Our Board of Directors
Our board of directors, standing committees, and other volunteer committees are vital to the continued good governance and steady growth of the Community Foundation. Here are board members for the 2023-24 fiscal year, which began April 1, 2023:
David R. Ferris, Esq.
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Chair
Adam P. Anolik
University of Rochester Medical Center
Frederick A. Beer
ITX Corp.
Mollene B. Benison, CPA
DeJoy & Co.
Chair-Elect
Abigail J. Bennett
WildStar Partners LLC
R. Scott Burdett
Flaum Management Company, Inc.
Todd Butler
Causewave Community Partners
Francis J. Clement
Clement Wealth Management
Flor M. Colón
Xerox Corporation
Patrick Cunningham
Community Volunteer
Mark A. Eidlin
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Robert A. Gallina
Gallina Development Corporation
Langston D. McFadden, Esq.
Pullano & Farrow PLLC
Ann H. McMullen
Community Volunteer
E. Gay Mills
Community Volunteer
Thomas C. Mitchell
Bergmann DPC
Barbara A. Mullen, PhD
Rush-Henrietta Central School District
James H. Norman
Community Volunteer
Carolyn G. Nussbaum, Esq.
Nixon Peabody LLP
Denishea R. Ortiz
Rochester Institute of Technology
Sujatha Ramanujan, PhD
Luminate Accelerator
Thomas S. Richards
Community Volunteer
Abigail A. Reinhard
GP Flooring Solutions
Arline L. Bayó Santiago, Esq.
ESL Federal Credit Union
Ann H. Stevens
Community Volunteer
William M. Valenti, MD
Trillium Health
David P. Veniskey, CPA
EFPR Group
Alyssa S. Whitfield
Community Volunteer
Former board members are invited to join our Advisory Council, which meets once a year to receive updates on new initiatives undertaken by the Community Foundation and to provide feedback to Foundation leadership.
We are grateful for the ongoing support of these individuals who have played a role in the growth of this organization that benefits communities in an eight-county region.
Current members are:
- Hanif Abdul-Wahid
- Susan E. Acker
- Edward F. Adams
- Thomas R. Argust
- Carl J. Atkins
- Matthew Augustine
- Robert D. Baden
- Ruth C. Baltzer
- John S. Banks
- Bruce B. Bates*
- Howard J. Berman
- Ted Boucher*
- Joseph R. Briggs*
- Michael F. Buckley, Esq.
- Philip L. Burke, Esq.
- Essie Calhoun-McDavid
- Nancy E. Catarisano, CPA
- Jill M. Cicero, Esq.
- Kathy Cleary
- Michael J. Cooney, Esq.
- Dr. Walter Cooper
- José J. Coronas
- Mary Goldman Crowe
- Barbara de Leeuw
- Malik Evans
- Joan L. Feinbloom
- Mary V. Fisher, Esq.*
- Jonathan D. Foster
- Emerson U. Fullwood
- Suzanne Gouvernet
- Richard N. Gray
- Kenneth L. Hines
- Marvin J. Hoffman, MD
- Margaret Hubbard
- Ray H. Hutch
- Jeanne Hutchins*
- Mimi A. Hwang
- Dr. Frederick C. Jefferson Jr.
- Barbara J. Jones
- Barbara M. Kelley
- Robert W. Kessler, Esq.
- H. Moka Lantum, MD, PhD
- Diane M. Larter
- Laura A. “Jinny” Loomis
- John N. McMath Jr.
- Richard J. Mengel, CPA
- Michael B. Millard
- Marion Morse
- Kathy J. Nixon
- Nannette Nocon
- Clayton H. Osborne
- Barbara Osterman
- Kevin J. Parker, PhD
- David C. Pettig*
- Edward C. Radin, Esq.
- Alan H. Resnick
- Thomas P. Riley
- Nathan J. Robfogel, Esq.
- John P. Rodriguez
- Harris H. Rusitzky
- Margaret A. Sánchez
- Susan Hyde Scholl
- Jon L. Schumacher, Esq.
- Richard A. Schwartz
- Steven Schwartz, CPA
- Ruth H. Scott
- I. C. Shah*
- Gregory W. Smith
- Sue S. Stewart, Esq.
- David A. Still
- Krishan D. Thanik, MD
- Elizabeth A. Thorley
- Kim VanGelder
- Justin L. Vigdor, Esq.
- Judy von Bucher
- Patricia Ward-Baker
- Thomas F. Warfield
- Linda S. Weinstein
- Janet S. Welch
- Kathleen R. Whelehan
- Mary Worboys-Turner
- Philip H. E. Yawman
- Eric I. Zeller
- Heidi N. Zimmer-Meyer