Fredonia College Foundation
2026 Board of Directors
Officers
Chair, Diane Burkholder, '76; Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase IMA Operations, Eden, NY (Ret.)
Vice Chair, Prudence Bradley, Ph.D., '68; Cranford, NJ
Treasurer, Louann Laurito-Bahgat, '88; Vice President, Bahgat, Laurito-Bahgat, CPAs, Fredonia, NY
Immediate Past Chair, Jeffrey L. Fancher, '82;Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management, Williamsville, NY
Directors
Phillip Belena, '92; New York, NY
Gopal Burgher, J.D., '94; Partner, BurgherGray, New York, NY
Christa Cook, '97, ; Bond Attorney, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY
Joseph Falcone, '74; Owner, Falcone Farms, Silver Creek, NY
Joseph Gugino, ‘91; CFP, Gugino & Ryel Financial, Fredonia, NY
Kim D. Harrington, Ph.D. '89; Associate Vice President for Arts, Belonging and Community. Student Engagement & Well-Being, Georgia Institute of Technology, Douglasville, GA (Ret.)
Dennis L. Hefner, Ph.D.; Former President, State University of New York at Fredonia
Kyle Leikam, ‘10; SVP/Portfolio Manager, Prosperity Capital, Fredonia, NY
Barbara Mallette, Ph.D.; Professor Emeritus
Susan Mara; Retired, Kent Washington
Michael A. Marletta, Ph.D., '73; Class of 1936 Chair Departments of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Kurt Maytum; President/CTO, DFT Communications, Fredonia, NY
Christopher Mirabelli, Ph.D. '77; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Leap Therapeutics, Inc. and Managing Director, HealthCare Ventures, L.L.C., Cambridge, MA
Mike Petsky; CEO, Petsky Prunier, LLC, Garden City, NY
Alberto Rey; Emeritus Distinguished Professor, SUNY Fredonia, Artist and Writer, Fredonia, NY
Michael C. Steele; President, Markey & Sons. Inc., New York, NY
Honorable Leslie Stroth, J.D. '81; Justice - NY State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District, New York, NY
Clifton C. Turner, '84; General Manager, Staples, New York, NY
Susan Uszacki-Rak, '81; Business Manager, Double A Vineyards, Fredonia, NY
Sydney Hawkins; student representative
Ex-Officio
Stephen H. Kolison Jr., Ph.D.; President, State University of New York at Fredonia
Karen Rohr; Executive Director, Fredonia College Foundation
Christine Starks, '91; Fredonia Alumni Association President
Honorary Members
- Gileen W. French
- Richard A. Gilman, Ph.D.
- Amos Goodwine Jr., '72
- Walter J. Gotowka, '81
- Stan Lundine
- Jean Malinoski, '68, '81
- Robert A. Maytum
- James H. Mintun Jr.
- J. Brien Murphy, Ed.D., '53, '56
- Jeffrey J. Wallace Sr., Ph.D., '68
- Henry K. (Mike) Williams, '95
- Nancy L. Yocum, CPA, '90