Riley restored the Hotel Syracuse after it was closed for 12 years. It reopened in August following a $76 million renovation and now operates as the Marriot Syracuse Downtown.
Riley is a former architectural technology major at OCC. His wife Janet earned a nursing degree from OCC in 1974.
Baird is president and CEO of Tony Baird Electronics, a Syracuse–based electronic systems integrator focusing on custom products and services for education, defense, government, and corporations across the nation. Baird is also a veteran of the U.S. Army.
In 2013 he was awarded the Small Business Association’s Veteran-Owned Business Achievement Award.
Founded in 1980, the OCC Foundation says it administers more than 150 scholarships and provides more than $200,000 in financial aid each year.
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