The Central New York Defense Alliance 501(c) 6 is a not-for-profit corporation, incorporated in April of 2011.
The Alliance is the ONLY not-for-profit corporation in the Mohawk Valley region that is positioned to legally engage in lobbying to advocate, strengthen and expand the region’s DoD and federal assets.
Ms. Mary Carol Chruscicki is the Executive Director and Secretary of the CNY Defense Alliance. She is also Co-Owner of AX Enterprize, AX Tactical, AX Signature and Reindance Stables.
The CNY Defense Alliance Board of Directors includes representatives from industry and academia. The Board of Directors are:
- Ms. Cheryl Haritatos - Chairperson [Former Dir of Operations, BAE Sys]
- Dr. William Jemison - Vice Chairperson [Clarkson University’s Vice Provost for Research while also serving as the Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.]
- Mr. Mark Pfisterer - Treasurer [CEO, AmeriCU Credit Union]
- Mr. Chuck Green [ President & CEO of Assured Information Security]
- Mr. Evan DeGennaro [Economic Development Manager, NYSTEC]
- Mr. Ed Jones [Owner, Black Owl Consulting]
Director Emeritus:
- Mr. John Graniero [Former AFRL/RI Chief Scientist, Director of the AFRL Information Institute, Board Chair of the NYS Cyber Research Institute]
- Dr. Donald Hanson [Former AFRL/RI Director]
- Mr. John Zogby [Zogby Analytics]