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2017-2018 » Graduate » About Us » Board of Trustees/Honorary Trustees

Board of Trustees/Honorary Trustees

Board of Trustees

Martin K. Birmingham, Chair
President an CEO of Financial Institutions
Five Star Bank

Jack A. DePeters ’73, Vice Chair
Senior Vice President of Store Operations
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

Gerard J. Rooney, Ph.D.
President
St. John Fisher College

Ronald D. Billitier ’88
President/Owner
Billitier Electric, Inc.

Thomas G. Bowles ’71
Former Chief Executive Officer
Enesco, LLC

Russell H. Brandon ’89
Chief Operating Officer – Pegula Sports and Entertainment
Managing Partner/President – Buffalo Bills, Inc.
President, Buffalo Sabres

Daniel J. Burns
President of the Rochester Division
Senior Vice President
M&T Bank Corporation

José J. Coronas
General Partner
Trillium Group

Rev. Albert Cylwicki, C.S.B.
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics
St. John Fisher College

M. Kevin Dugan ’70
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
PrimeGroup Insurance, Inc. (PGI Inc.)

C. McCollister Evarts, M.D.
Former CEO
University of Rochester Medical Center

Michael C. Goonan ’75
Former Vice President and CFO
University of Rochester Medical Center

James P. Growney ’66
Former Chairman/CEO
C.P.U., Inc.

William M. Hughes ’62
Chief Executive Officer
HPA Consulting Group, Inc.

Donald E. Jeffries ’74
President and Chief Executive Officer
VisitRochester

Martin L. Keating ’75
Former Managing Director
CCRE

Jill Knittel ’94, ’03 (MBA)
President
JK Executive Strategies, LLC

Janice C. Loss ’92
President/Owner
Skin Search of Rochester, Inc. and DermaSpa
Partners of Dermatology Associates of Rochester, P.C.

Elizabeth (Betty) Mullin-DiProsa
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
St. Ann’s Community

Diana L. Nole
President and CEO
Wolters Kluwer Health

Michael A. O’Conor ’78
Former Director, Management Consulting
Jordan & Jordan

John A. Palvino ’55
Former Executive Vice President
The Lincoln Group

William J. Pellicano ’80
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
PrimePay, LLC

Mary V. Piehler ’79
Director, Northeast Region
Lenovo

Ronald A. Pluta ’79
Managing Partner
Calkins Corporate Park

Wanda Polisseni
Community Volunteer

Rev. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B. ’80
Chief Executive Officer
Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation

Victor E. Salerno ’66
Chief Executive Officer
O’Connell Electric Company

Ferdinand J. Smith
CEO, Executive Creative Director
JAY

Philip H. Yawman
Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Operations
Annese & Associates, Inc.

Ex-Officio Members

Chair of Faculty Assembly

Kris H. Green, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematical and Computing Sciences
St. John Fisher College

Alumni Board President

David M. Kolczynski ’94
Director of Operations and Engineering
Construction Robotics, LLC

Student Government Association

Kelsey Michener ’18
President, Student Government Association

College Counsel

Robert W. Burgdorf, Esq. ’84
Nixon Peabody LLP

Secretary to the Board

Joan L. Benulis
Senior Executive Assistant to the President
St. John Fisher College

Trustees Emeriti

Thomas F. Bonadio ’71
Managing Partner
The Bonadio Group

Mildred C. Boylan
Community Volunteer

Charles A. Constantino ’61
Former Executive Vice President
PAR Technology Corporation

B. Thomas Golisano
Golisano Foundation
Chairman, Paychex, Inc.

R. Wayne LeChase
Chairman
LeChase Construction Services, LLC

Gary L. Mucci Esq. ’68
Counsel
Barclay Damon, LLP

Martin Mucci ’81
President and Chief Executive Officer
Paychex, Inc.

John R. Riedman
Chairman
Riedman Corporation

Joseph R. Rulison ’78
Co-Founder and CEO
Three + One Advisors

James D. Ryan
Former President
Ryco Management, Inc.

Robert F. Sykes
Former President & CEO
Sykes Datatronics

Rev. Joseph A. Trovato, C.S.B.
Parochial Vicar
Christ the King Church

Gerald E. VanStrydonck ’66

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