VIRGINIA BIESIADA O'NEILL
Chief Administrative Officer

Virginia Biesiada O'Neill, a native of Syracuse, is the Chief Administrative Officer for the Pioneer Companies, having joined the company in 1989. In that capacity she oversees human resources, information systems, organizational development and planning, training, risk management and marketing.

She is a graduate of the University at Albany, earned a Certificate in Human Resource Studies from Cornell University and is a graduate of the Leadership Greater Syracuse Class of 1998. She is a recipient of the 2004 Central New York Women in Business Award and the 2006 Thursday Morning Roundtable Award for Meritorious Service to the Community.

She has served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central New York, President of the Board of Directors of the Consortium for Children's Services, and President of the Syracuse Onondaga County Youth Board. Currently she serves as President of the Board of Trustees of the Onondaga County Public Library System.