CenterState CEO has hired two new employees for its Innovation and Entrepreneurship portfolio: SARAH HOOD as director of the Clean Tech Center at the Tech Garden and JOE ROMANO as resource manager responsible for the development, management, and expansion of business, technical, and financial resources for the members of the Tech Garden. Additionally, JEFF FUCHSBERG […]
CenterState CEO has hired two new employees for its Innovation and Entrepreneurship portfolio: SARAH HOOD as director of the Clean Tech Center at the Tech Garden and JOE ROMANO as resource manager responsible for the development, management, and expansion of business, technical, and financial resources for the members of the Tech Garden. Additionally, JEFF FUCHSBERG has been named as the new director of Genius NY.
Hood most recently served as program manager for Saab Corporation and also served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. She earned an MBA from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree in public relations and communications from Jacksonville State University. She is a graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse, class of 2019.
Romano is managing a system to vet, receive feedback on, and engage with Tech Garden members’ requests or needs. Additionally, he is an entrepreneur in residence at the Tech Garden. Romano most recently served as an information technology solution provider consulting with small to medium-sized companies on technology management, technology planning, business process improvement, and the operations of medium to high-technologies businesses. As director of GeniusNY, Fuchsberg manages the programming and support for companies in the Genius NY program, administered by CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden. He recently served as senior director of innovation projects at the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation in El Paso, Texas.
Fuchsberg holds a bachelor’s degree in entomology with distinction in research, from Cornell University, and a juris doctorate from Syracuse University College of Law with an advanced certificate in technology commercialization law from the New York State Science & Technology Law Center. He is also certified as a business incubator manager by the International Business Innovation Association.