About the NY SBDC > Advisory Board New York SBDC Advisory Board The Advisory Board for the New York State Small Business Development Center is a collective of leaders in the industrial, government and educational sectors across the state. We value the time each of these men and women spend in offering us their unique perspectives on the issues facing small business owners across the state. Chairperson Jim Conroy Regional President - Pennsylvania and Upstate NY New York Business Development Corporation jconroy@nybdc.com State Director Sonya Smith State Director New York SBDC Sonya.Smith@nysbdc.org Adv. Board Member George Bowen Lending Officer Tioga State Bank GBowen@tiogabank.com Adv. Board Member Ramona Cedeño Founder & CEO FiBrick rcedeno@fibrick.com Adv. Board Member Ben Cohen MPaaS Specialist Toshiba Business Solutions Ben.Cohen@tbs.toshiba.com Adv. Board Member Gina Coletti Founder & Co-Chair Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers, Inc. gcoletti@suffolkchambers.org Adv. Board Member Denise Damonti Wright Business Banking Relationship Manager – AVP Five Star Bank DDDamonti-Wright@five-starbank.com Adv. Board Member Steven D. Drobysh VP Commercial Lending Ulster Savings Bank sdrobysh@ulstersavings.com Adv. Board Member Oliver L. Kardos SVP and Business Banking Sales Leader KeyBank oliver_l_kardos@keybank.com Adv. Board Member James Lazore Director of Economic Development Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe jameslazore@srmt-nsn.gov Adv. Board Member David Lee President Effective Ventures; Chair, League of Asian Americans of NY vidlee@gmail.com Adv. Board Member Matthew Mroz Director of Enterprise Technology Transfer SUNY Research Foundation Matthew.mroz@rfsuny.org Adv. Board Member Wendy Riccelli CPA, CVA/Partner The Bonadio Group wriccelli@bonadio.com Adv. Board Member Wendy Sanders President, CEO & Secretary Jos. A Sanders and Sons, Inc. wendylsanders@jasroofing.com Adv. Board Member Richard Uhlig Founder & CEO Quadrant Biosciences richard.uhlig@quadrantbiosciences.com Adv. Board Member Robert Wallace Chief of Staff to the President College of Staten Island, CUNY Robert.Wallace@csi.cuny.edu Adv. Board Member John Wicke President Persone Staffing john@personestaffing.com Secretary Mary Hoffman Assoc. State Dir. for Strategic Planning & Organizational Development New York SBDC Mary.Hoffman@nysbdc.org Ex-Officio Jeffrey Boyce Project Officer U.S. Small Business Administration jeffrey.boyce@sba.gov Ex-Officio John Mallano District Director NYC SBA District Office john.mallano@sba.gov Ex-Officio Travis Proulx Associate Vice Chancellor for Government Affairs & Marketing SUNY System Administration Travis.Proulx@suny.edu Ex-Officio Victoria Reynolds Acting District Director Buffalo SBA District Office Victoria.Reynolds@sba.gov Ex-Officio Daniel Rickman District Director Syracuse SBA District Office daniel.rickman@sba.gov