SYRACUSE, N.Y. — M&T Bank recently appointed Alicia Dicks and Sheena Solomon to its Directors Advisory Council for the Central New York region. This 11-member council meets regularly to discuss business, customer, and community issues and provides insights to support M&T’s ongoing efforts to develop locally customized solutions and service models, the bank said in […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — M&T Bank recently appointed Alicia Dicks and Sheena Solomon to its Directors Advisory Council for the Central New York region.
This 11-member council meets regularly to discuss business, customer, and community issues and provides insights to support M&T’s ongoing efforts to develop locally customized solutions and service models, the bank said in a news release.
Dicks is president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, an organization with stewardship over more than $175 million in charitable community assets. She is deeply involved in Utica and the Mohawk Valley, sharing her expertise to foster inclusive growth and positive change.
Solomon is the executive director of the Gifford Foundation. Under her leadership, the Gifford Foundation is creating lasting community change and advancing racial justice and equity through various projects, M&T Bank said.
“M&T’s Central New York Directors Advisory Council plays an important role in helping us to ensure the bank is consistently making a difference in people’s lives throughout our region. The local business and community leaders on our board care deeply about Central New York and the Mohawk Valley. Working together, we identify new and different ways to uplift our communities and strengthen the local economy,” M&T Bank Regional President Steve Gorczynski said.
“I’m incredibly excited Alicia Dicks and Sheena Solomon have decided to join the council,” he added. “For years, they have worked tirelessly to advance social justice and racial equity, creating positive change through major initiatives and everyday moments to lend support. Their perspectives and insights will help inform and augment our enduring commitment to meet the changing needs of our community.”
In addition to Solomon and Dicks, M&T Bank’s Directors Advisory Council for the Central New York region consists of J. Andrew Breuer, president of Hueber-Breuer Construction; Me’Shae Brooks-Rolling, franchise owner of EventPrep Inc. and executive director of the Upstate Minority Economic Alliance; Mara Charlamb, VP and owner of United Radio; James A. Fox, managing director and president of Ramboll Group; Karyn Korteling, owner of Pastabilities; Joseph Mancuso, partner at Hancock & Estabrook LLP; Scott Shatraw, president of Utica First Insurance; Meg Tidd, CEO of VIP Structures; and Melissa Zell of The Pioneer Companies.
M&T Bank has 41 offices and employs nearly 360 people in its Central New York region, which covers Onondaga, Cayuga, Oswego, Madison, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, and Seneca Counties. It operates a regional headquarters on South Clinton Street in downtown Syracuse. M&T says it holds the region’s highest deposit share and is the top Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in Central New York. Each year, the bank also contributes more than $1 million to dozens of nonprofit organizations in the Central New York region.