Board of Commissioners

• President and CEO of Visit Rochester 
• Graduate of St. John Fisher College
• Community Service: Trustee, St. John Fisher College; Director, Monroe Community College Foundation; Director, Rochester Area Crime Stoppers; Director, Seneca Waterways Council Boy Scouts of America; Commissioner, Brighton Fire District; Member, Brighton Fire Department; Director, Rochester Riverside Convention Center; Director, New York State Hospitality and Tourism Board; President, New York State Destination Management Association; President, ROC2025 Leadership Group; Rochester Rotary; Director, 911 Operating Practices Board.

Vice Chair
Ontario County
Term:
Appointed June 9, 2021

• Owner, B. Young Enterprises, Inc.
• Retired Deputy County Administrator, Ontario County
• Former Director of Workforce Development, Ontario County
• Graduate of St. John Fisher College
• Community Service: Ontario County Traffic Safety Board; Former member Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion Board of Trustees; Former member and Chairman of the Finger Lakes Addictions Counseling & Referral Agency (FLACRA) Board of Directors; Former Finger Lakes Community College Campus Community Coalition Business Co-Chair.

Jerdine Johnson
Secretary
City of Rochester
Term:
Appointed June 22, 2017

• Manager of Energy Conservation and Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Environmental Services at the City of Rochester, Retired
• Former Executive Director, Eastside Community Center
• Former Executive Director, North East Block Club
• Graduate of the Pratt Institute, Masters of Urban and Regional Planning
• Graduate of Florida A&M University, B.S.
• Community Service: National Associations of Negro Business and Professional Women, past president; Rochester Downtown Rotary, Sergeant at Arms; Statewide Neighborhood Preservation Coalition, Treasurer; Goodwill of the Finger Lakes Board of Directors, Past Member.

Richard D. Kosmerl
Treasurer
Wyoming County
Term:
Appointed June 7, 2016

• Prestolite Electric Inc. - North American Director of Quality, Plant Manager, Division President and General Manager, Executive Vice President
• Continental AG – New Product Launch Manager, Sensor Wafer Manufacturing Plant Manager
• Motorola Inc. – Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality Management, Retired
• Graduate of SUNY Buffalo and Canisius College
• Community Service: President, Wyoming County Community Health System Board of Managers; Past Board of Directors and Board VP, Community Action for Wyoming County; Member, Village and Town of Arcade Planning Board; Past Trustee and Mayor, Village of Arcade; Former member of curriculum advisory boards for Business Management and Microelectronic Engineering at Genesee Community College and Rochester Institute of Technology, respectively.

• Mary Cariola Children's Center, Inc., CFO
• Rochester City School District, CFO (retired)
• Former City of Rochester Budget Director
• Graduate of Indiana University, Masters of Public Finance
• Graduate of Canisius College, B.S.
• Community Service: Rochester Children’s Scholarship Fund.

• Orleans County Department of Planning and Development Director; Recycling Coordinator; Salary Review Committee
• Lecturer (Adjunct), Buffalo State College
• Graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Masters of Urban and Regional Planning
• Graduate of Buffalo State College, B.S.
• Community Service: American Institute of Certified Planners Member; Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council Member; County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board Member; Leadership Orleans Participant.

Heather Bird
Transit Dependent Representative 
Term: 
Appointed June 9, 2023

• President, National Federation of the Blind of New York State, Inc., Rochester Chapter
• President, New York Association of Guide Dog Users
• Secretary, New York Parents of Blind Children
• Board Member, National Federation of the Blind of New York State, Inc.
• Alumnus, The Seeing Eye

Community Service: BELL Coordinator; National Organization of Blind Veterans; National Organization of Parents of Blind Children; Past member, Board of the National Association of Guide Dog Users.

Susanne Carlock
Livingston County
Term:
Appointed June 9, 2021

• Director, Livingston County Office for the Aging
• Former CEO, The Community Place of Greater Rochester, Inc.
• Graduate of SUNY Geneseo and Keuka College
• Community Service: Board Member, Genesee Valley Health Partnership; Board Member, Association on Aging in New York; Board Member, Livingston County Emergency Food and Shelter Program; Former Board Member, Genesee Valley Health Partnership; Livingston County Worker United Way Campaign Committee Member.

• RTS Bus Operator
• Executive Board, ATU Local 282
• Community Service: President, ATU Local 282; Recording Secretary, ATU New York State Legislative Conference Board; Our Streets Transit Coalition; Executive Board, WIT Federal Credit Union.

• Mobility Management Consultant with a focus on transportation services for older adults and persons with disabilities (current)
• United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes: Strategic Initiatives Coordinator/Program Officer (former) 
• Executive Director, Medical Motor Service of Rochester and Monroe County, Inc., Retired 
• Monroe County office for the Aging program administrator
• Graduate of SUNY Brockport, Masters of Public Administration 
• Graduate of University of Detroit, BA 
• Community Service: Board member and past president Community Transportation Association of America, Board member and Chair of Coordinated Transportation Solutions, Board Member University of Rochester Medicine Home Care.

• Wayne County Clerk
• Graduate of St. John Fisher College and the National Academy for Paralegal Studies, Inc.
• Community Service: Member of the New York State County Clerks Association, 2008 Chairman for the Wayne County United Way Campaign, Board of Directors of Newark Wayne Community Hospital and Wayne County Action Program.

Laurie Oltramari
Genesee County
Term:
Appointed June 3, 2022

• Senior Library Clerk for Genesee Community College (GCC)
• Former Executive & Assistant Director, Batavia Business Improvement District (BID)
• Graduate of SUNY Geneseo
• Graduate of University at Buffalo -- Masters of Architecture with a Concentration in Urban Design
• Graduate Assistant for Instituto Monteverde, Costa Rica 
• Community Service: Genesee County COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic; former President, Landmark Society of Genesee County

Terrence Rice, PE
Monroe County
Term:
Appointed June 9, 2021

• Sr. Managing Engineer for Barton & Loguidice
• Monroe County Director of Transportation (retired)
• Graduate of Clarkson University
• Community Service: Fellow – Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE); American Public Works Association Member; New York State Highway Superintendents Association Member and Committee Chair; Legends Golf & Country Club Golf Committee Member; St John of Rochester Buildings & Grounds Committee Member; Past President, Treasurer, and Legislative Committee Chair of New York State County Highway Superintendents Association; Past Chair of District 1 ITE; Past Chair of St. John of Rochester Parish Council.

Judith Ahlfeld Seil
Monroe County
Term:
Appointed June 9, 2021

• First Vice President, Five Star Bank, Credit Manager
• Graduate Nazareth College
• Graduate Leadership Rochester
• Executive Director Monroe County Planning and Development (retired)
• Community Service:  Dress for Success; Former Board Member of YWCA, Ronald McDonald House, Visit Rochester and Greater Rochester Enterprise.

• Court Attorney for the New York State Supreme Court Seventh Judicial District
• Graduate of University of Toledo
• Community Service: Former Junius Town Justice and a former member of the Court Facilities Capital Review Board.