Officers
Chair
Kevin Kern
First Vice Chair
Geanette Katz
Second Vice Chair
Frederick J. Rella, Jr.
Treasurer
Jain Jacob
Secretary
Aurelius (Aury) Licata, AAI
Board Members
Mark Acker
Joe Allen
Heather Bowie
Jose Caseres
Tara Cullen
Banks Dastine
Joseph DeCicco
Nicholas DeSantis
Phyllis Eig
Mill Etienne, MD, MPH, FAAN
Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, PhD
Doug Graubard
Sister Susan Evelyn
Gayle Hirsch, Esq.
Cy Ishakis
Gil Heim
Joseph Lagana
Mary Leahy, MD
Patricia Lefkowitz
Kathy Medici
Mita Pandya
Shawn Reilly
Frank Stillo
Joyce Walgrove
Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson is a partner of Thompson & Bender. Founded in 1986, the agency is the region’s premier advertising and public relations firm. As a partner in the firm, Mrs. Bracken-Thompson is responsible for a wide variety of clients representing a broad spectrum of business sectors including Fortune 500 firms; banks and financial institutions; educational institutions; not-for-profits; hospitals and health care organizations; the travel and hospitality industry; food and beverage sector; senior residential living; commercial real estate developers; environmental and business organizations, among others.
Rocco J. Pucino III is the VP/Retail Banking Officer at Ulster Savings Bank’s Kingston headquarters. In Mr. Pucino’s new role, he will is responsible for overseeing and directing the Retail Banking area by providing guidance and support to the bank’s 15 branch locations.