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 Tom Bowles '71 (chair) and Philip Yawman (vice chair).
Board Member Listing
President/Owner, Billitier Electric, Inc.
President and CEO of Financial Institutions, Inc., Five Star Bank
Former Chief Executive Officer, Enesco, LLC
Attorney, The Law Office of Daniel J. Boyce, Esq.
President of the Rochester Division, Senior Vice President, M&T Bank Corporation
Former President and CEO, Urban League of Rochester, NY, Inc.
Retired Chief Financial Officer of Monro, Inc.
Former Senior Vice President of Store Operations, Wegmans Foods Markets, Inc.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, PrimeGroup Insurance Inc. (PGI Inc.)
Retired President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Atmos Energy
President and CEO, VisitRochester
President, JK Executive Strategies, LLC
Associate Buyer, Men's Athletic Footwear, DICK’S Sporting Goods
President/Owner, Skin Search of Rochester, Inc. and DermaSpa, Partners of Dermatology Associates of Rochester, P.C.
Former President and CEO, St. Ann's Community
Executive Vice President and General Manager of Healthcare Business, Nuance Communications
Former Director, Management Consulting, Jordon & Jordon
Managing Partner, Capital Investment Advisors, LLC
Founder and Executive Board Chair, PrimePay, LLC
Advisor to the President, Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Providence College
Managing Partner, MSP Enterprise Partners
Director Northeast, Strategic Solution Verticals, Lenovo
Managing Partner, R.A.P. Management, LLC
President, Gotham Surgical
Chief Executive Officer, O’Connell Electric Company
CEO, Executive Creative Director, JAY
William and Helen Cavanaugh Endowed Chair of Catholic Studies
President and CEO, University of Rochester Thompson Health
President, The Cooley Group
Ex-Officio Board Members
Todd Sodano – Chair of the Faculty Assembly (September 2023)
Associate Professor
St. John Fisher University
Ian Klenk ’23 – SGA President
St. John Fisher University
Nate Driscoll '06 – Alumni Board President
Director of Wealth Management
The Schwartzbeck Financial Group
Board Staff
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 CEO
University of Rochester Medical Center
B. Thomas Golisano
Golisano Foundation
Chairman
Paychex, Inc.
Michael C. Goonan '75
Former Vice President and CFO
University of Rochester Medical Center
James P. Growney '66
Retired Chairman and CEO, 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
CEO & President
Paychex, Inc.
John A. (Jack) Palvino ’55
Former Executive Vice President
The Lincoln Group
Joseph R. Rulison ’78
Co-Founder & CEO
three + one advisors
Gerald VanStrydonck ’66
Former Chief Financial Officer
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
