SYRACUSE — Paige’s Butterfly Run, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps local children and families fighting childhood cancer, recently announced the appointment of a new executive director and board changes. Jennifer Huntley has assumed the role of executive director of Paige’s Butterfly Run. She has been with the organization since 2022, and has more than […]
SYRACUSE — Paige’s Butterfly Run, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps local children and families fighting childhood cancer, recently announced the appointment of a new executive director and board changes.
Jennifer Huntley has assumed the role of executive director of Paige’s Butterfly Run. She has been with the organization since 2022, and has more than 15 years’ experience in the nonprofit sector. Huntley has played a pivotal role in leading the organization through a strategic-planning process that has set the stage for both sustainability and growth, Paige’s Butterfly Run stated.
Huntley says she looks forward to building upon the nonprofit’s nearly 30-year legacy of supporting local families and leading it into the future. There are even more exciting changes on the horizon, the charitable organization said.
Additionally, the board of directors of Paige’s Butterfly Run has chosen new leadership and brought on new members.
The board-leadership changes are as follows:
• Chris Arnold, co-founder of Paige’s Butterfly Run, now serves as co-chair
• Kevin M. Bernstein, member at Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, has moved to the position of board VP
• Ralph Simone, partner at Emergent, has moved to the position of board president
• Ellen Yeomans, co-founder of Paige’s Butterfly Run, now serves as co-chair
The new board members are:
• Elijah Conte, financial advisor at Stifel
• Katie Heaton, senior client success manager at Terakeet
• Kevin Visconti, partner at Diversified Capital Management
• Timothy Perez, transportation specialist, partner at Reagan Companies
Paige’s Butterfly Run is a charitable organization that offers comfort and hope to patients and families in their fight against childhood cancer and blood disorders by funding programs and vital research at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse. Since 1997, Paige’s Butterfly Run has raised almost $5 million in support of pediatric-cancer care at Upstate.
Paige’s Butterfly Run honors Paige Yeomans Arnold, a student at Palmer Elementary School in Baldwinsville who was diagnosed with leukemia in 1993 when she was age 6. She died a year later from complications from a bone-marrow transplant in an effort to cure her leukemia at Boston Children’s Hospital, according to Upstate. The namesake charity raises money through a variety of events throughout the year, such as Paige’s Butterfly Run, an annual running race and walk that is held in June.
