Leadership Team
Pat Leone
Executive Director
Kim Pavlus
Director, Finance
Phyllis Crimi Cook
Director, Administration
Novelette Pierce
Director, Operations
Cheryl Giarrusso
Director, Crisis Intervention Services
Susan VanCamp
Director, School Services
Board of Directors
John Rey , President
Business Development Officer, Empower Federal Credit Union
Alan Andrews, LCSW, Vice-President
Alan Andrews & Associates, LLC
Linda Barbuto, Treasurer
Senior Budget Analyst, Office of Budget and Planning, Syracuse University
Paula Freedman , Corresponding Secretary
President, Freedman Associates, Inc.
William Blanchard , President Ex-Officio
Business Development, VIP Structures, Inc.
Members
Dianne Apter
Retired, Apter & O’Connor Associates
Michelle Breidenbach
Reporter, The Post-Standard
Rachel Breslin
Assistant Director of Special Programs, Syracuse City School District
Kortney R. Dale, MSW
Vice President, Family Services, Liberty Resources, Inc.
Dr. Joseph T. Himmelsbach
Associate Professor
SUNY Upstate Department of Psychology & Syracuse University Clinical Psychology
Rebecca Hoda-Kearse
Associate Vice President – Student Engagement & Learning Support
Onondaga Community College
Helen Hudson
President, Syracuse Common Council, City of Syracuse
Eric D. Larison
Retired, Assistant Superintendent, Solvay Union Free School District
Paul D. McGuire
Retired
Anthony J. Meggesto
Founder/President, Empowerment Associates
Dr. Maureen A. Patterson
Director of Education Leadership Programs, Le Moyne College
Maria Rachetta Wheeler
Branch Manager, NBT Bank
Richard Riccioli
OFM Conv., Assumption Church Syracuse
Dave Shaw
Principal, Roxboro Road Middle School, North Syracuse Central School District
Neil J. Smith, Esq.
Attorney, Mackenzie Hughes, LLP
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