Bill Fioravanti to Leave Orange County IDA
For Executive Post with Regional Food Bank
MONTGOMERY, NY—Bill Fioravanti, the Chief Executive Officer for nearly five years of the embattled Orange County Industrial Development Agency, will be leaving the organization early next month and shortly thereafter will begin serving as the Executive Vice President of the Hudson Valley and EVP of Food Industry Partnerships & Business Development for the Regional Food Bank.
Mr. Fioravanti will lead the Regional Food Bank’s vision in the Hudson Valley in fundraising, partnerships and community relations. His departure from the IDA comes as the organization’s Board of Directors appears poised to vote on a 10-year PILOT and other incentives for a proposed $607-million Amazon distribution facility that will total 3.2 million square feet to be built on a parcel in Wawayanda, NY.
The next meeting of the Orange County IDA Board of Directors is scheduled for Sept. 30, At press time an agenda for the session was not available, however, an IDA official told CONSTRUCTION NEWS that the proposed financial incentives for the Amazon project could be voted on at that meeting. The IDA held a public hearing on the revised PILOT for the Amazon project on Sept. 10 at the Minisink Middle School in Slate Hill, NY.
Prior to leading the IDA, Mr. Fioravanti served in leadership roles as Director of Economic Development for Orange County, Director of Business Attraction for the Orange County Partnership and Vice President, Membership for Orange County Chamber of Commerce.
“Bill brings a tremendous amount of experience in economic development, government, and non-profit and has been a successful ambassador for the Hudson Valley region for more than 20 years,” said Tom Nardacci, CEO of Regional Food Bank. “Most importantly Bill has a proven track record of collaborating and getting positive results for residents in the Hudson Valley. The Regional Food Bank made a $25-million commitment to the Hudson Valley, last year, with the completion of the Orange County Distribution Center and we have more work to be done to achieve our goal of fair and equitable distribution of resources in the 23-counties we serve.”
The Regional Food Bank serves more than 355,000 meals each month to those in need in 23 counties, spanning from Rockland County in the lower Hudson Valley to the Canadian border. The region represents 41% of the land mass of New York State. The Regional Food Bank supports a network of more than 1,000 agency partners which include food pantries, soup kitchens, school programs, seniors and veterans, among many others. In 2025, the Regional Food Bank distributed more than 53 million pounds of food.
Published: September 16, 2026.