Operations Managers

Research Foundation (RF) operations managers are appointed by the RF’s president on the recommendation of the respective campus presidents with the delegated authority to execute the powers and duties necessary to conduct Research Foundation business.

Research Foundation (RF) deputy operations managers are delegated authority by the campus RF operations manager (OM) to execute the Research Foundation business functions under the OM’s direction.

 

University at Albany

Operations Manager
Mr. Thenkurussi Kesavadas, PhD
Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Phone: (518) 956-8170
E-mail: tkesavadas@albany.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Paula Kaloyeros
Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Programs Administration
Phone: (518) 442-3196
E-mail: pkaloyeros@albany.edu

Alfred State College

Operations Manager
Mr. Timothy Sortore
Director of Business Affairs
Phone: (607) 587-3924
Email: SortorTR@alfredstate.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Mr. Peter McClain
Interim Director of Sponsored
Programs and Institutional Research
Phone: (607) 587-3986
Email: mcclaipm@alfredstate.edu

Binghamton University

Operations Manager
Ms. Lisa Gilroy
Associate Vice President for Sponsored Programs
Phone: lgilory@binghamton.edu 
Email: (607) 777-6136

Deputy Operations Manager
TBD

SUNY Brockport

Operations Manager
Ms. Jacqueline-Ann Clark
Vice President of Administration and Finance 
Phone: (585) 395-2129
Email: jaclark@Brockport.edu 

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Laura Merkl
Director of Scholarship, Research and Sponsored Programs
Phone: (585) 395-2444
Email: lmerkl@brockport.edu

SUNY Buffalo

Operations Manager
Mr. Venu Govindaraju, PhD
Vice President for Research and Economic  
Development
Phone: (716) 645-3321 
Email: vpr@research.buffalo.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Beth Corry
Assistant Vice President, 
Financial Services
Phone: (716) 645-2644
Email: bcorry@buffalo.edu

Buffalo State University 

Operations Manager
Mr. James A. Thor
Interim Vice President for Finance and Controller
Phone: (716) 878-4312
Email: thorja@buffalostate.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Jessica Berg
Director, Sponsored Programs
Phone: (716) 878-3047
Email: bergjm@buffalostate.edu

SUNY Canton

Operations Manager
Ms. Shawn Miller
Acting Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (315) 379-3820
Email: millers@canton.edu

Deputy Operations Manager 
Ms. Betsy Rohr Adams
Executive Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Phone: (404) 819-3468
Email: rohradams@canton.edu 

SUNY Cobleskill

Operations Manager
Ms. Wendy Gilman
Vice President for Business and Finance
Phone: (518) 255-5416
Email: gilmanwc@cobleskill.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Laura Gross
Director of Business Affairs and Controller
Phone: (518) 255-5626
Email: grossll@cobleskill.edu

SUNY Cortland

Operations Manager
Mr. Mark Yacavone
Vice President for Finance and Management
Phone: (607)753-4711
Email: mark.yacavone@cortland.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Mr. Dominick Fantacone, PhD 
Director of Research and Sponsored Programs
Phone: (607)753-4704
Email: Dominick.Fantacone@cortland.edu

SUNY Delhi

Interim Operations Manager
Ms. Ellen Liberatori
Grant Specialist
Phone: (607) 746-4612
E-mail: liberaem@delhi.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Chelsea Mathieu 
Interim Vice President, Finance and Administration
Phone: (607) 746-4582
E-mail: mathiecl@delhi.edu  
 

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Operations Manager
Mr. David Christini, PhD
Senior Vice President of Research
Phone: (718) 270-8200
Email: david.christini@downstate.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Sharon Sealy
Executive Director, Office of Research Administration
Phone: (718) 270-1303
E-mail: sharon.sealy@downstate.edu

Empire State University 

Operations Manager 
Ms. Julie Majak
Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (518) 587-2100
Email: julie.majak@esc.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Lexi Bonitatibus
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Phone: (518) 580-4074
Email: lexie.bonitatibus@esc.edu

SUNY ESF

Operations Manager
Mr. John C. Stella, PhD
Vice President for Research
Professor, Department of Sustainable Resources Management
Phone: (315) 470-6609
Email: Stella@esf.edu 

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Kate Edwards
Director of Sponsored Programs and Research Finance
Phone: (315) 470-6610
Email: kwall@esf.edu 

Farmingdale State College

Operations Manager
Mr. Dominic Esposito
Director of Sponsored Programs Administration and Finance
Phone: (631) 420-2170
Email:   esposid@farmingdale.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Stephanie Etersque
Grant Specialist
Phone: (934) 420-2170
Email: etersqsl@farmingdale.edu

SUNY Fredonia

Operations Manager/RF Integrated
Services Unit
Mr. Jay Barclay
Associate Director of Finance
Phone: (518) 434-7174
Email:  jay.barclay@rfsuny.org

 

SUNY Geneseo

Operations Manager
Ms. Betsy Colón
Director, Sponsored Programs Operations
Phone: (585) 245-5060
Email:  colon@geneseo.edu

