About the McNulty Veteran Business Center
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is comprised of outstanding leaders from business, academic, government and non-profit organizations, including veterans and a military spouse.
![Laura Mann](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Laura-Mann.jpg)
Laura Mann - President
Vice President Business Growth
Capital Region Chamber
![Carie Sala](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mario-Cometti.jpg)
Mario Cometti - Vice President
![Carie Sala](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Carie-Sala.jpg)
Carie Sala - Treasurer
Account Executive
Spectrum Reach
![Charlie Diamond](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Diamond.jpg)
Charlie Diamond - Secretary
Statewide Public Affairs, Inc.
Special Advisor
Members
![Khamel Abdulai](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Khamel-Abdulai.jpg)
Khamel Abdulai
Director of Training and Talent Management
Office of Human Resources, Excelsior College
![Emil Baker, Vice President](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Emil-Baker.jpg)
Emil Baker
NYS Director, Department of Defense
ESGR & SBA SCORE Counselor
![Erica Choi](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Erica-Choi.jpg)
Erica Choi
Senior Vice President and Senior Banker
Commercial Banking, Key Bank
![Peter Gannon](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Peter-Gannon.jpg)
Peter Gannon
President & CEO
United Way of the Capital Region
![Catherine M. McCann](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/McCann.jpg)
Catherine M. McCann
Co-Owner
Best Companies
![William Smith](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/William-Smith.jpg)
William Smith
USMC UAS, Sr. Program Analyst
UICGS / Bowhead Family
Staff
![Kathy Caruso](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kathy-HS.png)
Kathy Caruso
Executive Director, MVBC
![Amy Amoroso](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Amy-Amoroso.jpg)
Amy Amoroso
MVBC-VBOC Director
![Amy Amoroso](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/123.png)
Jamie Hensel
Administrative Coordinator/Project Coordinator
![Congressman-Michael-R-McNulty Congressman Michael R. McNulty](https://www.mcnultycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Congressman-Michael-R-McNulty.jpg)
About Mike McNulty
The McNulty Veteran Business Center derives its name from former U.S. Congressional Representative Michael R. McNulty Center. The former Congressman served for more than twenty years in a district now held by Paul Tonko. Throughout his career, McNulty was a tireless advocate for veterans affairs, often talking about his brother, a soldier with the Marines in Vietnam, who gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country. “Freedom is not free,” was often said by McNulty, who said he felt blessed to have had so many opportunities in his life due to living in a free nation.