Staff
Katherine Hatch
Executive Director
Lindsay Alberts
Senior Director Operations &
PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor
Heather Edes
Senior Director People & Risk Management
Sara McLaughlin
Senior Director Programming &
PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor
smclaughlin@equicenterny.org
James Brownsword
Director of Facilities
Mary Himes
Grant Writer & Development Administrator
Debi Houliares
Volunteer Director &
PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor
Brianna Hoyt
Barn Manager
Sarah Lichtman
Farm Manager
Katie Nuber
Director of Therapeutic Horticulture
Corporate & Annual Giving Manager &
PATH Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor
Kevin Stewart
Horticulture Community Outreach Administrator
Board of Directors
Charlie Fox, Chairman
FX Net Lease Holdings, LLC
Anna Zeiler, Vice Chair
ExxonMobil Chemical Co (Retired)
Barb Egenhofer, Secretary
Cardenta Consulting
Bill 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
Tamra Werner
RIT Assoc. Director of Planned Giving
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