Board, Leadership and Staff
The University at Albany Foundation board of directors, comprised of alumni, community and University representatives, is responsible for governance of the Foundation. The executive director reports regularly to the board and is responsible for the management of all Foundation funds. The Foundation operates consistent with the policies of the University at Albany, State University of New York. However, the directors are independent of New York State and of SUNY in the exercise of their fiduciary responsibilities.
Board of Directors
Officers
President
George R. Hearst III
Publisher, Times Union
Vice President
Lewis S. Wiener '84
Partner. Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Treasurer
Jeffrey H. Black, CPA ’76
Vice Chair (ret.), Deloitte
Secretary
Brian Straughter, EdD
President, Turf Hotels
Directors
Nolan T. Altman, CPA ’77
NTA Consulting
Michael J. Borys, ’78, ’79
Vice President (ret.), The Goldman Sachs Group
Peter E. Bulger ’77
Principle, TIA Group
Michael J. Castellana ’84, ’92
President & CEO, Broadview
Saul Curtis ’81
Partner (ret.), PwC
Kathleen A. Dennis, ’75
President & Founder, Cedarwood Associates
Louis A. Desorbo ’78, ’80
President (ret.), WERCS Ltd.
Elda A. Di Re ’83
Partner (ret.), Ernest & Young
Lisa Fund ’05
Senior Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Mary P. Haggerty ’82
Keith S. Hynes ’74
CFO (ret.), Max Re Capital Ltd
Sharon R. Kantor ’73 PhD, Esq.
The Firenza Group, Ltd., LLC
Amy Knapp ’97
Partner & COO, Corsair Capital
Roanne M. Kulakoff, ’81
Partner (ret.), Kekst and Company
William A. Lanford, PhD
Professor of Physics, University at Albany
Maryanne Lavan, ’81
Senior Vice President & General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Meg Picotte MacClarence ’02
John Oliver Naumann
CEO, Simmons Machine Tool Corporation
William Newman ‘81
Founder & Private Wealth Advisor, The Atrium Financial Group
Daniel Nolan ’74
CEO & President, Graypoint LLC
Kavan Pujara '24
Student Representative, University at Albany
Kimberly Sanger Jones ’87
Director of Operations, E. Stewart Jones Hacker Murphy LLP
Robert W. Schwartz
Managing Director, Schwartz Heslin Group, Inc.
Rebecca Stafford '95
Founding Partner, Hestia Venture Partners
Susan V. Shipherd ’64
Maureen Sweeney ’84
CEO, Crescent Peak
Edward P. Swyer
President, The Swyer Companies
Michael Weilheimer, ’83
Portfolio Manager & Head of High Yield Investments (ret.), Eaton Vance
Mark C. Yang ’92
President & CEO, Power Formation (Taiwan) Ltd.
Ex-Officio
Todd D. Foreman
Vice President for Finance & Administration, University at Albany
Canon Kay C. Hotaling '67, '70
Vice President, Benevolent Association
Jonathan P. Jones '05, '06
Commissioner
City of Albany Department of Recreation
Havidán Rodríguez
President, University at Albany
Fardin Sanai
Vice President for University Advancement
Executive Director, University at Albany Foundation
Foundation Leadership and Staff
Fardin Sanai
Vice President for University Advancement
Executive Director, University at Albany Foundation
Richard P. McGinn, Jr.
CFO/Associate Executive Director
Tara Mikropoulos
Administrative Assistant