Former Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney joined ESF in November 2018 as COO.
In this role, she has served on the senior leadership team where she has been instrumental in the Discovery Challenge process, expansion of ESF as an instrumental partner with government to address pressing issues like climate change and intrusion of invasive species in waterways, and functions as point person on COVID-19 matters and preparedness, SUNY said.
Prior to ESF, Mahoney served in the county executive role for 11 years and oversaw all aspects of a county government, which served 460,000 residents. During her tenure as county executive, she earned national recognition for her environmentally friendly stewardship, SUNY said.
Before serving as an elected official, Mahoney worked as an attorney both in private practice with the Harris Beach law firm and for five years as a criminal prosecutor in the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office.
Mahoney earned her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University’s School of Management and her juris doctor from the Syracuse University College of Law.
About Dr. Mantosh Dewan
Dr. Mantosh Dewan has served as interim president of Upstate Medical University since 2018, assuming the role following the departure of previous president Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena who had stepped down in December 2017.
Under Dewan’s leadership, the SUNY campus has been commended by the board of trustees for its work of a pooled-surveillance testing program that has helped most SUNY campuses in meeting regular testing requirements of all students, faculty, and staff on campus.
Dewan is a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the department of psychiatry. He is former chair of the department and has also served as director of undergraduate education and director of residency training. He was interim dean of the College of Medicine. Dewan has an active clinical practice and is listed in The Best Doctors in America, SUNY said.
He holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Bombay University (currently Mumbai University). Dewan conducted his residency at Upstate Medical University.
