SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Brian Bund is the new executive director of the Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation (GSBDC). In this role, Bund is the manager of the certified development corporation and provides strategic leadership to achieve GSBDC’s mission and the board’s vision, overseeing all aspects of program marketing, loan production, processing, servicing and liquidation, according […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Brian Bund is the new executive director of the Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation (GSBDC).
In this role, Bund is the manager of the certified development corporation and provides strategic leadership to achieve GSBDC’s mission and the board’s vision, overseeing all aspects of program marketing, loan production, processing, servicing and liquidation, according to a Friday CenterState CEO announcement. Before joining the GSBDC, Bund worked at M&T Bank as a senior commercial credit underwriter and portfolio manager.
CenterState CEO announced a strategic partnership with the GSBDC in April 2025. Under this partnership, the GSBDC’s lending resources can scale to demand and better serve the region’s small businesses, the organization contends. At the time of the partnership announcement, Bob Ellis was the executive director of GSBDC.
CenterState CEO provides the GSBDC with the staffing and administrative support necessary to manage and expand GSBDC operations and lending resources. Together, CenterState CEO and GSBDC will leverage aligned investments, market opportunities and comprehensive support services, ultimately providing the region’s small-business community with a more uniform, expanded, and easy-to-access set of small business tools, they stipulate.
The GSBDC will operate from CenterState CEO’s INSPYRE Innovation Hub once it opens later in 2025.
