Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is a diverse group of women leaders using their passion, insights, and connections in the community, to create real impact for Rochester & Monroe County.

2025-2026 Officers ↘

  • Jennifer Arbore

    Board Chair
    CPA, Partner, The Bonadio Group

  • Mary Kathryn Dappen

    Board Secretary
    Director, EPMO Project/Program Delivery, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

  • Maureen Pilato

    Treasurer
    Executive Director, Banker
    J.P. Morgan Private Bank

  • Lesli Myers-Small, Ed.D.

    Board Vice Chair
    Executive Director of the Police Accountability Board, City of Rochester

  • Damita Davis, PhD

    Member at Large

    Chief Diversity Officer, SUNY Brockport

Board Members ↘

  • Courtney Blackwood

    Director of Psychiatric Nursing, URMC

  • Jillian Dunbar

    Partner, Phillips Lytle, LLP

  • Krystle Ellis

    Founder & Chief Culture Analyst, Ellis K Consulting

  • Sherry Dumont

    VP of Marketing and Communications, US Ceiling Corp

  • Dina Faticone

    Chief Program Office, Common Ground Health

  • Erin M. Nicol

    Nursing Leadership, RRH-Marshall Birthing Center at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital

  • Stephanie Seiffert

    Partner, Nixon Peabody, LLP

  • Deborah Stamps, PhD

    Founder and CEO, Deborah Stamps Consulting, LLC

  • Kristin Zimar

    Senior Associate Attorney, Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP

  • Katherine Croft

    Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, Five Star Bank & Financial Institutions, Inc

  • Lisa Harris

    Sr. VP & Chief Medical Officer, Excellus Health Plan

  • Tarchia Powell

    Sr. Director, Enterprise Portfolio Mgmt Office, Excellus BCBS

  • Syrena Travis

    Development Associate, Edgemere Development Inc.

  • Jill Wynn

    RAPPORE – Therapy and Psychiatry Telehealth Clinic & Howard Hanna Real Estate Sales Services, Clinical Psychotherapist & Real Estate Services