Community Advisory Council
Meg O’Connell – Chair*
The Allyn Family Foundation
Jaime Alicea
Syracuse City School District
Marnie Annese*
Health Foundation for
Western & Central New York
Dr. Steven Blatt
Upstate Medical University,
UPAC
Dr. Cynthia Bright
Margaret L. Williams
Developmental Evaluation Center
Carolyn Brown*
PEACE, Inc.
Matthew Carpenter
Syracuse City School District
Brenda Dano
Onondaga County Health
Department, Division of
Healthy Families
Dr. Donna DeSiato
East Syracuse Minoa
Central School District
Peter Dunn*
CNY Community Foundation
Nancy Kern Eaton*
United Way of CNY
Robert Falter
The Reisman Foundation
Lisa Fasolo Frishman*
Independent Consultant
Susan Furtney*
Upstate Medical University
Richard Gasiorowski*
Onondaga County Department
of Children & Family Services
Maria Gill
Early Childhood Family &
Community Engagement
(EC-FACE) Center
Steve Gorczynski*
M&T Bank
Dr. Indu Gupta
Onondaga County
Health Department
Hon. Helen Hudson
Syracuse Common Council
Linda Lopez
Salvation Army
Amy McCluskey*
Onondaga County Department
of Children & Family Services
Mike Melara*
Catholic Charities of
Onondaga County
Sarah Merrick*
Onondaga County
Department of Social Services
Robert Myers*
Partners in Franciscan Ministries
Frank Ridzi*
CNY Community Foundation
Ann Rooney*
Deputy County Executive
for Human Services
Lori Schakow*
Child Care Solutions
Rebecca Shultz*
Onondaga County
Health Department
Elizabeth Snow
John Ben Snow Foundation
& Memorial Trust
Chad W. Underwood
Partners in Learning, Inc.
Kara Williams*
The Allyn Family Foundation
Randy Wolken
MACNY
*Leadership Council Member
Business Council
Steve Gorczynski – Chair
M&T Bank
John Benson
Barton & Loguidice
Larry Bousquet
Bousquet Holstein
Aimee Durfee
CenterState CEO
Zanette Howe
Upstate Medical University
Joshua LaGrow
Learn as You Grow
Lisa Mondello
SRC, Inc.
Annette Peters
Advance Media New York
Matthew Paulus
Paulus Development
Robert Simpson
CenterState CEO
Benjamin Sumner
Dannible & McKee, LLP
Meg Tidd
VIP Structures
Kimberly Townsend
Loretto
Merike Treier
Downtown Committee of Syracuse
John Trimble
C&S Companies
Randy Wolken
MACNY