Yvonne Petrella, Director
Alison Lovallo, Associate Director/Advisement Coordinator
Thomas Ingram, Assistant Director/Summer Sessions Coordinator
Larry Mayo, Assistant Director
Donna Besaw, Assistant Director/Professional Development

Douglas Hemphill, Instructional Designer
James Jerose, Director, SUNY Oswego, Metro Center, Syracuse
Greg Ketcham, Assistant Director/Instructional Designer
Karen Moore, Assistant to the Director

Yvonne Petrella
Director of Continuing Education & Summer Sessions

Ms. Petrella has served as the Director since 1994. She came to Oswego State in 1977 as a faculty member in Business Administration to teach Marketing and Advertising. For many years she worked with the Division of Continuing Education, and then Ms. Petrella was assigned to the division on a part-time basis. She holds an MBA in Marketing from Youngstown State (OH) and has completed significant post-graduate work in Marketing and Adult Education at Syracuse University.

Alison Lovallo, Associate Director of Continuing Education & Advisement Coordinator 

Ms. Lovallo has served the Division of Continuing Education since January 1995. She is currently the advisement coordinator, as well as the publications coordinator and the resident technology expert for the division. She brings photographic and graphic expertise to the division, supervises all desktop publishing projects, and manages the office's technology plan. Ms. Lovallo is a graduate of Oswego State with a Master of Science degree in Counseling.

Thomas Ingram
Assistant Director of Continuing Education & Coordinator of Summer Sessions Programs

Thomas Ingram joined the Continuing Education staff in July 1999 and serves as the coordinator of Summer Sessions and WinterSession for Oswego State. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from St. Lawrence University, a Master's Degree in Management from Clarkson University, and significant post-graduate work in Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining from the N.Y.S. School of Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell.

He also serves as as a faculty member in Oswego State's Public Justice Department and its Marketing & Management Department. Professor Ingram's areas of expertise include Employment Law, Collective Bargaining,  Compensation, and Organizational Behavior. In addition, he occasionally conducts training workshops and provides consulting services for a number of firms located in central and northern New York.

Larry Mayo
Assistant Director of Continuing Education

Larry Mayo joined the Continuing Education staff in March 2000 where he serves as an Academic Advisor. Larry also serves as adjunct faculty, teaching chemical dependency courses for the Counseling and Psychological Services Department.

Larry holds a Bachelors Degree in Management and Environmental Science from Empire State College and a Masters Degree in Counseling Services from Oswego State. He is a Credentialled Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor in New York State and has worked extensively with forums and groups that shape Mental Health policy in New York State. Larry regularly conducts trainings and workshops as well as maintaining a small private practice in counseling and pyschotherapy.

James N. (“Jim”) Jerose
First Director of the Metro Center in downtown Syracuse.

His previous experience includes Senior Vice President, Marketing for PHP/Univera Healthcare, Senior Director at RMSCO, and senior staff and volunteer roles at the Syracuse Chamber where he earned the Century and Volunteer of the Year Awards. His expertise is in marketing, management, staff development, business networking, health care, insurance, and risk management. Volunteerism, organizational advocacy, and board development are special interests. He has worked with and established various relationships with many educational institutions throughout his career.

Jerose serves on the Board of Trustees of St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation Center and Integrity Home Care Services, New York Employee Benefit Conference, and is a member of the Board of Regents of Le Moyne College. He was President of the Citizens Foundation and the Syracuse Executives Association. He is also active in the Labor and Employer Relations Association, CNY Association of School Business Officials, Society for Human Resource Management, and the CBA Alumni association. He is also an active volunteer at Francis House where he assists with events, fund raising, and facility services. He is also a member of the Onondaga Historical Society and the CNY Genealogical Society.

Jerose is an alumnus of OCC, SUNY Oswego, and the Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications where he earned his Master’s Degree and pursued additional postgraduate studies. Jim Jerose and his spouse Kathleen reside in Liverpool, and have two sons.

Donna Besaw 
Assistant Director, The Institute for Professional and Organizational Development

Donna Besaw joined the Continuing Education staff in 2003 as our Business Development Specialist. She is responsible for coordinating professional development programs for employers in the education, long term care and manufacturing sectors as well as providing leadership for non-credit courses offered at the Phoenix satellite campus.

Donna holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Oswego State and a Master's degree in Adult Education from Ohio State University.