 

Maritime College

Operations Manager
Ms. Roxanne Thompson
Controller
Phone:  (718) 409-3162
Email:  rthompson@sunymaritime.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Julie Ramnarais
General Accounting Manager
Phone: (347) 842-1696
Email:  jramnarais@sunymaritime.edu

SUNY Morrisville

Operations Manager
Mr. John Gunerman
Director of Purchasing
Phone:  (315) 684-6068
Email:  gunermjr@morrisville.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Christina Deyo
Enrollment Manager
Phone: (315) 684-6445
Email:  deyocm@morrisville.edu

SUNY New Paltz

Interim Operations Manager
Ms. Carrie Corti
Director for Pre-Award Services
Phone: (845) 257-3281
Email: cortic@newpaltz.edu 

Deputy Operations Manager
TBD

Old Westbury

Operations Manager
Ms. Suzette Foster
Associate Vice President, Business Operations
Phone: (516) 876-3094
Email: Fosters@oldwestbury.edu

 
SUNY Oneonta

Operations Manager
Ms. Julie Piscitello
Vice President for Finance
Phone:  (607) 436-2081
Email: julie.piscitello@oneonta.edu 

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Denise Straut
Director of Sponsored Programs
Phone: (607) 436-2525
Email: denise.straut@oneonta.edu

College of Optometry

Operations Manager
Mr. Stewart Bloomfield, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate
Studies and Research

Phone: (212) 938-5532
Email: sbloomfield@sunyopt.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Mr. Cyrus Vivar
Graduate Center for Vision Research Program Coordinator
Phone: (212) 938-4000 x5539 Email: cvivar@sunyopt.edu 

SUNY Oswego

Operations Manager
Ms. Victoria Furlong 
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Phone: (315) 312-2222
Email: victoria.furlong@oswego.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Maria Nakamura 
Associate Director, Research and Sponsored Programs
Phone: (315) 312-2884
Email: maria.nakamura@oswego.edu

SUNY Plattsburgh

Operations Manager
Mr. Todd Moravec
Interim Vice President for Administration and Finance
Phone: (518) 564-2072
Email: moraveta@plattsburgh.edu 

Deputy Operations Manager
Mr. Michael Simpson
Director, Sponsored
Research & Programs
Phone: (518) 564-2155
Email:michael.simpson@plattsburgh.edu

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

NY Creates/Center for Economic Development (CED)
Operations Manager
Mr. Scott Bateman
Director, Sponsored Programs
Phone: (518) 437-8689
Email: sbateman@sunypoly.edu


Interim Operations Manager (Utica)

Mr. Keith B. Kaplan
The Research Foundation for SUNY
Phone:  (518) 434-7035
Email:  keith.kaplan@rfsuny.org

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Laura Babcock
Associate Vice President for
Research Administration

Phone:  (518) 956-7102 
Email:  lbabcock@sunypoly.edu 

SUNY Potsdam

Operations Manager
Mr. Brent K. Parker
Chief Financial Officer

Phone: (315) 267-2757
Email: parkerbk@potsdam.edu 

Deputy Operations Manager
Mr. John P. McGuire, PhD
Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Phone: (315) 267-2130
Email: mcguirjp@potsdam.edu

Purchase College

Operations Manager/RF Integrated
Services Unit
Mr. Jay Barclay
Associate Director of Finance
Phone: (518) 434-7174
Email:  jay.barclay@rfsuny.org

 
Stony Brook University

Operations Manager
Mr. Miguel Garcia-Diaz, PhD
Interim Vice President for Research
Phone: (631) 444-3054
Email: Miguel.Garcia-Diaz@stonybrook.edu 

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Nina Maung-Gaona, PhD
Senior Associate Vice President for Research Development and Partnerships
Phone: (631) 632-7932
Email: nina.maung@stonybrook.edu 

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Operations Manager
Dr. David Amberg
Vice President for Research
Phone: (315) 464-4538
Email: dcamberg@esf.edu

Deputy Operations Manager
Ms. Gina McMahon
Director of Sponsored Programs Post Award
Phone: (315) 464-4665
Email: mcmahong@upstate.edu

SUNY System Administration-VCRED 

Operations Manager
Mr. Jay Barclay
Associate Director of Finance
Phone: (518) 434-7174
Email: jay.barclay@rfsuny.org

Deputy Operations Manager 
Ms. Jessica Healy
Associate Director of Finance
Phone:  (518) 434-7087
Email:  jessica.healy@rfsuny.org

SUNY Strategic Support
(Strategic Plan Allocation)

Operations Manager
Mr. Kevin Donlon
Director of Business Operations
Phone: (518) 320-1442
Email:  kevin.donlon@suny.edu

Co-Operations Manager
Mr. Keith Kaplan
Strategic Projects, Sponsored Programs Services 
Phone: (518) 434-7035
Email:  keith.kaplan@rfsuny.org