Board of Directors

As Western New York Regional Manager for National Grid, Ken is responsible for managing relationships with large industrial and commercial and municipal customers in National Grid’s ten (10) county Western New York service area.

Ken’s Board Affiliations are with Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Invest Buffalo Niagara, Northland Workforce Training Center, Canisius College Wehle School of Business Advisory Council, Western New York Advisory Group for New York Power Authority Hydropower Allocations and Friends of Night People, Inc.

Ken earned his Bachelor of Arts, Canisius College, May 1987; Master of Urban Planning, State University of New York at Buffalo, September 1991; Master of Business Administration, Canisius College, May 2000.

The Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., a member of the Vincentian community, was appointed the 26th president of Niagara University on March 13, 2013. He assumed office as of Aug. 1, 2013, and was formally inaugurated on April 4, 2014, following a comprehensive listening tour with numerous members of the campus community.

As president, Father Maher serves as the university’s chief executive officer and ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees, charged with the execution and administration of all university matters. He is responsible for overseeing an operating budget that exceeds $69 million, and implementing the vision for the university’s academic colleges and divisions, including Administrative Council members and senior management.

Before coming to Niagara, Father Maher served for 23 years at St. John’s University in New York City. While there, he acted as the executive vice president for mission and student services, vice president of student affairs, vice president of university ministry and campus minister, and executive director of the Vincentian Institute for Social Action (VISA). As executive vice president for mission and student services, Father Maher administered a $26 million budget while leading the Division of Student Affairs, the Department of University Ministry, VISA and the Vincentian Center for Church and Society.

Michael McMahon is the Market President and Commercial Banking Team Leader for the Buffalo Market.  

McMahon has been with KeyBank for 6 years now, having joined the company in 2015. McMahon began his banking career in 2002 working in Finance. In 2006, he transitioned into commercial lending and has worked in that capacity since that time. 

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and his master’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

A native of Buffalo, New York, McMahon resides in the Elmwood Village in Buffalo, NY.  Active in civic life, McMahon serves on the boards of the Kaleida Foundation, United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, and is a Trustee of the King Center Charter School.

Jack McNeill serves as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Delaware North, working at the company’s global headquarters in Buffalo, N.Y.
 
McNeill represents Delaware North in legislative and regulatory matters with national, regional and local governments and agencies. He provides policy direction, coordinates government affairs initiatives at Delaware North locations and advocates for the company’s interests.
 
Among many responsibilities, McNeill collaborates with senior executives to ensure that governmental affairs strategies are properly aligned with the company’s business goals. This includes developing Delaware North’s policy positions regarding federal, state and local legislation and regulations and acquiring and maintaining relationships with appropriate legislators, regulators and trade associations toward advocating those positions. He also works closely with Delaware North’s business development teams to formulate request-for-proposal response strategies.
 
McNeill has more than 25 years of experience in successfully improving and managing programs involving government relations, public affairs, health care, gaming, lottery, business development and public policy. His career includes serving as a senior political staffer on two U.S. presidential campaigns – McCain for President in 1999-2000 and Dole/Kemp in 1996 – and founding The Barra Group LLC, a public affairs and governmental affairs consulting firm for which he served as president from 2002 to 2010. 
 
Prior to joining Delaware North in 2017, McNeill spent six years at Scientific Games Corporation in Washington, D.C. – most recently serving as senior vice president of global government affairs. In that role, he led the 24th largest domestic government affairs program in the United States and also oversaw a global government affairs program that was active in more than 60 countries.
 
McNeill earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.

Paul Millstein serves as Vice President and Head of Construction and Development for Douglas Development Corporation. Since joining Douglas Development 34 years ago, he has overseen several billions of dollars in development projects in Washington, D.C metro area, Buffalo, New York, northern New Jersey and Richmond, Virginia.  As Vice President, Paul is responsible for the management of land planning, historic preservation, zoning approvals and construction completion for all developments across the Douglas portfolio. Paul is one of two qualified expert witnesses of Historic Projects and the Cost of Adaptive Reuse for the DC Board of Zoning and Adjustment (BZA) and the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) in the District of Columbia.

