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
Jim Conroy
Executive Vice President, President of Pursuit CDC
Kelly Cummings
Senior Vice President, Senior Credit Officer
Andrea Dabney
Senior Vice President
Toniann Datello
Senior Vice President, Director of Human Resources
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
James H. Bason, President, TruFund Financial Services
Beth Beshaw, Market President for Albany, M&T Bank
Gregg Bishop, Executive Director, Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund
Bruce W. Boyea, Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
John R. Buran, Director, President & Chief Executive Officer
Flushing Bank
Peter K. Cosgrove, Executive Vice President, Chemung Canal Trust Company
William Y. Crowell, Esq., Dickinson & Avella, PLLC
Clare M. Cusack, President & CEO, New York Bankers Association
Robert Fisher, President & CEO, Tioga State Bank
Richard Fonte, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Daryl R. Forsythe, Retired Chairman, NBT Bancorp
Linda Dickerson Hartsock, Executive Director, Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University
Hugh A. Johnson, Chairman Emeritus, Graypoint, LLC
Robert C. Jussen, 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, Chief Executive Officer, Dime Community Bank
Michael T. Pugh, President & Chief Executive Officer, Carver Federal Savings Bank
Mark E. Tryniski, President & Chief Executive Officer, Community Bank System, Inc.
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
Mary Bintz, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Coldwell Banker Prime Properties
John DeFranza, Senior Vice President, HSBC Bank USA
Anthony J. Delmonte, Jr., Group Vice President, M&T Bank
Steven Epping, Senior Vice President, M&T Bank
Kale B. Gaston, Vice Chairman of the Board, Head of Government Guaranteed Lending, Lending Club
David Kaiser, Chief Lending Officer, Glens Falls National Bank
Oliver L. Kardos, Senior Vice President, Key Bank, N.A.
Jeffrey P. Kenefick, Chairman of the Board, Chemung Canal Trust Company
Hilda Kong, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
Edith Longo, Retired
James Lozano, Partner, BST & Co.
Michael Mallaber, Senior Vice President, Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Co.
James Murphy, Senior Vice President, Community Bank
Michael Quigley, Executive Vice President, BankUnited
Angelo Ramirez, Senior Vice President & Regional Market Leader, Tompkins Community Bank
Richard Sleasman, Managing Director, CBRE
Patrick Toriello, President, P&A Financial Services
Joe Vanella, Vice President, Wells Fargo & Company
Pursuit Community Finance Board of Directors
G. Gary Berner, Retired Executive Vice President, First Niagara Bank
Gregg Bishop, 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
Daryl R. Forsythe, Retired Chairman, NBT Bancorp
Chris Levy, Chief Executive Office, Pursuit
Patrick MacKrell, Retired CEO, Pursuit
Allen Naples, Senior Vice President, Community Bank
John Witkowski, President & Chief Executive Officer, Independent Bankers Association of New York State
Pursuit Community Finance Advisory Board
John Rhea, Managing Partner, Rheal Capital Management
Karanja Augustine, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, del Lago Resort & Casino
Ariel Barbouth, Chief Executive Officer, Nuchas LLC
Victor Salama, Executive Director, Greater Newark Enterprises Corporation
Jill Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Hope Knight, President, Greater Jamaica Development Corp.
Ernie Post, State Director, Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center
Angelina Ramirez, Executive Director, Washington Heights Business Improvement District
Sherry Roberts, Executive Director, Local Development Corporation of East New York
