Leadership Team
Antara Mitra
Executive Director
Kim Pavlus
Division Director, Administration & Finance
Cheryl Giarrusso
Division Director, Crisis Services
Susan VanCamp
Division Director, School Services
Board of Directors
Alan Andrews, LCSW, President
Alan Andrews & Associates, LLC
Maria Rachetta Wheeler, Vice-President
Branch Manager, NBT Bank
Linda Barbuto, Treasurer
Senior Budget Analyst, Office of Budget and Planning, Syracuse University
Paula Freedman, Corresponding Secretary
President, Freedman Associates, Inc.
John Rey, President Ex-Officio
Business Development Manager, Oswego Teachers Employees Federal Credit Union
Members
Dianne Apter
Chair of Board Nominating Committee
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
Chair of Fund Development Committee
Affirmative Action Officer, SUNY ESF
Helen Hudson
President, Syracuse Common Council, City of Syracuse
Eric D. Larison
Chair of Strategic Planning Committee
Consultant, OCM BOCES
Dr. Maureen A. Patterson
Chair of Board Development Committee
Director of Education Leadership Programs, Le Moyne College
Richard Riccioli
Franciscan Friar, 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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