Advocacy Council

Howard Konar (Co-Chair), President at Konar Properties

Marilynn Grant (Co-Chair), Program Director, Pre-K to 12, William & Sheila Konar Foundation

Reuben Auspitz, Managing Member & Co-Founder, IP.com

Cicily Backus, Community Advocate

Lee Backus, Former Portfolio Manager and Partner, Buckingham Capital Management

Diane Boni, Retired Director of ELA, Social Studies, & libraries, Greece Central School District

Holli Budd, Executive Director, Farash Foundation

Mary Ellen Burris, Former Sr. VP of Consumer Affairs, Wegmans

Elisabeth Judson, Board of Trustees, Allendale Columbia School

Tom Judson, Chairman of The Pike Companies, LTD

Joe Martino, CEO, Encompass

Wade Norwood, Chief Program Officer, Finger Lakes Health Systems

Bob Tait, Senior Vice President, Broadstone Real Estate LLC

Shaun Nelms (Ex Officio), William and Sheila Konar Director of CUES and Associate Professor, Educational Leadership

Joanne Larson (Ex Officio), Associate Director of Research for CUES and Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education

Valerie L. Marsh (Ex Officio), Assistant Director for CUES and Assistant Professor (Clinical), Teaching and Curriculum