Our Team
Meera Sampath
CEO
M. Stanley Whittingham
CIO and Use-Inspired R&D Pillar Lead
Thomas Coen
External Evaluator, Social Finance
Toby Chaiken
External Evaluator, Social Finance
Donald Crampton
Workforce Development Pillar Lead
Leah Flask
Workforce Development Program Coordinator
Matthew Ganter
Test Beds Lead
Fernando Gómez-Baquero
Translation Pillar Lead
Heidi Grenek
Chief Operating Officer
Scott Hancock
IP Management
Myra Henry
Director, Regional
Community Engagement
Michael Jacobson
Interim Director, Inclusive Engagement
James Kirkland
Translation Coordinator
Emily Marino
Strategic Planning and
Implementation
Prachi Pragnya
Innovation Program Manager
Candice Reeves
Translation Administrator
Leana Testani
Program Coordinator
Tim Thomas
Chief Workforce Development Officer
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
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