Leadership Mohawk Valley announces its class of 2015

MARCY, N.Y — Leadership Mohawk Valley has announced its Class of 2015 to take part in its year-long leadership and community-development program.

As in past years, the class consists of participants from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors in Herkimer and Oneida counties.

This marks Leadership Mohawk Valley’s 25th year of helping to shape the Mohawk Valley’s future leaders by exposing them to all aspects of the region during the span of a program year, from August 2014 to May 2015, the nonprofit said in a news release.

The effort begins with a day and a half orientation/opening retreat in August. The class then meets one day a month to focus on a specific aspect of the community. Topics will include human services, health care/health & wellness, education & lifelong learning, economic development, and other subjects. The days give participants a hands-on look at key organizations, access to decision-makers, and issues facing that particular field, Leadership Mohawk Valley says.

The new Leadership Mohawk Valley class members are: Audra Acey, development officer, SUNYIT; Tracy Balduzzi, director of graduate program operations, Utica College; Nicholas Betrus, security specialist, Assured Information Security; April Bliss, director, Dunham Public Library; Sarah Bormann, director of community outreach, U.S. Representative Richard Hanna; Sara Boulanger, coordinator of international student services, Mohawk Valley Community College; Tricia Busheé, satellite branch manager, First Niagara Bank; Michael Calogero, finance director, Upstate Cerebral Palsy; Brittany Cerasi, regional operations coordinator, M&T Bank; Barbara Cingranelli, program analyst, Air Force Research Laboratory;

Megan Colburn, assistant account manager, Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy; Julie Darling, community chapter executive, American Red Cross of the Mohawk Valley; Bradley Davis, superintendent, Revere Copper Products; Elyse Enea, administrative assistant, Herkimer County HealthNet; Timothy Fitzgerald, project manager of economic development, Mohawk Valley EDGE; Lori Frieden, treasurer, Positively Rome; Dosrine Gray-Jenkins, CRTF coordinator, Workforce Investment Board; Michael Hartnett, sr. electrical engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory; Theresa Jalowiec, accountant, Northland Communications; Steven Johns, branch chief, Air Force Research Laboratory;

 Stephen Karboski, Jr., funeral director, Nunn & McGrath Funeral Directors; Michael Kidd, air battle manager, Eastern Air Defense Sector; Danielle Lubecki, patient experience coordinator, Rome Memorial Hospital; Jason Marlowe, direct support professional, Herkimer Area Resource Center; Christina Mason, assistant program manager, Enriched Living Center, Rescue Mission of Utica; Michael McGraw, wealth management specialist, Strategic Financial Services; Brenda McMonagle, business analyst, AmeriCU Credit Union; Sean Morelle, on-air personality, Roser Communications; Matthew Nicholl, business banker, Berkshire Bank; Lori Nichols, director of human resources, Adirondack Bank;

Susan Pope, assistant branch manager, First Source Federal Credit Union; Theresa Rockwell, business development officer, Empower Federal Credit Union; Laura Scales, flight superintendent, Eastern Air Defense Sector; Melissa Sullivan, contracts manager, PAR Government; Emily Tracy, director of career services/human resources, Utica School of Commerce; Jessica Watson, director of services & product development, CABVI; and Christopher Whitmore, food services director, Rome City School District.

For more information on Leadership Mohawk Valley, visit www.leadershipmohawkvalley.net.