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
Retired Pediatrician
Carolyn Brown*
PEACE, Inc.
Amy Cunningham
Onondaga County Department
of Children & Family Services
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
Jennifer King-Reese
Syracuse City School District
Linda Lopez
Salvation Army
Len Lopoo
Syracuse University Maxwell School
Mike Melara*
Catholic Charities of
Onondaga County
Sarah Merrick*
Onondaga County
Department of Social Services
Dr. Maria Murray
The Reading League
Robert Myers*
Partners in Franciscan Ministries
Sharon Owens
City of Syracuse
Frank Ridzi*
CNY Community Foundation
Ann Rooney*
Deputy County Executive
for Human Services
Mary Lou Sayles
Huntington Family Centers
Lori Schakow*
Child Care Solutions
Rebecca Shultz*
Onondaga County
Health Department
Elizabeth Snow
John Ben Snow Foundation
& Memorial Trust
Sharon St. Louis
Onondaga County
Health Department
Chad W. Underwood
Partners in Learning, Inc.
Kara Williams*
The Allyn Family Foundation
Randy Wolken
MACNY
*Leadership Council Member
Business Council
John Benson
Barton & Loguidice
Larry Bousquet
Bousquet Holstein
Terry Brown
TLBrown Management Group LLC
Karyn Burns
MACNY
John Camp
C&S Companies
Aimee Durfee
CenterState CEO
Zanette Howe
Upstate Medical University
Joshua LaGrow
Learn as You Grow
Lisa Mondello
SRC, Inc.
Matthew Paulus
Paulus Development
Annette Peters
Advance Media New York
Robert Simpson
CenterState CEO
Benjamin Sumner
Dannible & McKee, LLP
Kimberly Townsend
Loretto
Merike Treier-Reynolds
Downtown Committee of Syracuse
Randy Wolken
MACNY