Board of Trustees Members

Fisher's Board of Trustees is comprised of prominent business leaders and community members from the Rochester area and beyond.

The Board is currently led by Philip Yawman (chair) and Rebecca Pelino '86 (vice chair).

Board Member Listing

Martin K. Birmingham

President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Institutions, Inc., Five Star Bank

Thomas G. Bowles ’71

Former Chief Executive Officer, Enesco, LLC

Daniel Boyce ’79

Former attorney, The Law Office of Daniel J. Boyce, Esq.

William G. Clark ’78

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban League of Rochester, NY, Inc.

Catherine D'Amico ’78

Former Chief Financial Officer of Monro, Inc.

Jack A. DePeters ’73

Former Senior Vice President of Store Operations, Wegmans Foods Markets, Inc.

M. Kevin Dugan ’70

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, PrimeGroup Insurance Inc. (PGI Inc.)

Herbert W. Engert, Jr. ’89

Former Managing Partner, EY

Michael Haefner ’82

Former President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Atmos Energy

Donald E. Jeffries ’74

President and Chief Executive Officer, VisitRochester

Anthony Lee ’17

Buyer, Athletic Footwear, DICK’S Sporting Goods

Janice C. Loss ’92

President/Owner, Skin Search of Rochester, Inc. and DermaSpa, Partners of Dermatology Associates of Rochester, P.C.

Elizabeth (Betty) Mullin-DiProsa

Former President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Ann's Community

Diana L. Nole

Former Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Health and Life Sciences Solutions and Platforms

Rebecca Pelino ’86, Vice Chair

Managing Partner, Capital Investment Advisors, LLC

William J. Pellicano ’80

Founder and Executive Board Chair, PrimePay, LLC

Jacqueline D. Peterson ’75

Former Special Advisor to the President, Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Providence College

Mark S. Peterson ’83

President, Center for Serving Leadership

Mary V. Piehler ‘79

Director Northeast, Strategic Solution Verticals, Lenovo

Ronald A. Pluta ‘79

Managing Partner, R.A.P. Management, LLC

Wanda Polisseni

Community Volunteer

Gerard J. Rooney, Ph.D.

President

Matthew J. Rowe ’90

President, Gotham Surgical

Veronica Sheehan ’88

Chief Operating Officer, Make-A-Wish Georgia

Rev. George T. Smith, CSB

William and Helen Cavanaugh Endowed Chair of Catholic Studies

Michael Stapleton, Jr. ’98

President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Rochester Thompson Health

Randall M. White ’75

Owner and Chief Executive Officer, JN White

Philip H. Yawman, Chair

President, The Cooley Group

Ex-Officio Board Members

Todd Sodano – Chair of the Faculty Assembly
Associate Professor
St. John Fisher University

Brooke Chase ’26 – SGA President
St. John Fisher University

Jennifer Gervase Benson ’94 – Alumni Board President
Director, Learning and Organizational Development
Nestle Health Sciences

Board Staff

Amanda Burns
Board Secretary

Robert W. Burgdorf, Esq. ’84 (College Counsel)
Partner
Nixon Peabody, LLP

Trustees Emeriti Society

Thomas F. Bonadio ’71
Founder and Senior Counsel
The Bonadio Group

Jose J. Coronas
General Partner
Trillium Group

C. McCollister Evarts
Former Chief Executive Officer
University of Rochester Medical Center

B. Thomas Golisano
Founder, Paychex, Inc.

Michael C. Goonan '75
Former Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
University of Rochester Medical Center

James P. Growney '66
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
C.P.U., Inc.

William M. Hughes ’62
Chief Executive Officer
HPA Consulting Group, Inc.

R. Wayne LeChase
Chairman
LeChase Construction Services, LLC

Martin L. Keating ’75
Former Managing Director
Cantor Commercial Real Estate Company

Gary L. Mucci Esq., ’68
Counsel
Barclay Damon

Martin Mucci ’81
Chairman of the Board
Paychex, Inc.

John A. (Jack) Palvino ’55
Former Executive Vice President
The Lincoln Group

Joseph R. Rulison ’78
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
three + one advisors

Gerald VanStrydonck ’66
Former Chief Financial Officer
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School