OHA’s Board of Directors helps to provide expertise to the county’s only organization dedicated to telling Onondaga County’s history. Its function is to advise the director, to raise funds to support initiatives, exhibitions, programs, and projects, and to recruit new board members from around the county to support OHA’s mission.
Executive Officers
Lee De Amicis, M&T Bank – President
Darcy DiBiase, SUNY Upstate Medical University – First Vice President
Mark Hettler, CPA, Bonadio Group (Ret.) – Treasurer
Mike Hartwell, CPA, FustCharles LLP – Assistant Treasurer
Karen Tifft, Community Volunteer – Secretary
Patrick Heaton, EDR Companies – Stickley House Liaison
Chad Rogers, King + King Architects – Facilities Chair
Danielle McCann Cima, Esq., Community Bank System – Governance Chair
Marissa Cameron, Hueber-Breuer Construction – Development Chair
Richard Calagiovanni, Videographer/Editor (Ret.)– Collections Chair
Directors
Mary Grace Almandrez, Syracuse University
Nancy Byrne, Community Volunteer
Louis Fournier, Sutton Cos.
Clayton Hale, Esq., Mackenzie Hughes
Dennis Hebert, CFP, CLU, Financial Planner
Bruce Kenan, Destiny USA
David Lane, J J Lane Construction, Inc.
Moise Laub, USDA
Vincent Love, North Syracuse Central School District
Gerald Mathews, Esq., Attorney (Ret.)
George McGuire, Esq., Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
Scott Miller, Internal Revenue Service (Ret.)
Kimberly Sawatis-Sacco, Syracuse City School District
Michael Tisdell, AIF, CPFA, OneGroup Retirement Advisors
Victor Vaccaro, CPA, Dannible & McKee LLP
Emeritus Board Members
Charles Baracco, CPA, Bonadio Group
Nancy Bottar, Community Volunteer
Nancy Collins, UBS
Bea González, Syracuse University (Ret.)
Raymond Grimaldi, CPA Bonadio Group
Christine B. Lozner, Historic Preservation Consultant
Louis J. Steigerwald, III, Cathedral Candle Co.
James Stoddard, Haylor, Freyer and Coon
Service With Distinction
Mary Pat Oliker, Upstate Medical University (Ret.)
Honorary Directors
Hon. J. Ryan McMahon, Onondaga County Executive
Hon. Benjamin Walsh, Mayor of Syracuse