Leadership

Our Team

Dr. Meera Sampath

CEO

Dr. Stan Whittingham

Dr. Stan Whittingham

CIO and Use-Inspired R&D Pillar Lead 

Hiring in process

Senior Director Of Operations

Michael Jacobson

Interim Director for Inclusive Engagement

Leana Testani

Program Coordinator

Fernando Gomez-Baquero

Fernando Gómez-Baquero

Translation Pillar Lead

Stacey Johnson

Stacey Johnson

Workforce Development Pillar Lead

Donald Crampton

Workforce Development Pillar Lead

Matthew Ganter

Test Beds Lead

Prachi Pragnya

Innovation Program Manager

Leah Flask

WFD  Program Coordinator

Emily Marino

Strategic Planning and
Implementation

Thomas Coen

External Evaluator, Social Finance

Toby Chaiken

External Evaluator, Social Finance

Scott Hancock

Scott Hancock

IP Management

Governance Board

William Acker
NY-BEST

Tina Barber
Community Foundation for SCNY

Duncan Brown
Syracuse University

Robin Cole Jr.,
Monroe Community College

Shelley Dionne
Binghamton University

Heather Hage
Griffiss Institute

Myra Henry
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County

Marnie LaVigne
Launch NY

David Sandbank
NYSERDA

Krystyn Van Vliet
Cornell University

Ben Verschueren
ESD/NYSTAR

Advisory Board

Majed El-Dweik
Alabama A&M

Chris Fall
The MITRE Corporation

Jennifer Lupo
Raymond Corp.

Shirley Meng
University of Chicago/Argonne National Lab

Ehtisham Siddiqui
BAE Systems

Jie Xiao
Pacific Northwest National Lab