CEG Elects Board of Directors for 2008
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
December 13, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Albany, N.Y. – The Center for Economic Growth (CEG), a regional economic and business development organization serving Tech Valley, today elected 2008 board officers and directors at its Annual Meeting.
Executive committee officers:
Chair: R. Mark Sullivan, Ed.D., President, College of Saint Rose
Executive Vice-chair: David Buiko, Chief Operating Officer, Galesi
GroupTreasurer: Mark E. Aldam, Publisher, Times Union
Secretary: Robert E. Blackman, Vice President, Reality USA
General Counsel: Richard E. Honen, Esq., Partner in Charge, Phillips Lytle LLP
Members at Large on the executive committee:
John Cavalier, Former Chairman, MapInfo
Kenneth Colloton, Senior Vice President & Director of Government Banking, Citizens Bank
Susan Crossett, Vice President, Energy Solutions Services, Upstate NY, National Grid
Alan Goldberg, Vice Chairman, Broadpoint Capital, Inc.
Hon. Gerald D. Jennings, Mayor, City of Albany
John Nigro, President, Nigro Companies
New directors elected to the board:
Kenneth Blass, President & CEO, Blass Communications
Kenneth F. Deon, Managing Partner, KPMG, LLP
William M. Flynn, Esq, Managing Partner, Harris Beach, PLLC
Maureen O. Helmer, Esq., Green & Seifter Attorneys, PLLC
James F. Johans, Ph. D., President & CEO, Northeast Parent and Child Society
Amy Johnson, President, Capstone, Inc.
Alain E. Kaloyeros, Ph. D., Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering
Stephen P. LaFleche, Client Director, NYS Government & Education Industries, IBM
William Leitch III, Project Director, The Beacon Institute
Andrew J. Matonak, Ed. D., President, Hudson Valley Community College
Pamela Sawchuk Brown, President & CEO, Sawchuk Brown Associates
Directors re-elected for a second term:
Mark E. Aldam, Publisher, Times Union
David Buicko, Chief Operating Officer, Galesi Group
Robert Curley, Chairman, Citizens Bank
Geoffrey M. Dubiski, Principal & Managing Director, Sumner Grace & Associates
Steven L. Einhorn, Chairman, EYP Mission Critical Facilities, Inc.
Jennifer MacPhee, Market Executive, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Shaun P. Mahoney, President & CEO, NextRidge, Inc.
Jeff Rothenberg, Esq., Managing Partner, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
I. David Swawite, President & Chief Operating Officer, Omni Development Company, Inc.
About the Center for Economic Growth:
The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) is a regional economic and business development organization dedicated to developing and promoting efforts to attract high tech talent and companies and to provide innovative services to bolster local businesses in New York's Capital Region and Tech Valley. CEG is committed to growing local companies, attracting new investment and preparing local communities for future opportunities to generate robust, contagious and intelligent economic expansion. Significant financial support is received from the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), New York’s high-technology economic development agency, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). CEG serves as NYSTAR’s designated Regional Technology Development Center for Tech Valley, one of nearly 350 MEP locations across the country assisting local manufacturing and technology companies with generating new sales, creating stronger operational infrastructure and overcoming barriers to growth. Visit www.ceg.org.
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