Upstate Cerebral Palsy would like to announce the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors, including Board President Blake Ford. Mr. Ford, who resides in New Hartford, is a managing principal with Ford, English Financial Group, LLC, specializing in wealth management and estate planning as an Investment Advisor Representative of Commonwealth Financial Network, a Registered Investment Advisor.
Additional new members to the Board of Directors include John Buffa of Utica, Senior Vice President and Regional Commercial Banking Manager for NBT Bank's Mohawk Valley Region, Julie Fatata, of New Hartford, Co-op/PR Administrator for Northern Safety Company, Inc., Brad Kowalczyk, of New Hartford, Vice President of Strategic Financial Services, LLC. and William Lewis, of Utica, Department Head of Business and Information Technology at Mohawk Valley Community College.
Upstate Cerebral Palsy is a leading local provider of direct-care services for children and adults with special needs employing more than 1800 people at over 74 sites in Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida counties.