About the Rescue Mission

A Message from the CEO

Since 1887, we at the Rescue Mission have had the privilege to serve our community – offering shelter, food, clothing and hope. Every employee at the Rescue Mission; whether they work at one of our Thrifty Shopper thrift stores or our donation redistribution warehouse, in our residential programs, at the emergency shelter, driving trucks or making meals all have the responsibility of helping those who are in the most need, the hungry, homeless and hurting.

I’ve been part of this organization for over a decade as a social worker, previously working for several local non-profits and as a staff pastor at a local church. My wife and son and I live in this community where we believe similarly to the founders of the Rescue Mission, that what we do for those who are living in the margins of society, reflects what we would do for God.

The “why” we do this is pretty simple from my perspective. Everyday there is someone or some family in our community who is overlooked and ignored with nowhere to go. We are the place where they will be welcomed, served and supported. We put love into action!

Dan Sieburg, CEO

Leadership

Dan Sieburg

Chief Executive Officer

Traci Faulkner

Chief Financial Officer

Crystal Cosentino

Chief Strategy Officer

Danielle Leahy

Chief Development Officer

Amber Vander Ploeg

Chief Program Officer

Belinda Teller

Chief Human Resources Officer

Luana Lovenguth, Chief Social Enterprise Officer

Luana Lovenguth

Chief Social Enterprise Officer

Yulon Jones

Chief Spiritual Life Officer

Board of Directors

Chris Gardner, Chair

Wealth Advisor & Founder, Parkwoods Wealth Partners, LLC

Jim Cifaratta, Vice Chair

Senior Vice President, SmartestEnergy US

Gary Campbell, Vice Chair

President, Teamwork Coatings Inc.

Hal Wentworth, Treasurer

Senior VP, Retail Banking Sales & Marketing, Community Bank System, Inc.

Regina Spause McGraw, Secretary

General Counsel, Axia Women’s Health/Regional Women’s Health Management, LLC

Sam Cosamano

President, IPD Engineering

Xenia Becher

Director of Behavioral Health, Family Planning of Syracuse Syracuse Community Connections and Southwest Community Center

Pastor Dan Williams

Lead Pastor, North Central Church

Eddie Brennan

President and CEO of Beak & Skiff and 1911 Established

Julie Shulsky, Deputy Police Chief

Syracuse Police Department

Lynn Yoder Thibault

Head of Employee Experience, Amazon.com

Andrea LaBarge, CPA, CGMA

Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa CPA, P.C. (FMF&E)

Joseph T. Mancuso

Partner at Hancock Estabrook, LLP

Andrew Maxwell

C&S Companies

Jahan Sheikh

Constellation Energy

Board Member Emeritus

John B. McCabe, MD, FACEP