BIANYS STAFF

Ariella Trotsenko serves as the Interim Executive Director of the Business Incubator Association of New York State (BIANYS). After four years of service on the BIANYS Board of Directors—including serving as Board Chair—she stepped into the Interim Executive Director role to lead the statewide organization through its next phase of growth. She is committed to expanding BIANYS’ statewide impact, strengthening member engagement, and advancing policies that support innovation, entrepreneurship, and small business development across New York.

In addition to her work with BIANYS, Ariella serves as Lead Tech Scout for the New York NSF I-Corps Hub, where she helps identify and commercialize emerging technologies while supporting researchers and entrepreneurs in bringing breakthrough innovations to market. She is closely involved as a mentor and advisor with the NYC Innovation Hot Spot and Empire Corps, the NYS SBIR/STTR Assistance Center.