Annual Meeting on April 23, 2025.
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