Board of Directors

The MOST has two boards: The MOST Board of Trustees, which is tasked with overseeing the day-to-day operations, and the Foundation Board of Directors, which raises money for the Museum’s operating budget.

2023 Board of Trustees – Museum of Science & Technology

  • Al Boudreau, Tax Partner – Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa CPA, P.C.
  • Philip Bousquet, Member – Bousquet Holstein PLLC
  • Ruth Chen, PhD, Professor of Practice – College of Engineering & Computer Science, Syracuse University
  • Dana Corcoran, PhD, Supervisor of Science and Technology – Syracuse City School District
  • Donna J. DeSiato EdD, Superintendent – East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District
  • Sam Edelstein, Senior Director, Data & Analytics – Insight Partners
  • Karyn Gerling, Owner – Karyn Burns ABC’s
  • Leila Giancone, Communications & Government Affairs – Novelis  
  • Howard Hollander, President Emeritus – Technology Alliance of Central NY
  • Nitch Jones, Human Resources Specialist – SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Michael J. Leone, Phd, Vice President & Chief Engineer of Integrated Warfare Systems & Sensors – Lockheed Martin
  • Terry Madden, Retired Sr. Division Officer – OBG/Ramboll
  • George McGuire, Member/Partner – Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
  • Cami Riley, MD, Director of Programming – Children’s Therapy Network
  • Elaine Rubenstein, Community Volunteer
  • Jeffrey Rubenstein, Community Volunteer
  • Scott Ruston, President– Function One
  • David Schlosser, Partner – Schopfer Architects LLP
  • David Schneckenburger, President – Thompson & Johnson Equipment Co., Inc.
  • John Spina, Sr. Vice President and CAO – C&S Companies
  • Milt Stevenson IV, VP, Technical Director – Anoplate Corp.
  • Tony Stewart, General Manager, SRCTec, LLC – SRC, Inc.
  • Richard Sykes, President – RHS Holdings, LLC
  • Lemir Teron, PhD, Asst. Professor, Environmental Studies – SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry
  • Lauren Kochian, President – MOST

2023 Board of Trustees Officers
John Spina, Chair
Tony Stewart, First Vice Chair
Karyn Gerling, Second Vice Chair
Lemir Teron, Secretary
Al Boudreau, Treasurer

2023 Board of Directors – Museum of Science & Technology Foundation

  • Al Boudreau, Tax Partner – Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa CPA, P.C.
  • Mike Brunner, President, Central New York – Bank of America
  • Leah Caldwell, Asst. VP Marketing & University Communications – SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Brooke Caprara, FX Caprara
  • Eric Devendorf, Owner – ED23HOOPS, Syracuse University Basketball Alum
  • Linda Ervin, Onondaga County Legislator – Representing the 17th District
  • Andrew Flamik, Chief Financial Officer – Usherwood Office Technology
  • Amir Gethers, Contract Compliance Officer – Onondaga County
  • Martin Hewitt, Special Counsel – Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • Michael Kernan, Vice President, Commercial Underwriting – M&T Bank
  • James Long, Managing Partner – Long Law Firm
  • Betty Lyons, Executive Director – American Indian Law Alliance
  • Wajiha Mahmoud, VP – Workplan Development & Resource Management, National Grid
  • Kathleen Mason, CEO – KMase Productions
  • James Nicoll, Partner – Mackenzie Hughes, LLP
  • Dan Queri, Owner – Daniel Queri Consulting Services
  • Abby Saville, HR Business Partner – JMA Wireless
  • Charles Richard Shubert Jr., Community Volunteer
  • Sarah Weber, Director of Corporate Relations – Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies

2023 Foundation Board of Directors Officers
Andrew Flamik, Chair
Sarah Weber, Vice Chair
Kathleen Metallo-Mason, Secretary
Al Boudreau, Treasurer

MC2 Society

Membership into the MC2 Society is to recognize exemplary, demonstrable, significant, and sustained contributions to the MOST.

Inaugural Class of 2021:
Elaine Rubenstein
Jeffrey Rubenstein

Class of 2022:
Philip Bousquet