Unite NY Leadership

Martin Babinec

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).

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John Bullis

John Bullis

Chairman
Tim Dunn

Tim Dunn

Executive Director
Peter Lennon

Peter Lennon

Mohawk Valley Lead
Barbara Collura

Barbara Collura

Capital Region Lead
Paul Allen

Paul Allen

Southern Tier Lead
John Catanzarita

John Catanzarita

CNY Lead
Aaron Metras

Aaron Metras

Rochester Area Lead
Erik Carter

Erik Carter

Lower Hudson Valley Lead
Dan O’Sullivan

Dan O’Sullivan

Capital Region Lead Emeritus
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