Staff
Katherine Hatch
Executive Director
Lindsay Alberts
Senior Director Operations &
PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor
Heather Edes
Senior Director of People & Risk Management
Sara McLaughlin
Senior Director of Programming &
PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor
smclaughlin@equicenterny.org
Sarah Disque
Director of Philanthropy & Marketing
Mark Anderson
Finance Assistant
James Brownsword
Director of Facilities
Beth Flannigan
Events Logistics Manager
Mary Himes
Grants and Donation Manager
Debi Houliares
Volunteer Director &
PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor
Brianna Hoyt
Barn Manager
Sarah Lichtman-Dannenberg
Farm Manager
Katie Nuber
Director of Therapeutic Horticulture
CTRI Mentor Program Manager
PATH Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor
Board of Directors
Charlie Fox, Chairman
FX Net Lease Holdings, LLC
Anna Zeiler, Vice Chair
ExxonMobil Chemical Co (Retired)
Barb Egenhofer, Secretary
Cardenta Consulting
William Cherry, Treasurer
Retired Executive in Financial Services
Alex Amorese
Commercial Real Estate Associate at CBRE
Stuart MacKenzie
Parent Advocate
Mary E. Maida, Ph.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Alex Robinson
Owner of 72nd Street Consulting, LLC
Christine Sullivan
Associate Attorney at Brown Gruttadaro Prato, PLLC
Advisory Board
Elizabeth (Tish) Ciaccio
Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women
Erin Heintz
Senior Vice President of Legal, Wegmans
Howie Jacobson
Founding Board Member
Managing Partner, Red Rock 1886, LLC
Dr. Kim Nghiem
Clinical Psychologist
Michael Shields
Tech Exec/Entrepreneur (Retired)
Heidi Vahue
Parent Advocate