Board of Directors

• Acting Chair – Michael Castellana, President & CEO State Employees Federal Credit Union (SEFCU)
• President – Michael Yevoli, Commissioner City of Albany of Planning and Development
• Vice President of Development – Megan Daly, Deputy Commissioner City of Albany of Planning and Development
• Vice President of Finance – Erik Smith, Chief Financial Officer Capitalize Albany Corporation
• Treasurer – Anders Tomson, President of Capital Bank
• Secretary – Dr. R. Mark Sullivan, President the College of Saint Rose
• Tom Birdsey, President & CEO Einhorn Yaffe Prescott Architecture & Engineering PC
• Robert M. Curley, Chairman at Berkshire Bank
• Michael M. Fancher, Vice President of Business Development and Economic Outreach, University at Albany CNSE
• John S. Harris Esq., Partner, Harris Beach PLLC
• James D. Linnan Esq., Partner, Linnan & Fallon
• Lee A McElroy, Ed.D, Vice President & Director of Athletics University at Albany
• David A. Parente, Director McVeigh Funeral Home Inc.
• Jeffrey Sperry, Managing Partner, CB Richard Ellis – Albany
• Michele Vennard, President & CEO, Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Dorsey Whitehead, LTC Retired

The Mission of the Capitalize Albany Corporation is to facilitate transformational projects that the City of Albany has identified as priorities in pursuit of that mission; Corporation plays a primary role in the implementation of the Capitalize Albany Plan.