Hillside Family of Agencies announces changes to executive-leadership team

Paul Perrotto, CFO of Hillside Family of Agencies, plans to retire and leave the organization June 30.

Perrotto is concluding 21 years with HFA and a prior 24 years in financial leadership positions in the health-care field, Hillside said in a news release. He also currently serves as Hillside’s strategic-development officer. The organization has started a search for his successor.

Perrotto earned his MBA degree from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, according to his LinkedIn page.

Changing roles

Augustin Melendez, a member of Hillside’s leadership team since 2013, will transition from his role as president of Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection (HW-SC) to serving as Hillside’s chief human resources and organizational development (HROD) officer.

Melendez, who previously was a human-resources executive at Eastman Kodak Company and Paychex, has been serving as interim chief HROD Officer since last fall. He will continue to oversee HW-SC operations until a successor is named.

About Hillside

Founded in 1837, Hillside Family of Agencies is “one of the oldest family and youth nonprofit human-services organizations in the United States,” according to its release.

The organization provides child welfare, mental and physical health, youth development, juvenile justice, special education, and developmental-disabilities services across Central and Western New York; Prince George’s County, Maryland; and Washington, D.C. Hillside served nearly 14,000 youth and families in 2017.

Hillside Family of Agencies includes Hillside Children’s Center; Stillwater Children’s Center in Greene in Chenango County; Snell Farm Children’s Center in Bath in Steuben County; Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection; and Hillside Children’s Foundation.

Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com

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