Meet our leadership and boards of directors
Pursuit Administrative Team
Chris Levy
President and Chief Executive Officer
Rich Amsterdam
Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
Owen Burns
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Steve Cohen
Executive Vice President, President of Pursuit Community Finance
Kelly Cummings
Senior Vice President, Senior Credit Officer
Andrea Dabney
Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff
Toniann Datello
Senior Vice President, Director of Human Resources
Brianne Galli
Senior Vice President, Marketing Director
James J. Goldrick
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
Tom McHale
Executive Vice President
Justin Nadeau
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management
Leesa Naimo-Fredette
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Pursuit BDC Board of Directors
Michael T. Pugh, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Bruce W. Boyea, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairman, Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
James H. Bason, President, TruFund Financial Services
Beth Beshaw, Senior Director – Community Banking Division, M&T Bank
Gregg Bishop, Executive Director, Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund
John R. Buran, President & Chief Executive Officer, Flushing Bank
Peter K. Cosgrove, Chief Credit Officer, Chemung Canal Trust Company
William Y. Crowell, Esq., Dickinson & Avella, PLLC
Clare M. Cusack, President & CEO, New York Bankers Association
Linda Dickerson-Hartsock, Executive Director, Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University
Robert Fisher, President & CEO, Tioga State Bank
Hugh A. Johnson, Chairman Emeritus, Graypoint, LLC
Robert C. Jussen, Retired Senior Vice President, HSBC Bank USA
Mark R. Lavarnway, President & CEO, Watertown Savings Bank
Daniel Letendre, Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Chris Levy, President & Chief Executive Officer, Pursuit
Elizabeth Lusskin, Executive Vice President, Empire State Development
Patrick J. MacKrell, Retired CEO, Pursuit
Kevin O’Connor
Mark E. Tryniski, Retired President & Chief Executive Officer, Community Bank System, Inc.
Rachel Van Tosh, Senior Manager, Strategy and Consulting, Accenture
Michael N. Vittorio, Retired President & Chief Executive Officer, The First National Bank of Long Island
Jessica Walker, President & CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Amos Winbush III, Chief Executive Officer, Affix Data Group
Lewis Yevoli, Retired New York State Assemblyman
Pursuit CDC Board of Directors
Jeffrey P. Kenefick, Chairman of the Board, Chemung Canal Trust Company
Kale B. Gaston, Vice Chairman of the Board, Head of Government Guaranteed Lending, Lending Club
Rahbar Ameri, Senior Vice President, Columbia Bank
Mary Bintz, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Coldwell Banker Prime Properties
John DeFranza, Senior Vice President, HSBC Bank USA
Steven Epping, Executive Vice President, M&T Bank
Matthew Flannery, Senior Vice President, SBA Lending Division, Provident Bank
David Kaiser, Chief Lending Officer, Glens Falls National Bank
Oliver L. Kardos, Senior Vice President, Key Bank, N.A.
Hilda Kong, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
Shannon Lazare, Senior Vice President, M&T Bank
Edith Longo, Chief Financial Officer of the Hempstead Industrial Development Agency and Town of Hempstead Local Development Corporation
James Lozano, Partner, BST & Co.
Michael Mallaber, Senior Vice President, Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Co.
James Murphy, Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer, Pioneer Bank
Michael Quigley, Executive Vice President, BankUnited
Angelo Ramirez, Senior Vice President & Regional Market Leader, Tompkins Community Bank
Richard Sleasman, President & Managing Director, CBRE Upstate NY
Patrick Toriello, President, P&A Financial Services
Vamshi Vaddiraja, Chief Executive Officer, MavQ
Joe Vanella, Vice President, Wells Fargo & Company
Lukas G. Woeppel, Senior Vice President, M&T Bank
Pursuit Community Finance Board of Directors
Gregg Bishop, Chairman of the Board, Executive Director, Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund
Bruce W. Boyea, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Security Mutual Life Insurance Company
James J. Byrnes, Retired Chairman, Tompkins Financial Corporation
Chris Levy, Chief Executive Office, Pursuit
Patrick MacKrell, Retired CEO, Pursuit
Michael T. Pugh, President & CEO, Carver Federal Savings Bank
Sonya Smith, State Director, New York Small Business Development Center
John Witkowski, President & Chief Executive Officer, Independent Bankers Association of New York State
Pursuit Community Finance Advisory Board
Gregg Bishop, Executive Director, Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation Social Justice Fund
Jill Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Victor Salama, Executive Director, Greater Newark Enterprises Corporation
Ernie Post, State Director, Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center
Ariel Barbouth, Chief Executive Officer, Nuchas LLC
Isaac de los Santos, Vice President, M&T Bank
Ray Salaberrios, Senior Vice President, Empire State Development
Sheila Hummel, State Director, Small Business Development Office of Connecticut
John Rhea, Managing Partner, Rheal Capital Management
Karanja Augustine, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, del Lago Resort & Casino
Angelina Ramirez, Executive Director, Washington Heights Business Improvement District
