Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Officers

Tashanda Thomas

Chair

Tashanda Thomas-Brown, PHR, SHRM-CP

Chief People and Culture Officer
Foodlink

Heidi Macpherson

Vice Chair

Heidi Macpherson

nothing

President
SUNY Brockport

Peter Messner

Treasurer

Peter Messner

nothing

Owner
Messner Flooring Company

Helen Scalia

Secretary

Helen Scalia

Associate Director, Legal Operations
Carrier

Members

Kesha Carter

Kesha Carter

Director of Culture, Belonging, & Engagement
Gates Chili School District

Michelle Daubert

Michelle Daubert

Senior Real Estate Counsel
Wegmans Food Markets

Dorothy Ferguson

Dorothy Ferguson

Counsel
Bond, Schoeneck, & King, PLLC

Henry Favor

Wegmans Asset Protection
Rochester Regional Manager

Cory Mau

Cory Mau

Director of Corporate Financial
Planning and Analysis, Paychex

Michael Green

Mike Green

Visiting Assistant Professor
Rochester Institute of Technology

Michael Fowler

Michael Fowler

Chief Deputy Sheriff
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office

John Roberts

John Roberts

Chief Strategy Officer and Founder
Truth Collective

Steve Scott Sr.

Steve Scott Sr.

President & CEO
North Coast Claims Service

Denee Stirpe

Denee Stirpe

Vice President of HR
Baldwin Richardson Food

Trish Rissone

Trish Rissone

Manager, Building & Support Services
ESL Federal Credit Union

Lance Thomas

Lance Thomas

Chief Financial Officer
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council

Nichole Malec Huss

Nichole Malec Huss

VP, Government Relations
Rochester Regional Health

Alia Henton Williams

Alia Henton-Williams

Manager, Crisis Intervention Services
City of Rochester

Kelly Metz Davis

Kelly Metz Davis

NTID Support Faculty
RIT Saunders College of Business

Michael Mendoza

Dr. Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH, MS

Senior Vice President, COO
Trillium Health

Victor Sanchez

Victor Sanchez

Planning, Design, and Construction Project Manager
University of Rochester

Willow Honorary Advisory Board

  • Teresa Anderson | Finance Vice President, Excellus Health Plan
  • Michelle Ashby | CEO, Tipping Point Communications
  • Chris Beato |Vice President of Communications and Development, DePaul
  • Anne Dyring-Riley | Attorney, Anne Dyring Riley, LLC
  • Cassandra George Ramos | Retired
  • Monica Guardino | Senior Director of Finance, Humanitarian Services American Red Cross
  • Olga Mendez | Corporate Director Of Human Resources, American Packaging Corporation
  • Emily Neece | Retired
  • Barbara Purvis | Essex Hotel Management
  • Sherry Rettew | Director of Human Resources at Fisher Associates
  • Debra Salmon | Retired
  • Ed Shill | President & CEO, QCI Asset Management, Inc.
  • Michele Williams | Licensed Real Estate Salesperson EXP Realty-Team Lisa Wasson

Willow Committee Members

Governance Finance Committee Audit Committee
  • Michelle Daubert, Chair
  • Barbara Purvis
  • Debra Salmon
  • Dorothy Ferguson
  • Emily Neece
  • Steve Scott, Sr.
  • Peter Messner, Finance and Audit Chair
  • Barbara Purvis
  • Kristin Hughes
  • Lance Thomas
  • Mary O’Connell
  • Sharon Rivais
  • Teresa Anderson
  • Cory Mau
  • Terry O’Hare
    Monica Savino
    Carly Laurincella
  • Peter Messner, Treasurer
  • Mary O’Connell
Investment Development Strategic Planning/Monitoring
  • Cory Mau, Chair
  • Mary O’Connell
  • Barbara Purvis
  • Lance Thomas
  • Helen Scalia, Chair
  • Jamie Frumusa
  • Barbara Purvis
  • Dorothy Ferguson
  • Michelle Daubert
  • Sharon Rivais
  • Cassandra George-Ramos
  • Victor Sanchez
  • Heidi Macpherson, Chair
  • Erica Tickle
  • Jamie Frumusa
  • Mike Mendoza
  • John Roberts
  • Kristin Hughes
Deaf IGNITE Facilities Task Force Human Resources Task Force
  • Kelly Metz Davis, Chair
  • Tim Albert
  • Patti Canne
  • Yvette Chirenje
  • Carrie Fisher
  • Tiffany Panko
  • Vicki Hurwitz
  • Mary Karol Matchett
  • TJ Sanger
  • Leeanne Valentine
  • Trish Rissone, Chair
  • Anne Dyring-Riley
  • Steve Scott
  • Kurt Ingerick
    Patrick Wahl
  • Denee Stirpe, Co-Chair
  • Tashanda Thomas, Co-Chair
  • Olga Mendez
  • Sherry Rettew
  • Amorette Miller
    Chris Miller
    Donna Bell
    Jerris Wade
    Lisa Critchley
    Natosha Mcdonald
    Sherry Rettew
Marketing Task Force DEI Taskforce
  • Emma Zaremba, Chair
  • Community Members:
    Meg Spoto
    Alyssa Davis
    John Roberts
    Karrie Gurnow
    Jolee Main
    Elizabeth Kronfield
    Julia Betti
    Melissa Yacuzzo
    Sarah Rutherford
 Kesha Carter, Chair

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