Our Staff
2017 Executive Director
Phil Cherry- Executive Director
2017 Program Staff
Brett Chedzoy- Sr. Resource Educator
Paula Goodrich- Parenting Educator
Susan Neal- Finance Manager
Roger Ort- Local Foods and Agriculture
Mel Schroeder- Youth and Family Leader
Lisa Shrout- 4-H Program Educator
Jenn Sweet- Camp Director, Hidden Valley
Shawn Turbidy- Program Educator
2017 Administrative Staff
Cathy Barnes- Administrative Assistant
Hannah Capozzi- Hidden Valley 4-H Camp Registrar and 4-H Administrative Assistant
Regional Nutrition Person
2017 Area Specialists
and Regional Teams
The Finger Lakes Grape Program
Hans Walter-Peterson- Team Leader
The South Central New York Ag Team
Heather Birdsall- Livestock Specialist
Brett Chedzoy- Forestry, Agroforestry & Natural Resources Specialist
Matthew LeRoux-Agriculture Marketing Specialist
Monika Roth-Ag Economic Development & Policy Specialist
The Finger Lakes Shared Business Network
Bo Freeman- Executive Director Lead
Kathy Wren Human Resources Lead
Barb Elias- Finance Lead
Cate Sirek- IT Lead
The current IT lead for the FLX SBN is Cate Sirek, and she is housed in Schuyler County. With overall responsibility for the technology and networking needs of seven county associations, Cate has over 20 years of experience in computer support ranging from end user desktop support to networking and cloud services. She is interested in new ways to bring technology to Extension work and has particular interest in discovering effective training methods to facilitate learning for the differing learning styles of Extension staff.