Officers
Board Chair
Michael Mendoza
Commissioner of Public Health, Monroe County
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Vice Chair
Majuwa Kowai-Bell
Senior Mortgage Loan Originator, Genesee Regional Bank
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Treasurer
Peter Messner
President, Messner Flooring Company
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Secretary
Kelly Metz-Davis
NTID Support Faculty, Saunders College of Business, RIT
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Past Chair
Eri
ca Tickle
VP of E-Commerce, Wegmans Food Markets
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Members
Chief Diversity Officer, Coordinated Care Services
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Senior Real Estate Counsel, Wegmans Food Markets
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Kathrine Dupra
Owner & Co Founder, Installers Warehouse/Revel Woods
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Dorothy Ferguson
Managing Counsel, Crown Castle
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Jamie Frumusa
Director, Enterprise Communication, Herschend Family Entertainment
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Chief Financial Officer, Bondulle Americas Long Life
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Daniele Lyman Torres
Senior Vice President of Urban Services, YMCA of Greater Rochester
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Heidi Macpherson
President, The College at Brockport
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Director of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, Paychex
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Mary O’Connell
Partner, Trevett Cristo
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Barbara Purvis
President, Essex Hotel Management
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Sharon Rivais
Retired
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John Roberts
Chief Strategy Officer and Founder, Truth Collective
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Steve Scott Sr.
President & CEO, North Coast Claims Service
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Denee Stirpe
Vice President of HR, Baldwin Richardson Food
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Tashanda Thomas
Chief Human Resources Officer, WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
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Willow Honorary Advisory Board
Teresa Anderson
Finance Vice President, Excellus Health Plan
Michelle Ashby
CEO, Tipping Point Communications
Chris Beato
Marketing Manager, Wegmans
Anne Dyring-Riley
Attorney, Anne Dyring Riley, LLC
Cassandra George Ramos
Director of Development, Rochester Hearing and Speech Center
Monica Guardino
Senior Director of Finance, Humanitarian Services American Red Cross
Olga Mendez
Director of Member and Community Relations, Gunlocke Company
Emily Neece
Retired
Sherry Rettew
Human Resources Manager, Lacy Katzen LLP
Trish Rissone
Manager, Building & Support Services, ESL Federal Credit Union
Debra Salmon
Vice President, Al Sigl Foundation
Ed Shill
President & CEO, QCI Asset Management, Inc.
Lance Thomas
Chief Financial Officer, WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Michele Williams
Sales Consultant, Worth New York
Willow Committee Members
Development Committee
Jamie Frumusa, Chair
Barbara Purvis
Dorothy Ferguson
Katherine Dupra
Majuwa Kowai-Bell
Michelle Daubert
Sharon Rivais
Governance Committee
Sharon Rivais, Chair
Barbara Purvis
Cassandra George-Ramos
Debra Salmon
Dorothy Ferguson
Steve Scott, Sr.
Tashanda Thomas
Teresa Anderson
Finance, Audit and Investment
Peter Messner, Finance and Audit Chair
Barbara Purvis
Daniele Lyman-Torres
Kristin Hughes
Sharon Rivais
Teresa Anderson
Mary O’Connell
Lance Thomas
Monica Guardino
Terri O’Hare
Strategic Planning and Monitoring Committee
Heidi Macpherson, Chair
Cassandra George Ramos
Erica Tickle
Jamie Frumusa
Michael Mendoza
Facilities Task Force
Trish Rissone, Chair
Steve Scott
Anne Dyring-Riley
Chris Williams
Steve Scott
Kurt Ingerick
Patrick Wahl
Human Resources Task Force
Denee Stirpe, Co-Chair
Tashanda Thomas, Co-Chair
Amorette Miller
Chris Miller
Donna Bell
Jerris Wade
Lisa Critchley
Natosha Mcdonald
Sherry Rettew
Marketing Task Force
Emma Zaremba, Chair
Sydney Aspenleiter
Meg Spoto
Sean McKay
DEI Task Force
Erica Tickle, Chair
Ellen Yates
George Payne
Lisa Nolan
Majuwa Kowai-Bell
Olga Mendez
Steve Scott
Teresa Anderson
Toi Walker Smith
Trish Rissone
Deaf IGNITE Advisory Committee
Kelly Metz Davis, Chair
Tim Albert
Patti Canne
Yvette Chirenje
Carrie Fisher
Tiffany Panko
Vicki Hurwitz
Mary Karol Matchett
TJ Sanger
Leeanne Valentine