Advisory Board
The Advisory Board for the New York State Small Business Development Center is a collective of leaders in the industrial, government and educational sectors across the state.
We value the time each of these men and women spend in offering us their unique perspectives on the issues facing small business owners across the state.
Advisory Board Members
Jim Conroy
Chairperson
President – Pursuit CDC
Ramona Cedeño
Vice Chairperson
Founder & CEO FiBrick
Sonya Smith
State Director
New York SBDC
Mary Hoffman
Secretary
Associate State Director
New York SBDC
George Bowen
Member
SVP, Chief Lending Officer,
Tioga State Bank
Benjamin Cohen
Member
MPaaS Specialist,
Toshiba Business Solutions
Gina Coletti
Member
Founder & Co-Chair,
Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers, Inc.
Steven D. Drobysh
Member
VP Commercial Lending,
Ulster Savings Bank
Rahsaan Graham
Member
Principal of Battle & Banner Consulting
CEO of Jade Empire LLC
Oliver L. Kardos
Member
SVP and Business Banking Sales Leader
KeyBank
James Lazore
Member
Assistant Executive Director
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
David Lee
Member
President, Effective Ventures;
Chair, League of Asian Americans of NY
Matthew Mroz
Member
Director of Enterprise Technology Transfer,
SUNY Research Foundation
Denise Padula
Member
President & Owner
Alchar Printing
Wendy Riccelli
Member
CPA, CVA/Partner
The Bonadio Group
Noa Conger Simons
Member
President & CEO
The Upstate Capital Association of New York
Richard Uhlig
Member
Founder & CEO
Quadrant Biosciences
Robert Wallace
Member
Chief of Staff to the President
College of Staten Island, CUNY
James P. Youngs
Member
Partner & Chair of Litigation
Hancock Estabrook, LLP
Will Schwartz
Ex-Officio
Vice Chancellor for Government Relations
State University of New York
Jeffrey Boyce
Ex-Officio
Project Officer
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Victoria Reynolds
Ex-Officio
Acting District Director
Buffalo SBA District Office
John Mallano
Ex-Officio
District Director
NYC SBA District Office
Daniel Rickman
Ex-Officio
District Director
Syracuse SBA District Office
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