Paul is active in the local community and has several years of board experience. He currently serves on the board of the Buffalo Zoo. He previously served on the board of the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association, the advisory board for Habitat for Humanity and was an instrumental board member in the establishment of the Shaw Main Streets organization in 2003. In 2016, President Barack Obama presented Paul with the Corporation for National and Community Service Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, Paul was awarded Citizen of the Year from the Washington DC Metropolitan Police 5^th District Advisory Council. Paul is an active supporter of the Satchel Paige Little League baseball team in Washington. One of Paul’s proudest accomplishments was coaching his own hometown’s Burtonsville Blaze little league team to the World Series in 2005. Although the team did not win the title, the team placed 7^th in the country and received the tournament’s sportsmanship award.

Paul along with his wife of 32 years, Mary-Beth, and their three children, Tyler, Haley & Jordyn are devoted animal lovers and supporters of many organizations including the Humane Society, ASPCA, Second Chance Animal Rescue, Frisky’s Wildlife and Primate Sanctuary, All Creatures Great & Small, Best Friends Animal Society and Days End Horse Rescue.  Paul and his family’s passion for animals also holds true at home. They currently reside on a horse rescue/retirement farm in Burtonsville, MD. Their farm consistently provides horses the opportunity to have a wonderful retirement. Since 2000, the Millstein family has not only rescued multiple horses but also provided shelter for dogs, chickens, birds and ducks, as well as others animal that cross the family’s farm.

Kimberley A. Minkel is the Executive Director for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). Ms. Minkel started at the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in October 2002, as its Director of Health, Safety, and Environmental Quality. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Niagara University and an MBA from Canisius College.

She is a member of various professional organizations, including the Buffalo Urban Development Corporation’s Board of Directors, Niagara Military Affairs Commission and B.U.I.L.D. and Evans Bank Board of Directors. She has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Peace Bridge Authority, the City of Niagara Falls N.F.B. Development Corporation and is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Buffalo.

Mr. Montante led the team that developed The Delaware North Building, the award-winning 12-story, $117 million mixed-use facility in downtown Buffalo anchored by Delaware North’s world headquarters and includes Class A office, retail, restaurant, and a 120-room Westin hotel. He has contributed to Uniland’s growth through many successful endeavors including the redevelopment of the Avant building, CrossPoint Business Park, Sheridan Meadows Corporate Park and Airborne Business Park.

Active in many professional organizations, Mr. Montante is a member of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership Board, the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Board, the Darwin Martin House Board, Canisius College Board of Trustees, and serves on the Business Advisory Council for Canisius College’s Richard J. Wehle School of Business. He is also former President of the Upstate New York Chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.

Mr. Montante received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from Canisius College and earned his Master of Science Degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University.

Mr. Murray has practiced law at Phillips Lytle LLP since 1986, and has been a partner at the firm since 1994. He currently serves as leader of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group and Chairman of the firm’s Governing Committee. His practice involves counseling public and privately-held businesses, concentrating in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic partnerships, corporate finance and healthcare transactions.

Mr. Murray is a graduate of Tufts University and the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law.

Mr. Murray has served as the Chairman of the Board of Hawk Creek Wild Life Center and Sisters Hospital Foundation, and as a director of several other community organizations.

David J. Nasca is President and Chief Executive Officer of Evans Bancorp, Inc. and Evans Bank, N.A., a $1.5 billion nationally chartered bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of Evans Bancorp. Evans Bank is a nearly 100 year-old community financial institution providing banking, insurance, investment, and Employee Benefit services to commercial and consumer clients.

Mr. Nasca earned a bachelor’s degree in management and marketing from Canisius College and an MBA in finance from State University of New York at Buffalo. His career includes numerous senior executive roles with Goldome Realty Credit Corp., Goldome FSB, Chemical Bank, and First Niagara Financial Group, Inc., as well as co-founding a consumer directed health care plan before becoming President of Evans Bank.

Mr. Nasca is a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and serves on the boards of Lifetime Healthcare, Inc., Excellus Health Plan, Inc., Univera Healthcare Regional Advisory Board, Buffalo Niagara Partnership, and Buffalo Urban Development Corporation.  He is additionally a member of the Canisius College Board of Trustees and is an active member of the Richard J. Wehle School of Business Advisory Board; Independent Bankers Association of New York State; and New York Bankers Association.

