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

Jonah Cummings
Educator

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

Wesley D. Kufel, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP
Chair, Governance Committee

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