After the nonprofit’s annual board meeting held on June 24, the Oswego Health board of directors unanimously voted on leadership changes.
• Victoria L. Furlong will serve as board chairwoman. She is SUNY Oswego’s chief financial officer and oversees facilities services, human resources and payroll, University Police, finance and budget, student accounts, purchasing and internal control. Appointed in September 2021, Furlong is a member of the president’s cabinet and is the first woman to serve as SUNY Oswego’s vice president for administration and finance. She began her career at SUNY Oswego over 25 years ago and has had progressive leadership experiences across campus. She earned her Master of Business Administration and business administration degrees from SUNY Oswego. Additionally, Furlong serves on a variety of SUNY-wide committees supporting the university system at large, as well as the Oswego County Micron Strategy Steering Committee.
• Pete Cullinan will serve as vice-chairman. He is a lifelong native of Oswego who, with his wife, Kelly, has raised a daughter, Kelsey, and a son, Cole. Before his retirement at the end of 2021, he worked in the emergency planning field with a focus on nuclear plant emergency planning since 1990, first with Oswego County and most recently with Exelon at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant. Cullinan is a 1988 graduate of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a Bachelor of Science in forest biology. In addition to Oswego Health, he has been involved with the American Cancer Society, the American Red Cross, Operation Oswego County, and the Town of Minetto Zoning Board of Appeals. In addition to serving as vice-chairman of the Oswego Health board of directors, Cullinan also serves on the Oswego Health Foundation board.
• Ron Tascarella will serve as a board secretary. As the executive vice president and chief banking officer of Pathfinder Bank, he has over 45 years of experience in banking working alongside small businesses and individuals throughout CNY. His specialization is in the areas of commercial lending, credit administration and sales. Tascarella is a 1979 graduate of SUNY Oswego. In addition to serving as secretary of the Oswego Health board of directors, Tascarella also serves as president of the Red House board of directors, treasurer of the Gifford Foundation, and board member for the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
All three will serve two-year terms through June 2026.
The 2024-26 Oswego Health board of directors consists of Ed Alberts, past-chairman; Atom Avery; Michael C. Backus, President & CEO; Timothy R. Barnhart; William Clark; Peter Cullinan, vice-chairman; Dan E. Dorsey, Jr.; Lynne Eggert; Victoria Furlong, chairwoman; Adam Gagas; Ellen Holst; Paloma Sarkar; physician Wajeeh Sana, chief medical officer; Mark Slayton, treasurer; Ron Tascarella, secretary; Katie Toomey and physician Scott Van Gorder.