Kevin Nephew is President and CEO of Seneca Gaming Corporation and oversees the operation and performance of Seneca Gaming Corporation’s three casino properties – Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, NY; Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino in Salamanca, NY; and Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown Buffalo. The facilities collectively employs more than 2,700 workers and attract millions of visitors each year.

Kevin joined Seneca Gaming Corporation in 2014, most recently serving as Vice President of Organization Improvement & Development. In that role, he successfully developed and launched a company-wide Continuous Improvement program, focusing on process improvement and delivering improved customer service and profitability across the organization. To date, more than 1,000 Seneca Gaming Corporation employees have been trained on Continuous Improvement principles, which have provided savings and efficiencies to the corporation. He previously held the roles of Executive Director of Continuous Improvement and Director of Budget and Financial Analysis.

Prior to joining Seneca Gaming Corporation, Kevin spent 22 years working in a series of Finance positions with New York State, including 15 years as Director of Financial Administration for the New York State Office of Technology, as well as roles with the New York State Department of Tax and Finance and the New York State Division of Budget.

An enrolled member of the Seneca Nation’s Wolf Clan, Nephew becomes the first Seneca Nation member to lead the corporation in its 18-year history.

He is a graduate of Bucknell University and earned a MBA from Columbia University. He holds Kaizen training certification in Continuous Improvement and Lean Six Sigma Management Certification. In addition, Nephew has served as an adjunct professor at Medaille College and has previously been a member of the Seneca Nation Investment Board of Directors.

Robert J. Nesselbush, formerly the organization’s chief financial officer, came to Kaleida Health in April 2019 after spending 24 years at Rochester Regional Health (RRH).

At RRH, Nesselbush spent 24 years rising through the hospital system, beginning as the director of financial reporting and finishing as the executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) of the $2.4 billion system.

As COO, he led the merger integration of four health systems in June 2014: Rochester General Health System, Unity Health System, Clifton Springs Health System and United Memorial Medical Center.

Rochester Regional has nearly 16,000 employees and consists of five acute hospitals (1,270 beds), including Rochester General Hospital, its 528-bed teaching hospital flagship.

The system has 1,670 physicians in a range of affiliation models, including nearly 800 employed physicians and another 1,450+ in Greater Rochester IPA (GRIPA), the clinically-integrated physician-hospital organization. RRH also operates over 900 skilled nursing facility beds, a 900+ member capitated PACE program (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) and a lab enterprise which is international in reach.

A big believer in the importance of cross-functional teams, Nesselbush worked closely with nursing and physician leadership throughout his tenure in Rochester to help improve outcomes, quality scores and to reposition their hospitals in the region.

One of the direct results was the “RRH Quality and Safety Institute (QSI),” which is focused on driving continuous quality and patient safety improvement. The structure and investment in the quality program led to Rochester General Hospital’s recognition as one of HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals™ (top 1% of hospitals in the nation).

A Western New York native, Nesselbush’s achievements in his three decades in healthcare are many.

At RRH, he led the acquisition of over 80 physician practices accounting for over 200 providers; developed and invested in a physician and nursing informatics department focused on improving the electronic health record; and partnered with physician leadership in GRIPA to manage various payer risk contracts.

In addition to this, he also led the investment in an inpatient nurse certification and clinical ladder program to provide a vehicle for delivering enhanced compensation for premium nursing skills. He also supported RRH nursing in the pursuit and achievement of 10 Beacon Awards for Nursing Excellence.

In his time at Kaleida Health, Nesselbush has worked closely with operations and the executive management team to standardize strategic, financial and operating planning processes for the system. In addition to this, he spearheaded revenue cycle improvements, instituted a new payer governance structure, and implemented a new revenue recognition model.

Prior to serving as COO at RRH, he was the senior vice president of the health system’s acute care division and the president of Rochester General Hospital (RGH).

RGH is a 528-bed acute-care facility with a medical and dental staff of 1,500 that provides services including emergency, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, neurosciences and vascular surgery. The hospital is home to a number of centers of excellence including the Lipson Cancer Institute and the Sands-Constellation Heart Institute.

In his role there, he was responsible for hospital clinical services lines including cardiovascular, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, emergency medicine and pediatrics at Rochester General Hospital and Newark Wayne Community Hospital.

