Morello, Debra

Debra Morello

Debbie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and a Master of Business Administration from Binghamton University.    She serves as Dean of Continuing Education for Broome Community College.  In this capacity she manages the function responsible for post-associate degree programming, entrepreneurship, corporate training, youth programming, and non-credit courses.   She is an adjunct professor for the Master of Public Administration Program at Binghamton University and a faculty member for the University of Phoenix Online where she teaches courses in Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management.    Debra also serves as an independent consultant for strategic planning and grant development, a corporate trainer for grant writing and creativity courses, and a grant reviewer for the Department of Education. She is on the Board of Directors of the Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition and is actively involved in economic development in the Southern Tier of New York.

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McGill, Alison

Alison McGill

Alison graduated Summa Cum Loude from LeMoyne in May 1991.  She has over 20 years of experience which includes Certified Public Accounting in the areas of wholesale, retail, manufacturing and not-for-profit.  Alison has served as chair finance committee at St. Ann's in Binghamton for 4 years and currently teaches Sunday School at Our Lady of Angels in Endwell, NY. Her volunteer work for BRW is focused on rendering and implementing a set of accounting procedures for our organization.

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Gorman, Gene

Eugene W. Gorman Jr.

Gene is a Binghamton native, attended Chenango Valley Schools, and obtained the Eagle Scout rank before graduating in 1982. He volunteered from 1978 to 1986 on the Chenango Volunteer Ambulance Squad as a New York State Certified EMT.     He attended Broome Community College for Business Administration from 1987 to 1989 and was awarded his Master Electrician License in 1990 for City of Binghamton, Village of Johnson City, and Village of Endicott.  Together with his wife Karen and their four children, he lives in Port Crane, NY. He teaches the 2^nd grade in the Religious Education program at St. Joseph’s in Sanitaria Springs and continues his long-time involvement with scouting as an active committee member of both Pack and Troop 155.  He and Karen operate the E.W. Gorman Electrical Contracting, Inc., which serves the Southern Tier of New York and Northern Pennsylvania and does all phases of residential, commercial, and industrial work, from design, to build, to service. Gene actively volunteered in the ‘muckout” phase of the 2006 flood recovery.  As co-founder of Broome Relief Web, he took the lead in researching and choosing the enterprise level business software now used by the BAND coalition, through its' agreement with BRW.

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Frappier, Jerry

Gerard L. Frappier,

Jerry brings comprehensive engineering and communications expertise to our organization.  He has over thirty years of experience working for companies such as AT&T, Tri-Cities Communications, and Venture Communications prior to establishing his own company, Telestar Communications.  He retired from Telestar in 1999. A talented entrepreneur and project manager, he has been involved with: *  implementing the first ATM system in the Southern Tier     * upgrading traditional offices to digital systems, and  * wiring college campuses throughout New York State with state-of-the-art technology.  Jerry served in the United States Air Force, and he is a graduate of Empire State College, with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree. He is active with the Red Cross, volunteering both locally and on the teaching staff of the Red Cross-Austin, Texas, where he teaches satellite and programming skills to other volunteers.  In addition to the recovery work related to the Broome County flooding, Jerry has been involved with recoveries from hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, Wilma, Charlie and Rita.

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Firsching, Lorenz

Lorenz is Professor of History and chair of the History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences Department at Broome Community College. He received his AA degree from BCC and his BA, MA, and Ph. D degrees from Binghamton University. Dr. Firsching has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching from the State University of New York. A life-long resident of Broome county, he has been a member of a number of area groups, including Broome County Peace Action, the Community Advisory Board of WSKG, and the Social Concerns Committee of St. Joseph's Church in Sanitaria Springs.  He is contributing to the BRW project in the area of public relations.

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Dundon, Patrick

Patrick Dundon

Pat is a Broome County native who attended SV schools and SUNY Maritime.  He worked on tugboats based out of New York for about 9 years before buying “The Insulation Man” business in 1989.  “The Insulation Man” provides building science solutions to address common comfort, durability and efficiency problems. Over the past 17 years Patrick has grown the Company from one with limited market presence to a thriving business which employs 10 people and serves an area about 80 miles in radius from Binghamton.  He is advising BRW in the area of material acquisition and usage.

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Doyle, Patrick

Patrick Doyle

Patrick hails from Colesville, New York.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Associates Degrees in Business Administration and Computer Science.   Patrick has been involved with computers in many capacities since 1994 and is employed by Binghamton University, where he is responsible for maintaining nearly 500 machines in both the public computing areas (Pods) and multi-media rooms.  A parishioner of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Sanitaria Springs, NY, he has served on the Church’s Parish Council.  Patrick leads the Information Technology department at Canto Grande - managing a six station LAN.

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Dailey, Christopher

Christopher Dailey

Christopher arrived in the U.S. in 1997 after living in Chile, South America. He has a degree in business management (marketing and food management.) Prior to starting his own business now called CleanMaster New York, Chris acquired specialized training in restoration work related to fire and water damage from the IICRC Institute located in Canandaigua, N.Y. He has further sharpened his skills by attending courses in flood restoration (Tennessee) and mold remediation & mitigation (Pennsylvania).  His business has been voted in twice for the Readers Choice Award (2003 and 2005) and has been involved in over 800 water, mold and fire damaged clean-ups. He brings this knowledge and experience to our volunteer relief effort.

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Colten, Scott

Scott Colton

Scott has worked as a carpenter for 24 years.  He possesses a variety of carpentry skills including framing, concrete work, finish carpentry, and all different phases in the field.  For the past decade, Scott has served as the President and Business Representative of Empire State Carpenters Local 281 Union. He has also served as a past Board member of the Building and Construction Trades Council of the AFL-CIO. Scott Colton lives in Harpursville, NY with his wife Donna and daughter.  Scott is serving as a primary contact for developing the volunteer ranks of Broome Relief Web.

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Bunger, Kevin

Fr. Kevin was ordained for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse in 1983 and has served in East Syracuse, NY; Lima, Peru; and since 1991 in Broome County.  With a group of volunteers from St. Joseph's parish in Sanitaria Springs, that included: Paul Weckel, Andy Gronski, John Adams and Gene Gorman, he worked in the 'mudout' phase after the June flood.  Together with Gene Gorman and Jerry Frappier, he founded Broome Relief Web in October of 2006.

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