Foundation board names two members

Two Utica-area residents have been named to the SUNYIT Foundation Board of Directors.

Robert Scholefield
of Deerfield is chief operating officer at St. Elizabeth Medical
Center
in Utica and has served on several local boards and committees
including
Mohawk Valley EDGE, St. Elizabeth College of Nursing, Mohawk
Valley
Health Institute, and CNYONE. He earned a bachelor’s
degree from
SUNYIT and a master’s degree from the New School for
Social
Research in New York.
Chartered in 1974, the State University of New York Institute of Technology Foundation at Utica/ Rome Inc., is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation, organized under New York State law and granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service. The Foundation promotes, receives, invests and disburses private gifts to SUNYIT. It exists solely to benefit SUNYIT and its students by providing financial assistance to students and enhancing the learning environment through faculty research stipends and the acquisition of much needed equipment. The Foundation also funds special activities that enhance the academic environment.