Retired as the Senior Vice President of Administration and Finance at Herkimer County Community College; adjunct lecturer at SUNY Polytechnic Institute at Utica/Rome; former Board Member of Utica Transit Authority; former Councilman for the City of Utica.

Retired School District Administrator (Permanent Certification); former Assistant Superintendent of Secondary for the Syracuse City School District; former Director of Staff Services, Head Principal, Associate Principal, Annex Principal, Assistant Principal – Liverpool Central School District; former Administrative Intern, Teacher on Admin Assign, Special Education Teacher, Teaching Assistant – Syracuse City School District. Community leadership experience includes Co-Founder of Brother to Brother youth outreach program; Board of Director member/President at Southwest Community Center; Governing Board Member of VOICES for Youth; Board of Director member at St. Joseph’s School of Nursing.

Transportation coordinator for Auburn Enlarged School District; accounting positions at local CPA firm and private taxi company. Senior Manager Western Union Telegraph, Public Office Operations (POO).

Tina Fitzgerald

Governor’s Office

Board Participation:

Peer Counselor/Housing advocate/Medicaid Service Coordinator for ARISE, Sex Educator/Self Advocacy Presenter for Self Advocacy Association of New York State, Assistant to Staff at Forward Point Church.

Volunteer and Club affiliation: Family and Participant Advisory Council/Advisory Council to the Executive Director/ Case management Training at LifePlanCCO, Board of Director /Certified Vision Screener for Syracuse Host Lions, provides direct service to clients at St. Lucy’s Food Pantry, Volunteer at Fixing to Help, district representative for Salina Democrats.

Director of Special Projects for the City of Syracuse; previously served as Transportation Planner for the City of Syracuse; former SUNY ESF Graduate Assistant.

Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, American Planning Association and the Empire State Passengers Association.

Community involvement includes serving on the City-Wide Board of the Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today organization and participating in the Transit Task Force for AdaptCNY.

Has worked in the financial service industry since 1980; Partner and Branch Manager of a local financial planning firm from 1990 to 2008; presently a Partner of a regional broker dealer Pinnacle Investments; currently President of Pinnacle Advisors; served 6 years on the board at WCNY public broadcasting station.

• Year appointed to Board: 2025

Completed professional development programs including the Central New York Attachment Network’s Circle of Security Parenting Program (2023), Grant Writing USA’s Grant Writing Workshop (2023), and the New York Public Transit Association’s Public Transit Leadership Institute(2022). She is also a graduate of the Leadership Oswego County Institute (2024).

She has been recognized by the community through multiple honors, including a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from U.S. Representative Ed Royce (2014), a Certificate of Merit from the New York State Assembly (2024), and the Outstanding Corporate Volunteer award from Grid Alternatives (2017). Additionally, she earned a certificate from the Community Transportation Association of America in Applying Human-Centered Design Techniques to Transportation Design (2021).

• Year appointed to Board: 2021

Director/CEO at Julaw Consulting Services/Investors; former Counselor at University United Methodist Church; former Project Connection/Director, Big Brother/Big Sister Case Manager, Head Start Family Worker at PEACE Inc., former Airport Transportation Department worker at Metroplex Inc.; former Assistant Day Camp and Community Men Ministries Coordinator at Syracuse Rescue Mission; former Recreation Supervisor at Dunbar Community Center; former Assistant Teacher Aide at Dr. King Elementary School; former Outreach Worker Coordinator at The Salvation Army Booth House; former Drop-in Program Coordinator at Catholic Charities Bishop Foley Foundation; former Youth Counselor at Model Cities Youth Employment Program. Volunteer experience includes City of Syracuse Police Advisory Board member; Facilitator for the Southside Sector of the Tomorrow’s Neighborhoods Today organization; Commissioner of Deeds for the City of Syracuse; former Board President/Member of the Southwest Community Neighborhood; former Chairperson/Member of the Community Development Advisory Committee; former Board Member for the Time of Jubilee.

Court Appointed Special Advisor (CASA), Center for Community Alternatives; Interim Executive Director, Dunbar Association; Financial Manager, Syracuse Community Health Center; Assistant Ledger Analyst, I.B.M.; Assistant Controller, PEACE, Inc.; Auditor, Treasury Department of Nassau, Bahamas; past chairperson Community Development Advisory Council; past President of Dunbar Association Board of Directors; past Chairperson, The Executive Council Healthy Start; involved in other boards and community groups.