SYRACUSE — M&T Bank recently announced it has appointed David Casullo, founder and CEO of Daneli Partners, to its Directors Advisory Council for Central New York. The 11-member council meets regularly to discuss business, customer, and community impact opportunities within Central New York and provides insights to support M&T’s ongoing efforts to develop locally customized […]
SYRACUSE — M&T Bank recently announced it has appointed David Casullo, founder and CEO of Daneli Partners, to its Directors Advisory Council for Central New York.
The 11-member council meets regularly to discuss business, customer, and community impact opportunities within Central New York and provides insights to support M&T’s ongoing efforts to develop locally customized product and service models.
David Casullo, who is also co-founder of Overlook Ridge Development, “brings a dynamic blend of entrepreneurial vision, executive leadership and deep civic engagement to the Central New York council,” M&T Bank said in its Nov. 25 announcement. He is an experienced entrepreneur, executive coach, and real-estate developer with more than three decades of leadership experience across manufacturing, retail, and service industries.
Daneli Partners is a leadership-development firm focused on cultivating high-integrity, high-energy leaders to drive the revitalization of upstate New York. Overlook Ridge Development is a mission-driven real-estate company advancing sustainable economic growth in small localities like Little Falls.
Casullo is the author of “Leading the High-Energy Culture” and has advised Fortune 500 executives, government leaders, and emerging changemakers worldwide. His corporate leadership includes serving as senior VP of human resources at Raymour & Flanigan, where he launched the Leadership Development Institute and helped scale the company to a billion-dollar enterprise, the announcement stated. At age 36, Casullo became the first non-family president of Burrows Paper Corp., a milestone in the company’s 75-plus-year history.
Casullo’s civic leadership includes board roles as chair with Human Technologies and Bassett Healthcare Network and serving in a director seat with Mohawk Valley Community College’s Center for Leadership Excellence. He has also served with the City of Little Falls Planning Board and Harbor Committee and has led multiple community development initiatives.
M&T Bank has 41 branches and employs nearly 400 people in its Central New York region, which covers Onondaga, Cayuga, Oswego, Madison, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, and Seneca Counties. It operates a regional headquarters on South Clinton Street in downtown Syracuse. The bank ranks No. 1 in deposit market share and is the top U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in Central New York.
