Unite NY Leadership
Martin Babinec, Founder
Martin Babinec founded Silicon Valley based TriNet in 1988, serving as CEO for the company’s first 20 years and Chairman until 2010. In 1999, Babinec relocated his family from Silicon Valley to his hometown of Little Falls, NY, where he founded Upstate Venture Connect (non-profit dedicated to accelerating growth of startups across Upstate NY), StartFast Venture Accelerator (which invests in and helps grow a cohort of 5–8 startup companies each summer in Central New York), and UpVentures Capital (where he makes direct investments in startup companies and serves as limited partner and advisor to a dozen venture capital and seed funds).
John Bullis
Chairman
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Tim Dunn
Executive Director
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Peter Lennon
Mohawk Valley Lead
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Barbara Collura
Capital Region Lead
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Paul Allen
Southern Tier Lead
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John Catanzarita
CNY Lead
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Aaron Metras
Rochester Area Lead
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Erik Carter
Lower Hudson Valley Lead
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Dan O’Sullivan
Capital Region Lead Emeritus
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