Board of Trustees

The Make-A-Wish Foundation^® of Central New York Board of Directors helps chart the Foundation’s course. They contribute a vast array of experience and skills that helps maintain our status as the nation’s largest wish-granting organization.

As a whole, the Board determines the Foundation’s mission and vision. It selects, evaluates and supports the president and chief executive officer. The board also protects the Foundation’s assets, enhances its public standing, ensures accountability, maintains legal integrity and assesses its own performance.

Executive Committee

Joseph Chirco, Chair
Product Business Manager
Carrier Corporation

Frank Mento, P.E., Chair-elect
Regional Director/Partner
Clough Harbour & Associates, LLP

Diana Kanfer, Co-Treasurer
CPA, CFE
Testone, Marshall & Discenza, CPA’s

Lauren Kincaid, Co-Treasurer
CPA
Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, PC

Robin J. Toia, Secretary

David Ayoub, CPA, Member-at-Large
Partner
Bowers & Company, CPA’s

Anne Bazydlo
Retired

Trustees

Janet Callahan, Esq.
Managing Partner
Hancock Law Firm

Paul Dodd, CLU^®, ChFC^®
Managing Partner
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Robert P. Dwyer, Esq.
Sugarman Law Firm

Colleen Julian, LEED^® AP
Manager Service Marketing & Training
Carrier Corporation

Dan Kosick, Wish Kid
School Social Worker,LMSW
R.T.S. Middle School

Mike Lorenz
Principal
Auspicium, LLC

Michael Murphy
Vice President
First Niagara Bank

Stephen Pesarchick, Esq.
Partner
Sugarman Law Firm

Christopher Pinckney, Wish Dad
Executive Creative Director
Pinckney Hugo Group

James R. Reed
Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

Greg P. Scagnelli, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
United Health Services

Roxanne Taylor, MS, CNS, RN
Deputy Director of Nursing, Perioperative Services
Upstate University Hospital

Tom Uva
Chief Information Officer
Saab Sensis Corporation

Jessie M. Verna, Esq.
Director, Regulatory Affairs
ConMed Corporation