Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY announces new board officers and members

SYRACUSE — Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York announced it has appointed new executive committee officers to its board of directors for 2020. 

Amy Collins was named board president. She has been a member of the board of directors for five years and most recently served as 1st VP. Collins is general manager at CNY Central Media Group including NBC3, CBS5, CW6, and CNYCentral.com. 

Existing Ronald McDonald House board members Mark Renquin, McDonald’s franchise owner/operator, and Alan Peterman, partner at Barclay Damon LLP, were appointed 1st VP and 2nd VP of the board, respectively. Steve Malone, director of finance at JMA Wireless, was named treasurer, and Colleen Kernan, director of public relations at Pinckney Hugo Group, was named secretary.

Steve Case, partner at Acropolis Realty Group; Brian Rapp, partner and VP at Bill Rapp Superstore; Matt Trinkaus, VP of finance at Kris-Tech Wire; and Carrie Wojtaszek, chief operating officer at Galaxy Media, have been appointed as new members to the Ronald McDonald board of directors for 2020. 

Other existing board members include: Nader H. Atallah, M.D., cardiologist and managing member of Pediatric Cardiology Associates LLC and clinical associate professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University and the University of Rochester; Rich Krahling, McDonald’s franchise owner/operator; Mike Madigan, CPA, senior VP of finance at XPO Logistics; Karen Ohliger, relationship manager at KeyBank; Hon. Anthony J. Paris, Supreme Court Justice, New York State 5th Judicial District; and Jennifer Speicher, administrator at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital.