Board of Directors
JILL STOLT
CEO/Executive Director
Community builder and advocate for social entrepreneurship: created the first co-working space in Rochester, united over 80 Rochester entrepreneurs to build self-funding collaborative marketing models through the sale of retail products. Specializes in educational entertainment and licensing: developed edutainment programs for Gannett Foundation, Mattel, Barnes & Noble, and Viacom. Syracuse University, B.A. S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
SEAN PHELAN
Secretary
Corporate Communications/Business Services at Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors. Former Vice President, Rochester Downtown Development Corporation; Associate Editor, Political Handbook of the World, 1989-2001….Arizona State University, B.A. Public Programs, Organizational/Interpersonal Communications; Binghamton University, Masters, Public Policy & Analysis
GERARD DIMARCO
Vice President
An Attorney and founder of Security Mortgage Group Corporation, Gerry presently serves on various Boards such as the Rochester Housing Development Fund Corporation, supporting the rehabilitation of vacant homes for first time City home buyers. He is also a local partner with WINN Development Corporation on the Sibley Square redevelopment project.
SHIRA GOLDBERG
A special education teacher and accomplished facilitator and trainer, Shira worked for the Rochester City School District for over 30 years. She retired in 2014 and now works part-time for Nazareth College mentoring student teachers, and at Vertus high school, a leading Rochester Charter School.
JOE KLEIN
Treasurer
CEO Klein Steel Service, rated 2010 top Best Places to Work Manufacturer in NY State and Industry Week Magazine’s 2012 Best Plants of North America Award winner. Member of the Rochester Business Hall of Fame, and recipient of Rochester’s Businessperson of the Year and Significant Citizen of the Year Awards. Founding board member of the six Rochester Prep charter schools managed by Uncommon Schools and served as chairman of Rochester’s Literacy Commission. Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Master’s Degree, Education Policy.
DR. TERENCE D. GIPSON
Dr. Terence D. Gipson is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York where he teaches coursework in health policy, management, biostatistics, and evaluation. His research largely focuses on the quality improvement and accessibility of healthcare for underrepresented and vulnerable populations. In 2011, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation selected Dr. Gipson as a Gates Millennium Scholar for his commitment to advancing public health globally. Over the past decade, Dr. Gipson has led teams of health professionals on several community-based interventions to address service delivery gaps in maternal and child health throughout Latin America, including in Peru, Mexico, Belize, and Costa Rica.