ResourcefulStaff Members

CEG Leadership Board

• Brian R. Akley

  Sr. Business Development Manager Gilbane Building Company

• Thomas L. Amell

  President & CEO Pioneer Bank

• Carm Basile

  CEO CDTA

• David M. Buicko

  CEO The Galesi Group

• Steve Bulger

  County Administrator Saratoga County

• Dean Burns

  Executive Director, Commercial Lending JPMorgan Chase

• Bryant Cassella

  President, Eastern NY Region Community Bank

• Michael J. Castellana

  CEO Broadview Federal Credit Union

• Antonio Civitella

  President & CEO Transfinder

• Greg Connors

  President Saratoga Economic Development Corporation

• Gerald Conway

  General Counsel Plug Power

• Louis Coplin

  Executive in Charge Hudson Valley Community College

• Chris Del Vecchio

  President & CEO MVP Health Care

• David DeMarco

  President & CEO Saratoga National Bank and Arrow Financial Corp

• J. Tyler Desmond

  General Manager Crowne Plaza Albany – The Desmond Hotel

• Dan Dinsmore

  President Overit

• Christopher R. Dowd

  President & CEO Ballston Spa National Bank

• Mark Eagan

  President & CEO CEG

• John Eberle

  President & CEO Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region

• Daniel Fariello

  President Capital Bank

• Patricia A. Fusco

  President Fusco Personnel, Inc.

• Jennifer Garvey

  New York Market Affairs Manager Ørsted

• Eileen Guarino

  President & COO Guarino Industries, Inc.

• Steven D. Hanks, M.D.

  President and CEO St. Peter's Health Partners

• James Harris, Jr.

  President & CEO Janitronics

• John Harris, Esq.

  Partner Brown & Weinraub, PLLC

• George R. Hearst III

  Publisher Times Union

• Richard Hendrick

  CEO Port of Albany

• Michael J. Hickey

  Vice President and Chief of Staff Siena College

• David Hollander

  Vice President LeChase Construction Services

• Robert Hull, Ph.D

  Vice President for Research RPI

• Daniel Hurteau

  Office Managing Partner Nixon Peabody, LLP

• Kimberly Ireland

  Regional Director, External Affairs National Grid

• Paul Kelly

  Chief Operating Officer NY CREATES

• Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas

  Vice President for Research and Economic Development University at Albany

• Ashley King

  Vice President, Executive Financial Management Goldman Sachs Ayco

• Hui Peng Koh

  General Manager GlobalFoundries

• Josh Kowalski

  VP, Sales & Business Development Carver Companies

• Joe Lodise

  General Manager Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady

• Mary Malone McCarthy

  Founder & CEO M3 Placement and Partnership

• Dennis McKenna

  President & CEO Albany Med Health System

• John McManus

  Managing Partner Harris Beach, PLLC

• Marlene McTigue

  Board Member Albany County IDA

• Paul Milton

  President & CEO Ellis Medicine

• James Morris

  NY President and Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate Berkshire Bank

• Philip Morris

  CEO Proctors Collaborative

• John J. Nigro

  President Nigro Retail Properties

• Stephen Obermayer

  Chief Financial Officer BBL Construction Services

• Kevin O’Connor

  CEO Advance Albany County Alliance

• Brian G. O’Grady

  President & CEO CDPHP

• Frances O’Rourke

  Market President - Regional Executive KeyBank

• Michael Paparian

  Senior Vice President - Middle Market Banking Citizens Commercial Banking

• Robert Pasinella

  President Rensselaer County IDA

• Charles Pinckney

  Regional President M&T Bank

• Kevin J. Quaranto

  Senior Leader Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York

• Donald Ranck

  Vice President Wells Fargo

• Robert Schofield

  Co-Managing Partner Whiteman Osterman & Hanna

• Thomas A. Selfridge

  President Swagelok Albany - Albany Valve & Fitting

• Hon. Kathy Sheehan

  Mayor City of Albany

• Jim Siplon

  President & CEO EDC of Warren County

• Richard P. Sleasman, SIOR

  President & Managing Director CBRE - Upstate NY

• Carl E. Stewart, III

  Executive Vice President Turner Construction

• Peter Stuto

  Acting Chief Executive Officer Albany International Airport

• Al Testa

  Senior Vice President & Commercial Executive NBT Bank

• Crickett Thomas-O'Dell

  Statewide Pre-Apprentice Program Coordinator/Director of Community Engagement Workforce Development Institute

• Walter Thorne

  Market President & Publisher Albany Business Review

• Toyin Tofade

  President Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

• Michael Uccellini

  President United Group of Companies, Inc.

• Deshanna Wiggins

  CEO Albany Black Chamber of Commerce

• Brian Williams

  Executive Director Capital Region Workforce Development Board

• Marie Zimmerman

  Office Managing Partner KPMG, LLP