His financial leadership positions include serving as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of RGH. Prior to that, he was the vice president of finance and corporate controller.

He is a graduate of Bucknell University with a Bachelor of Arts and completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on public accounting. Nesselbush began his career and spent five years as a senior accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Rochester.

Ben is the President of First Amherst Development Group since 2005, Ben Obletz joined the family business in 1999 as a 3rd generation owner and developer and is making his mark in the Buffalo commercial real estate development community.

First Amherst Development Group is a commercial and residential development, management, and leasing company, with multiple affiliated entities and ownership companies. Ben has served as lead partner in major development and adaptive re-use projects that are considered pioneer in the rebirth of downtown living in the City of Buffalo.

Ben has considerable experience in all aspects of the company’s property operations in western New York. While providing leadership and direction to an executive management team responsible for leasing, marketing and administration, accounting, finance and development, and property operations, he continues to be involved in the development and management of numerous commercial, retail, industrial, and residential properties.

Ben graduated from The Park School of Buffalo, and majored in Business Management at the University at Buffalo. He is an Executive Board member and Secretary of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, and he is past- Chairman of the Board of 43×79, a forum of business leaders with a common philosophy towards the betterment of western New York. Ben is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Buffalo Renaissance Foundation and Erie County Medical Center Foundation. Previously, he was Co-Chair of the Buffalo Building Re-use Project led by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, and Past-President of the Buffalo Police Foundation.

Susan O’Sullivan is responsible for the Ingram Micro Buffalo Campus and Vice President for US Sales. Susan is responsible for US Sales including National Solution Providers, Major Accounts, Public Sector, SMB as well as Mid-Tier VAR. Ms. O’Sullivan joined Ingram Micro in 1990 as an assistant Sales representative. Susan has proven herself as an effective leader and has been promoted several times, from Sales Manager to Sr. Sales Manager to Director for National Accounts to Director in E-Solutions, Sales Recruiting and Vendor Authorizations. Susan’s last promotion included assuming the Buffalo Campus Champion responsibilities, a position she currently holds. Aside from being a leader at Ingram Micro, Susan is also Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County.

Susan holds a B.S. degree in Business Management from Canisius College in Buffalo. Susan has participated and completed Ingram Micro’s Leadership Academy through the University of California, Irvine the Paul Merage School of Business as well as the Executive Leadership Program through Stanford University. Susan also participated and completed Ingram Micro’s Global General Manager Program. Susan is a certified client associate of Miller Heiman, Inc. and has been awarded Ingram Micro’s Global Award of Excellence for her work on special projects.

Susan is a reader, enjoys fitness training, and spending time with her husband and two sons.

Scott Pallotta is the CEO of Zehnder Rittling, a Buffalo, NY headquartered manufacturer of innovative commercial HVAC solutions for customers around North America.  Zehnder Rittling is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zehnder Group based in Switzerland.  Scott has over 30 years of experience in Engineering, Product Management, and Sales and Marketing.  He has previously held positions of increasing responsibility at HVAC industry leaders Carrier Corporation and Daikin/McQuay.

Born and raised in Upstate NY, Scott has been an active participant in business development across Central and Western NY.  He currently serves as the co-chair of the Erie County Business Task Force; the Executive Board of Employ Buffalo Niagara; the Workforce Investment Board (WIB); is the BNP Manufacturing Council chair; is a SCORE certified mentor.  He is also a past president of the Manlius Library board of directors in Manlius, NY.

Scott holds his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University and an MBA from Syracuse University.

Mr. Panzica is President & CEO of Power Drives, Inc. (PDI) a Buffalo based manufacturer and distributor of hydraulic, pneumatic and electo-mechanical components and systems for industrial and Original Equipment Manufacturer applications.

Mr. Panzica began his career as an auditor with Freed, Maxick, Sachs and Murphy, P.C. in Buffalo, NY where he earned his CPA license. In 1987 Mr. Panzica accepted a position with Ecology and Environment, Inc., an international environmental consulting and engineering company, eventually assuming responsibility for all contract pricing and negotiations with US federal government, commercial and foreign governmental customers. In 1999, Mr. Panzica formed an outsource CFO consulting division within D’Alba and Donovan, CPA’s. He accepted the COO position with PDI in 2001 and was named President in 2004.

