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Board of Directors


Douglas C. Bean
Chief Operating Officer
Eric Mower and Associates
 
Thomas J. Blaszczykiewicz
President
Innex Innovative Technologies
 
Donald K. Boswell
President & CEO
WNY Public Broadcasting – WNED
 
Robert T. Brady
Chairman & CEO
Moog Inc.
 
Russell H. Brandon
Chief Executive Officer
Buffalo Bills
 
Kelly A. Brannen
Managing Director
Niacet Corporation
 
Paul E. Buckley
President
Applied Sciences Group, Inc.
 
Ryan Burke
Chief Executive Officer
Buffalo Hospital Supply
 
Paul O. Cannon
Principal & Regional Director
Cannon Design
 
Daniel E. Cantara
Executive Vice President
First Niagara
 
H. Thomas Chestnut
President & CEO
AAA Western and Central New York
 
Frank L. Ciminelli II
Senior Vice President
LPCiminelli, Inc.
 
Paul F. Ciminelli
President & CEO
Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation
 
Randall L. Clark
Chairman
Dunn Tire Corporation
William M. Collins
Principal
Travers Collins Company
 
Warren T. Colville
President
The Buffalo News
 
Paul B. Cronin
EVP/Reg. President, Commercial Banking
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
 
Michael W. Cropp, M.D.
President & CEO
Independent Health
 
Frank Curci
President & CEO
Tops Markets, LLC
 
Mark J. Czarnecki
President
M&T Bank
 
Jonathan A. Dandes
President
Rich Baseball Operations
 
John F. Darby
President
Niagara Transformer Corp.
 
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker
President & CEO
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
 
 
Lyn M. Dyster, Ph.D.
Co-Founder; VP Research Operations
Kinex Pharmaceuticals
 
Dennis W. Elsenbeck
Regional Executive
National Grid
 
Thomas R. Emmerling (Treasurer)
Managing Partner
Dopkins & Company
 
Ann E. Evanko
President
Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.
 
Donna M. Fernandes
President & CEO
Zoological Society of Buffalo, Inc.
 
Lynne Marie Finn
President
Superior Staff Resources, Inc.
 
Kent P. Frey
President
Frey Electric Construction Company, Inc.
 
Dottie Gallagher-Cohen
President & CEO
Visit Buffalo Niagara
 
Mark Gaulin
Vice President
Personal Computers, Inc. (PCI)
 
Robert D. Gioia
President
The John R. Oishei Foundation
 
Mark E. Hamister
Chairman & CEO
The Hamister Group, Inc.
 
James R. Kaskie
President & CEO
Kaleida Health
 
Henry G. Koziol, Jr.
Director
Freed Maxick & Battaglia, PC
 
Thomas A. Kucharski
President & CEO
Buffalo Niagara Enterprise
 
Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M.
President
Niagara University
 
Tim C. Loftis (Chair)
Partner
Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP
 
Anthony W. McKenna
Chief Executive Officer
Wendel Companies
 
Michael P. McQueeney
Managing Partner
Summer Street Capital Partners, LLC
 
Michael J. Montante
Vice President
Uniland Development Company
 
Kevin P. Murphy (Vice Chair)
Northeast Regional Executive
Bank of America
 
David J. Murray
Partner
Phillips Lytle
 
Thomas J. Murrer
President & Managing Director
Renold Inc.
 
David J. Nasca
President & CEO
Evans Bank, N.A.
 
Michael Newman
Executive Vice President
NOCO Energy Corporation
 
Alphonso V. O’Neil-White
President & CEO
HealthNow New York Inc.
 
Benjamin N. Obletz
President
First Amherst Development Group, LLC
 
Louis P. Panzica
President & CEO
Power Drives, Inc.
 
Jack E. Pederson, Jr.
Supply Area Manager – Buffalo
Linde LLC
 
Dennis M. Penman
Principal & EVP
Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation
 
Gary D. Quenneville
WNY District President
KeyBank
 
Sharon D. Randaccio (Secretary)
President
Performance Management Partners, Inc.
 
Andrew J. Rudnick (President & CEO)
President & CEO
Buffalo Niagara Partnership
 
Robert F. Ryan
President, WNY Region
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
 
James M. Sampson
President
Gateway-Longview, Inc.
 
Linda Scarafia-Davis
President & CEO
DEI
 
Gary M. Schober
President & CEO
Hodgson Russ LLP
 
David F. Smith
President & CEO
National Fuel Gas Company
 
Paul L. Snyder
President & CEO
Snyder Corp.
 
Dennis J. Szefel
Chief Administrative Officer
Delaware North Companies
 
Satish K. Tripathi
President
University at Buffalo
 
Donald L. Trump
President & CEO
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Paul V. Vukelic
President & Chief Operating Officer
Try-It Distributing Company
 
Catherine A. Walker
President & CEO
Seneca Gaming Corporation
 
Edward F. Walsh, Jr.
President & COO
Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc.
 
Edward O. Watts
President
Watts Engineering & Architecture, P.C.
 
Arthur G. Wingerter (Asst. Secretary)
President
Univera Healthcare
 
Stephen R. Zenger
President & CEO
The Zenger Group, Inc.