SUNY New Paltz Foundation Mission Statement
Adopted March 3, 2023
The mission of the SUNY New Paltz Foundation is to seek, secure and manage gifts and grants to fund scholarships and programs that enrich and support the academic, cultural and community life of SUNY New Paltz, and to build a lasting endowment for the University’s future.
SUNY New Paltz Foundation Board of Directors
Executive Officers
First Vice Chair
Colonel (Retired, USA) Joseph Davidson '90
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Treasurer
Fitzarnaz Drummond '06
Westpac Group
Secretary
Myra Kressner '76
Kressner Strategy Group
Board Directors
Dion Baccus '92
NTT Data
Philip M. Berkowitz '75
Littler Mendelson
Regina Calcaterra '88
Calcaterra Law Group
Edward Carroll '85 '22 HON
Entrepreneur & Former COO of AMC Networks
Michele Di Palo-Williams '77
Volunteer & Philanthropist
Barbara (Bobbi) Esmark '84
Bravo Echo Gallery
Jo Ann Golden '69
Dermody Burke and Brown
Sharif Jamal
CPD Energy
Daniel Leader
Bread Alone Bakery
Paul C. Llewellyn '91
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Dennis McShane '77
Jadestone plc
James Passikoff
Passikoff and Scott
Elizabeth Perez '98
WSP USA
Ita M. Rahilly
RBT CPAs, LLP
Barbara Scherr
Volunteer & Philanthropist
Ira Schreck '74
Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham
Jessica Sillins
BTP Real Estate
Giancarlo Traverso
SUNY New Paltz Professor Emeritus
Etsuko Yokoyama '02
Deloitte & Touche
Committee Members
Finance & Investment Committee
Jason Dahl '90
Victory Capital Management
Development Committee
Jenna Flanagan
WNET Thirteen's MetroFocus
Governance & Nominating Committee
Anthony Grice '08g
Newburgh Enlarged City School District
Development Committee
Everton H. Henriques '78 '83g '22 HON
E.H. Hall
Audit Committee
Paul Tucci
State University of New York
Operating Officers
Darrell P. Wheeler
President, SUNY New Paltz
Erica Marks
Executive Director and
Vice President for Development
and Alumni Relations, SUNY New Paltz
Julia Davis
Chief Financial Officer
Director of Finance, SUNY New Paltz
