Syracuse - 1986

INROADS/Syracuse opened with 18 interns in 1986 and was later known as INROADS/Upstate New York. Carrier Corporation ($10,000), Key Bank ($5,000), MONY ($5,000), Niagara Mohawk ($5,000), and Chapell’s and Coopers & Lybrand each contributed towards the start-up.

Initial corporate Board members included:
Robert Allen, Chairman, Carrier
Thomas Calabrese, General Manager, New York Telephone
Donald Chappell, Chairman, Chappell’s Department Store
Dennis Dowdell, President, Dowdell & Associates
William Stevens, President & CEO, Key Bank of Central New York
Robert Wehrle, Regional President, Marine Midland Bank
Gerald Urnaza, Managing Partner, Coopers & Lybrand

By the year 2000, INROADS/Syracuse/Upstate New York had 84 interns.

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