akoreman@tompkins-co.org
607-319-3355
First appointed to IDA: 4/1/20
Current IDA term:4/1/20 – 12/31/20
Tompkins County Legislature

Anne Koreman was elected to the Tompkins County Legislature in November of 2017. Originally from Albany, NY, she grew up in a working class family where she learned the value of hard work and giving back to the community. Since moving to Trumansburg in 1984, Anne has been a social-justice and environmental activist. Her extensive community service has included serving as the chair of the Finger Lakes Sierra Club, board member of Black Oak Wind Farm, Co-founder of Finger Lakes PULSE – an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, and board member of Fight Back of Central NY – a women’s self-defense program.

Currently, she is a volunteer educator for the First Time Home Buyers Program with Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services. For 22 years, Anne worked as an Occupational Therapy Assistant in diverse health care settings including with the elderly, mental health, developmental disabilities, vocational training, and addiction treatment/alternatives to incarceration. In 2006, she went back to school and then began her second career as a NYS licensed home inspector. Anne has started two successful small businesses including her current business, Every Square Inch Home Inspections, LLC.

Coming from a working class background and as a past union representative, Anne is passionate about the right to unionize, affordable housing, creating good local jobs, expanding public transportation, and passing a living wage.

john@urbancoreithaca.com
607-277-8585 x 00
First appointed to IDA: 6/4/18
Current IDA term: 1/1/19 – 12/31/20
At-Large Director

John Guttridge founded Brightworks Computer Consulting (then Black Box Computer Consulting) in 2004 as a one-man operation based in his dining room and grew it to a 16 employee operation. He is deeply involved in the ongoing redevelopment of downtown Ithaca. He serves on the Board of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (where he chairs the Downtown Operations Committee), the Board of the State Theater of Ithaca, and is President of the State Theater Foundation Board. He is also integral to the team of people that works to bring Wizarding Weekend to life.

llewis@cityofithaca.org
607-279-2075
First appointed to IDA: 2/8/18
Current IDA term: 1/1/20 – 12/31/21
At-Large Director

Laura Lewis is a 40-year resident of the City of Ithaca. She worked at Cornell University in student services in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations for 30 years. She retired in 2016. She sat on the Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) Board of Directors for many years, and at one point served as the board’s president. Laura was elected to the City of Ithaca Common Council in November 2017 where she represents the City’s 5th Ward.

Controller, Tompkins County Finance Department

rsnyder@tompkins-co.org
607-274-5545