Local Boards and Staff

Staff Members

Chelsey Frail, Program Director
Chelsey.Frail@kidney.org
585.598.3963 x370

Kristen West Ryan, Senior Development Director
Kristen.Ryan@kidney.org
585.598.3963 x373

Office Address (stop by and see us!): 

National Kidney Foundation serving Upstate and Western NY
1344 University Avenue, Suite 270
Rochester, NY 14607

UPNY Advisory Board

AnnMarie Link

AnnMarie Link (Advisory Board Chair)
Leader, Planning and Operations
CISCO

Daniel Christner

Daniel Christner
Associate Director of Advancement
RIT

Michael Crane

Mike Crane
Executive Director of Operations
Global Health Products

James Fonzi

James Fonzi
President/CEO
Veretec of New York, Inc.

Svetlana K. Ivy, Esq.

Svetlana K. Ivy, Esq.
Partner | Team Leader - Appellate
Lippes Mathias LLP

Tom Kernan

Tom Kernan
Owner
Kernan Agency State Farm

Nick LaPenna

Nick LaPenna
Co-Founder | Managing Director
Trident Wealth Management Group & Partners

Sarah Pellerin

Sarah Pellerin, Esq.
Partner
Harter Secrest & Emery, LLC

UPNY Medical Advisory Board

Marvin Grieff

Marvin Grieff, MD
RGH Center for Kidney Disease and Hypertension
Rochester Regional Health

Randeep Kashyap, MD

Randeep Kashyap, MD
Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
University of Rochester Medical Center

Judy Kirk, MS, RDN, CDN, FNKF

Judy Kirk, MS, RDN, CDN, FNKF
Clinical Nutrition Specialist

Marc Lande, MD MPH

Marc B. Lande, MD MPH
Chief of Pediatric Nephrology Emeritus
Golisano Children's Hospital
University of Rochester Medical Center

Scott Liebman, MD, MPH

Scott Liebman, MD, MPH
Associate Nephrology Fellowship Program Director
University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry

Rebeca 'Becky' Monk, MD

Rebeca Monk, MD
Chief, Division of Medicine
Highland Hospital

Peggy Murray, NP

Peggy Murray, MS, ANP-BC
Dialysis Nurse Practitioner (Retired)

Sharon Stall, RD

Sharon Stall, MPH, RD, CSR, CDN
Dietitian
Unity Dialysis at Park Ridge, Rochester Regional Health 

Shubha Shastry

Shubha Shastry, MD, PhD
Service Line Division Head, Nephrology 
Rochester Regional Health

Jeremy C. Taylor, MD

Jeremy C. Taylor, MD
Transplant Director of Nephrology 
Associate Director for Solid Organ Transplant Service Line 
University of Rochester Medicine