Board of Directors

Orlando Rivera - Board Chair
RE/MAX Realty Group, LTD

Rosa LaDelfa - Vice Chair
The Addison of Park Crescent

Jacqueline DiStefano, Treasurer
George Eastman House

Claire Bopp, Secretary
Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Jillian Cauwels, Board Governance Chair
MVP Health Care

Robert Poltrino, Development Chair
Skull Diamond & Heart Capital LLC

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

John Salter, Immediate Past Chair
ESL Federal Credit Union

Iskra Bonanno
Spark Labor Law, P.C.

Jacqueline Carzo
Pike Construction Service

Edward Case
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Heather Dale
IQVIA Representing J&J Innovative Medicine

Julia Evans
Harris Beach Murtha

Diana Fisher
Evolution Marketing

Richard Frasier​
​Independent Sales Rep

Latresha Fuller
UPrep Rochester

Andre Godfrey​
EScreenz

Sabrina Howland, LMSW, MBA
Helio Health

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

Audra Kelley
First Learning

Chris Keyes
St. John Fisher University

Lisa Laluk
The Elmwood Agency

John Mariano, MD - Medical Advisory Board Co-Chair
Golisano Children's Center/WCI

Paige Monks
Southern Glaziers

Steven Ognibene, MD
Rochester Colon & Rectal Surgeons;
Rochester Regional Health

Laura Page
Lewis Tree Service

Colleen Parsons
Liberty Insurance

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

Christopher Simmons, Investment Chair
Paychex Inc.  

Ryan Wegman​
​Post Resch Tallon Group, Inc

Troy Whigham
Mengel Metzger Barr & Co

• Wendell Ames, MD
• Basil Bibby, MD
• Hugh Burr, MD
• Mrs. J.F. Colson
• William Craver, MD
• Josephine Craytor
• Judge Jacob Gitelman
• Joanne Hammond
• C. Herbet Holt
• Norman Howden
• Richard "Dick" McGlynn
• Rudolph Napodano, MD
• Robert O'Brien
• Elisabeth Phillips
• Albert Preiss
• Raymond Salamone, MD
• Charles Sherman, MD
• Elmer Smith
• Luke T. Smith
• Samuel Stabins, MD
• Elmer Strauss

• 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
• Larry Yovanoff

• Arpan Patel, MD -  Co-Chair
  James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute - URMC
• John Mariano, MD - Co-Chair
  Golisano Children's Hospital/WCI
• Barbara Asselin, MD
  Golisano Children's Hospital
• Carla Casulo, MD
  James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute - URMC
• Susan Dent, MD
  University of Rochester Medical Center
• Aram Hezel, MD
  James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute - URMC
• Alissa Huston, MD
  Pluta Integrative Oncology & Wellness Center
• Sindhu Kadambi, MD
  James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute - URMC
• Vatsala Kirtani, MD
  Lipson Cancer Center - RGH

• Marcia Krebs, MD
  University of Rochester Medical Center
• Melissa Loh, MD
  James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute - URMC
• Jozal Moore, MD
  James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute - URMC
• Maitham Moslim, MD
  Surgical Oncology, HPB Surgery, Robotic Surgery
  Lipson Cancer Institute - Rochester Regional Health
• Steven Ognibene, MD
  Rochester Colon & Rectal Surgeons;
  Rochester Regional Health
• Sarah Rehler
  James P. Wilmot Institute - URMC
• Maria Sbenghe, MD
  Lipson Cancer Center - Rochester Regional Health
• Danielle Wallace, MD 
  James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute - URMC
• Zoila Velastegui, MD
  Greece OBGYN

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.

• David Lanni, Co-President
• Hunter Johnson, Co-President
• Cassidy Pendell, Communications Chair
• Tim Stapleton, Treasurer
• Miranda Grazioplene, Membership Chair
• Conor McKenna, Immediate Past President
• Chris Keyes, Board Liaison

• Kathryn Assini
• Matt Crowley
• Cristian Cruzado
• Joshua Desilet
• Marie Henning
• Bri Inclema
• KC Kavanaugh
• Adam Kirkpatrick
• Haley Love
• Jasmine McGuire
• Clyde Miller
• Travis Talerico
• Nichole Waldron