Meet Our Team

Learn about our team members and discover how their expertise can build your trust.

Royale Scuderi

Executive Director

Elizabeth Balfour

Education Coordinator

Tia Moore

Development Coordinator

FATME ALLAM MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology at Upstate Medical university, Chief of Rheumatology at the VA Medical Center Syracuse

Jay M. Brenner, MD, FACEP, FACHE

Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY-Upstate Medical University

Julie Colvin, MD

Family Medicine, St. Joseph’s Physicians

Danielle Cummings

Board Chair & Chair, Communications Committee - Chancellor/Director of Communications, Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse

Lauren Eadline FNP-C, APHN-BC, RH (AHG)

Integrative Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Herbalist, Community Educator, SUNY Upstate

Joseph Hardick, CPA, CCIF

Board Treasurer & Chair, Finance Committee - Tax Partner

Paul Hatty

VP & CFO, CXtec

Michael Jennings II

Wealth Consultant, Financial Planning

Brian Leydet, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology, SUNY-ESF

Emilija Postolovska, MPH

Board Secretary, Director of Workforce Innovation, CenterState CEO

Anne Messenger

Chapter Chair, Women Presidents’ Organization, Syracuse I & II and Platinum V Chapter

Kristopher Paolino, MD, MTM&H, FACP

Board Medical Director - Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant of Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Geogina Pinckeny

Tick-Borne Disease Advocate

Shantina Hines Kyles MS, BSN, RN

Spinal Cord Injury Program Manager

Elizabeth Ruscitto

Business Consultant

Michelle Saya, RN, BSN, MSM

Care Manager, Crouse Hospital

Simone Seward, MPH, PhD

Board Vice-Chair - Director, Health Equity Research & Programs Director, Center for Civic Engagement, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Douglas E. Wojcik, DVM

Chair, Development Committee - Owner, Liverpool Animal Hospital

Saravanan Thangamani, PhD

SUNY Empire Innovation Professor Director, SUNY Center for Environmental Health and Medicine Director, Vector Biocontainment Laboratories