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 Engagement

Michael Jacobson
Associate Director, Regional 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