Board of Directors
Executive Officers
Chairman of the Board
Yono Purnomo – Founding Director
Yono’s / dp an American Brasserie
Vice Chairman
Robert J. McNamara
Robert J. McNamara Financial Consultants
President
Marcus Q. Pryor
Pryor Associates
Vice President
Neerav Patel
Secretary
Brian Murphy
Director of Operations | Renaissance Albany Hotel
Treasurer
Marie Zimmerman
Partner, KPMG
Directors
Kate Bender
Director of Sales & Marketing | Nicole’s
Margaret Carciobolo
Event Designer, Culinary Crafter, CEO | Nicole’s
Susan Cleary
Melissa Currado
Paul Fahey
Vice President of Strategy & Communications | Overit
Sonia Frederick
KPMG
Katie Hohman
Partner | Sheridan Hohman Associates
Kristen Holler
Nadine Lewis
Director of Operations | Retro Fitness of Albany
Marna Redding
Director of Foundation Relations | Albany Law School
Jonathan Scherzer
Director of Marketing | CDTA
Honorary Director
Mayor Kathy Sheehan
Honorary Founding Directors
Hon. Gerald D. Jennings
Joe Culver
Mary Jean Knowles
Dominick Purnomo
Donna Purnomo
Jeffrey S. Michaelson
Todd Reichelt
Gary D. Smith
Garrick Smith
M.H.A Thibeault
In Memoriam
Karen Smith-Sfara — Honorary Founding Director
In Memoriam
Karen Smith-Sfara — Honorary Founding Director
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