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Our Team

MEET OUR MISSION-DRIVEN TEAM AT UNITED WAY

We are 80 people strong, dedicated to serving the Greater Rochester and Finger Lakes community.

Please see below for leadership team members, directors and key contacts.
Call (585) 242-6400 for main reception or email contactus@uwrochester.org.

Our Leadership Team

Jaime Saunders

President & CEO

(585) 242-6555

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Cicely Strickland-Ruiz

Chief Operating Officer

(585) 242-6472

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Laurie Ganon

Chief Financial Officer

(585) 242-6532

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Jennifer Cathy, LMSW

Chief Impact Officer

(585) 242-6561

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Barbara Pierce

Chief Development Officer

(585) 242-6464

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Joelle Dupont, SPHR

Director of Human Resources

(585) 242-6547

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Julie Marsiglio

Director of Major Gifts

(585) 242-6465

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Selma Miles

Senior IT Director

(585) 242-6521

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Sheila M. Strong, Ed.D.

Director of Leadership Development and Equity

(585) 242-6554

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Rosemarie McKinney

Director of Labor Relations

(585) 242-6477

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Wanda Cooper

Director of Community Impact

(585) 242-6562

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Laura Gustin

Director of Monroe County Systems Integration Project

(585) 242-6447

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Aqua Porter

Executive Director of Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative

585-242-6481

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Aaron Brogan

Associate Director of Development

(585) 242-6498

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Kari Buch

Associate Director of Community Impact

(585) 394-6550

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Michelle Kraft

Marketing & Communications Manager

(585) 242-6568

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Our Resource Development Team

Chris Bechle

Relationship Manager

(585) 242-6573

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Lisa Boyer

Assistant to the Chief Development Officer

(585) 242-6511

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Dave Brown

New Account Development Manager

(585) 242-6490

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Lynn Brunell

Senior Major Gifts Officer

(585) 242-6446

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Labria Burgess

Relationship Manager

(585) 242-6489

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Lisa Crawford

Resource Development Assistant

(585) 242-6575

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Caitlin Farnung

Associate Relationship Manager

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Clark King

Manager of Individual Gifts and Planned Giving

(585) 242-6484

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Mark Miller

Relationship Management Coordinator

(585) 242-6491

Carol Pettis

Senior Market Development Manager

(585) 737-4267

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Tiffany Ramos

Associate Relationship Manager

(585) 242-6433

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Kellie Shaw

Senior Relationship Manager

(585) 242-6466

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Dan Spencer

Senior Relationship Manager

(585) 394-6550

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Rodney Young

Senior Community Relationship Manager & AALDP Coordinator

(585) 242-6556

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Our Community Impact Team

Robert Arnold III

Bank on Fellow

(585) 242-6452

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Lisle Coleman

Community Impact Program Associate

(585) 242-6564

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Elizabeth Ramsay Marchese

Evaluation Manager/Reporting Requirements

(585) 242-6576

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Sheree Polakiewicz

Community Impact Administrative Assistant

(315) 331-5773

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Valerie Snipe

Community Impact Program Supervisor

(585) 242-6563

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Our Pledge Processing Team

Kay Hall

Accounts Receivable Supervisor Pledge payments

(585) 242-6535

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Darlene Miller

Budget and Finance Director

(585) 242-6534

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Jenn Wameling

Electronic Pledge Coordinator

(585) 242-6469

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Our Media and Events Team

Corinne Matina

Events Manager

(585) 242-6495

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Adam Smith

Senior Marketing Associate

(585) 242-6590

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