Mohawk Valley EDGE board elects three new members, slate of officers

ROME, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley EDGE announced that its board of directors recently elected three new members to the board, as well as a full slate of officers for 2021. Mohawk Valley EDGE is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening and growing the economy of the Mohawk Valley.  Ronald Belle, CEO and president of AmeriCU […]

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ROME, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley EDGE announced that its board of directors recently elected three new members to the board, as well as a full slate of officers for 2021.

Mohawk Valley EDGE is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to strengthening and growing the economy of the Mohawk Valley. 

Ronald Belle, CEO and president of AmeriCU Credit Union, and Ryan Thompson, chief operating officer and VP of operations at Rome Memorial Hospital, were both elected to three-year board-term vacancies. Bill Bower, VP and business-development officer at Pathfinder Bank, was elected to a board vacancy with two years remaining on his term. 

The board of directors also elected Justin Hummel, CEO of Hummel’s Office Plus, and Geno DeCondo, executive director at Upstate Cerebral Palsy as vice-chairs. Patrick Becher, executive director of the Mohawk Valley Water Authority, was elected treasurer. Rocco F. Arcuri, Sr. is the current chair of the board of directors and is serving his final year of a two-year term.

The Mohawk Valley EDGE board of directors is comprised of 52 business and community leaders from Herkimer and Oneida Counties. The board members include individuals from the finance and insurance sector, advanced technology, manufacturing, higher education, health care, and many other industries.

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