Board of Directors

Executive Committee

John Salter - Board Chair
M&T Bank

Orlando Rivera - Vice Chair/Community Outreach Chair
RE/MAX Realty Group, LTD

Larry Yovanoff - Immediate Past Board Chair/Development Chair
Retired, Paychex

Jacqueline DiStefano, Treasurer
George Eastman House

Paige Monks, Secretary
Dejoy & Co.

Jillian Cauwels, Board Governance Chair
Rochester Regional Health

Dr. Michael Daniels, Program Chair
U of R Medical Center - St. James Hospital

Board Members

Claire Bopp
Bond Schoeneck and King

Jacqueline Carzo
Pike Construction Service

Edward Case
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Freddy Colon
Nuevoera.radio

Richard Frasier
Independent Sales Rep

Andre Godfrey
Entre Computers

Danielle Johnson
The Property Girls Team/ Keller Williams Realty Greater Rochester

Rosa LaDelfa
A&J Pharmacy

Michael Page
Incyte Corporation

Colleen Parsons
World Insurance Associates, LLC

Dr. Arpan Patel, Medical Advisory Board Chair
James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute- University of Rochester Medical Center

Robert Poltrino
Skull Diamond & Heart Capital LLC

Christopher Simmons, Investment Chair
Paychex Inc.

Ryan Wegman
Post Resch Tallon Group, Inc

Troy Whigham
Mengel Metzger Barr & Co

Honorary & Emeritus Board Members

Honorary Life Members

Wendell Ames, M.D.
Basil Bibby, M.D.
Hugh Burr, M.D.
Mrs. J.F. Colson
William Craver, M.D.
Josephine Craytor
Judge Jacob Gitelman
Joanne Hammond
C. Herbet Holt
Norman Howden
Richard "Dick" McGlynn
Rudolph Napodano, M.D.
Elisabeth Phillips
Albert Preiss
Raymond Salamone, M.D.
Charles Sherman, M.D.
Elmer Smith
Luke T. Smith
Samuel Stabins, M.D.
Elmer Strauss

Emeritus Board Members

Kathleen Albertini
James Battaglia
Kimberly Bierworth
Sandy Diluglio
Mark Geiser
Joanna Grosodonia
Kathleen Leibenguth
Elaine Lennox
David Long
Kathleen Meisenzahl
Jennifer Morey
Michael Rockwell
Warren Rosenbaum
Will Rumbold

Associate Board

The Associate Board's mission is to promote awareness of the Cancer Support Community at Gilda's Club Rochester, organize philanthropic initiatives, and provide volunteer service. As ambassadors of the agency, they have the opportunity to participate in many different ways including fundraising, public relations, outreach, and recruiting new members. Through the Associate Board we hope to cultivate, inspire, and empower a new generation of philanthropic leaders and supporters of Cancer Support Community at Gilda's Club Rochester.

Officers

Chris Keyes, Co-President
Conor McKenna, Co-President
David Lanni, Membership Chair
Cassidy Franklin, Communications Chair
Mike Daniels, Board liaison
Sean Brooks, Treasurer

Members

Tim Ambrosetti
Matt Crowley
Katie Dokus
Hunter Johnson
Brandi Sek
Julianne Pangal
Tim Stapleton
Brandon Turner
Emily Trotman