Meet TCDC
* Finance/Audit Committee member – Audit committee originally established 2008; Finance Audit Committee established 2018
# Governance Committee member – committee originally established 2008
Rich John#*
Chair
121 E. Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-274-5434
Tompkins County Legislature
Current Term: 1/1/24 – 12/31/24
Rich has spent twenty years as a general practice partner in a local law firm, and nine years serving as the general counsel and vice president of compliance for a global product testing and inspection company, Intertek. Currently, Rich John is a member of the Government Operations Committee and serves as the Chair of the Public Safety Committee.
Deborah Dawson #
Secretary
121 E. Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-274-5434
Tompkins County Legislature
Current Term: 1/1/24 – 12/31/24
Anne Koreman
akoreman@tompkins-co.org
Tompkins County Legislator
121 E Court Street
Ithaca NY 14850
Term: 1/1/24 – 12/31/24
Jeff Gorsky*
Vice Chair
jgorsky@swcllp.com
607-272-5550
First appointed to TCDC: 12/15/20
Current TCDC term: 2/8/23 – 12/31/24
IAED Board Appointment
Jeff Gorsky, CPA, is a partner at Sciarabba Walker & Co., LLP. He joined the firm in 1992 and has been a partner since 2001. He is head of the firm’s Consulting department and leads the High Technology group. His primary emphasis is on small-business consulting and taxation issues.
Over the years, he has assisted clients in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, business valuations, financing, and new business startups. Jeff graduated from Villanova University and previously worked for Chase Manhattan Bank in the Operations & Systems Management Development Program.
Todd Bruer *
Todd Bruer
First appointed to TCDC: 2/4/21
Current TCDC term: 2/8/23 – 12/31/24
Organized labor Representative
Jerry Dietz
CSP Management
407 W. Seneca Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-277-6961; jerry@cspmanagement.com
At Large Director
Current Term: 8/6/243 – 12/31/24
Ducson Nguyen #
Common Council, City of Ithaca
108 E. Green Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-882-5409
Current Term: 2/8/23 – 12/31/24
Tompkins County Development Corporation Organizational Chart
2022 TCDC Board Summary Results Self Evaluation
Advisory Committee
Lisa Holmes
Tompkins County Administrator
125 E. Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-274-5551
Katherine Borgella
121 E. Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-274-5560
Lorrie Scarrott
Finance Director, Tompkins County Finance Department
125 E. Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-274-5545
TCDC Administrative Director
The Tompkins County Development Corporation is managed by Ithaca Area Economic Development.
Heather McDaniel
Administrative Director Tompkins County Development Corp.
President, Ithaca Area Economic Development
119 East Seneca Street, Suite 200
Ithaca, NY 14850
heatherm@ithacareaED.org
607-273-0005
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99 Garnsey Road
Pittsford, NY 14534
585.419.8718 Direct