SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced the participants in the 2015 Emerging Leaders initiative.
The training program, which the SBA describes as “intense,” provides more than 40 hours of advanced-management training.
The SBA “competitively selected” the 19 local business owners participating in this year’s class, the agency said.
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The program started last Wednesday, April 22. John Liddy, entrepreneur in residence at Syracuse University, serves as the instructor and conducted the first class of 13 training classes that will continue through November.
Participants will work with mentors and develop connections with other business owners and community leaders over a period of seven months.
Upon graduation, participants will leave the program “with a strategic growth plan for their business, [which they] developed using the knowledge, skills, and techniques honed in the class,” the SBA said.
The SBA Emerging Leaders initiative is a collaboration of the SBA Syracuse district office with CenterState CEO; CNY Technology Development Organization (CNY TDO); City of Syracuse Office of Neighborhood and Business Development; Onondaga County Office of Economic Development; Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc.; Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY); Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Onondaga Community College; SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF); Syracuse SCORE; Syracuse University (SU); The Falcone Center of Entrepreneurship in SU’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management; The Tech Garden; and the WISE Women’s Business Center, the agency said.
The participants are:
· Kristen Cuthbert, Broadway Café & Arctic Island, Syracuse;
· Jennifer Savastino, vice president and co-owner Gannon Pest Control Inc., Solvay;
· Robert Hulchanski, owner of Lakeside Innovative Technologies, LLC, Chittenango;
· Lou Cannata Jr., Lou’s Car Care Center, Inc., Van Buren;
· Andrea Castro, marketing and administrative coordinator at Mark’s Service Center, Inc., Central Square;
· Valoree Paratore, vice president, Paratore Signs, Inc., Salina;
· Lisa Conway, vice president, Pioneer Warehousing & Distribution, LLC, Clay;
· George Powers, owner of Powers Accounting & Business Service, Inc., Clay;
· Scott Antonacci, R&D Design and Associates, LLC, Syracuse;
· Dale Record, co-owner of Savvy Wine Cellar, Camillus;
· Sheila Ohstrom, owner of Senior Home Care Solutions, LaFayette;
· Jeffrey Sherman, president of Sherman Construction, Inc., DeWitt;
· Lisette Brod, CEO of Spinnaker Custom Products, Syracuse;
· John Wilde, secretary at Syracuse Corrugated Box Corp., DeWitt;
· Jeffrey Brinson, owner of Syracuse Technologies LLC, Salina;
· Stephen Sheridan, senior environmental scientist at Terrestrial Environmental Specialists, Inc., Schroeppel;
· Jessica Sloma, owner/president of Ultimate Arrival, LLC/president of J. Sloma Consulting, Syracuse;
· Chris Dambach, owners of Veteran Lawn and Landscape, North Syracuse;
· Kelli LaPage, owner of WellTrail Inc., Van Buren
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
