DIA Board Members January 2026 – Present
Executive Committee / Committee Chairs
Board Chair / Retail Committee Co-Chair – Megan Vidler – Home Green Home
Board Vice Chair / Operations Committee Chair – Ben Sandberg – The History Center
Board Treasurer / Finance Committee Chair – Laura Larson – Odyssey Books
Board Secretary – Teri Tarshus – Baywood Hotels
Event Committee Chair – Amy Cohen – Circus Culture
BRD Committee Chair – Fred Schoeps – Property Owner
Transportation Committee Chair – Callyn Pyhtila – Tompkins Trust Company
Marketing Committee Chair – Lisa Swayze – Buffalo Street Books
Retail Committee Co-Chair – Greta Perl – Alphabet Soup
Board Members
Robert Cantelmo – City of Ithaca
Greg Conard – Hotel Ithaca
Margaret Fabrizio – City of Ithaca
Elsa Hyde – Travis Hyde
Jodi LaPierre – Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce
Nathan Lyman – Ithaca Renting Company
Lisa Nicholas – City of Ithaca
Jan Rhodes Norman – Ithacamade
Veronica Pilar – Tompkins County
Susan Riley – Cornell University
Jen Rogerson Jennings – Downtown Resident
Fred Schoeps – Property Owner
Phil Shay – Urban Core
Katie Stone – Viva
Bren VanEtten – HH Ithaca