Mr. Panzica serves on the boards of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Insyte Consulting, Invest Buffalo Niagara and the Erie County Industrial Development Agency. He is actively involved in Carly’s Club for Kids & Cancer Research in WNY; a charitable organization that offers support programs to make life more manageable for children diagnosed with cancer and their families, and to raise funds for pediatric cancer research seeking cures at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

John Persons currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer for Tops Markets, which operates 157 full-service supermarkets and 60 gas stations in New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

John’s supermarket career began as a cart clerk in 1984, but it was his promotion to store manager in 1992 that started him down the path towards roles of increasing responsibility and leadership within the organization.

Over his 37 years with Tops, John’s roles have encompassed oversight for various aspects of the organization, including Operations, Sales & Marketing, Real Estate, and Information Technology, all leading up to his appointment to President and COO in 2015.  He also served on the Board of Directors from 2013 until 2019.

Outside of Tops, John has served on the board of numerous Western New York not-for-profits, including his current role as Board Chair of The Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Foundation.

John is a Western New York native and holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He and his wife, Amy, are the parents of four children and live in Clarence, NY.

Thomas J. Quatroche, Jr., PhD, is a native of Western New York. For over 20 years, Tom has held executive positions in both higher education and healthcare and has been part of the ECMC family for 16 years. In May 2015, Tom was appointed President of Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMCC) and on January 26, 2016, the ECMCC Board of Directors appointed Tom as Chief Executive Officer and President. In this capacity, Tom provides leadership for 3,700 staff members at ECMC, Terrace View Long Term Care facility, and additional outpatient locations. His responsibilities also include all strategic initiatives of the corporation, including affiliations with Great Lakes Health, Kaleida Health, University at Buffalo and many other community organizations important to the corporation’s strategic direction.

Prior to becoming President & CEO, Tom served as President at ECMC where he was responsible for all Surgical Services, Orthopaedics, Oncology, Head & Neck/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bariatrics, and Oral Oncology Maxillofacial Prosthetics, as well as marketing, strategic planning and the development of new business.

Tom currently serves on the Statewide Executive Committee for the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) as immediate past Chair and is a former Board Chair for Western New York Healthcare Association. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of America’s Essential Hospitals, the Washington, DC-based organization representing the nation’s public hospitals. In addition, during his career, Tom has served on statewide committees in education for the State University of New York and has represented ECMC on HANYS’s Task Force on Improving New York State’s Medicaid Program. He also served as a board member on the Seneca Nation Health Commission.

As a lifelong Western New Yorker, Tom has been very involved in the community. He served on the Hamburg Town Board from 1994-2009, was a member of the Immaculata Academy School Board from 2004 to 2009 and has been involved in other civic organizations. Tom is also the past recipient of Buffalo Business First’s 40 Under 40 award for business and civic leadership, received the Barry and Deanna Snyder Chairman’s Award from Seneca Diabetes Foundation and is a SUNY College at Buffalo Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Tom has also been a featured presenter at healthcare conferences regarding various policy issues, including federal healthcare reform.

Tom received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the State University of New York College at Fredonia, a Master’s degree in Student Personnel Administration from the State University of New York College at Buffalo and his Doctorate in Higher Education – Educational Leadership and Policy from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Ron Raccuia is Pegula Sports & Entertainment’s Executive Vice President of Licensing & Brand Merchandise and President and founder of ADPRO Sports, one of the nation’s largest team sports dealers and branded merchandise providers. ADPRO is a premium NFL licensee and the third-largest Nike team dealer in the United States, providing uniforms, apparel and custom branded merchandise to hundreds of sports teams and corporations. Raccuia is also the founder of Integrity Office Supply, a company he operated from 1993 to 2014. Additionally, he spent 17 years as an NFL player agent, negotiating over $120 million in total contract values.

A 1990 graduate of Canisius College, Raccuia began his professional career in Miami as the Executive Director of L’Agence Model & Talent, and Bates & DeLuca Marketing Sports Management.

He and wife Melissa have two children and reside in Amherst, NY.

Sharon Randaccio is President & CEO of Performance Management Partners Inc., a talent management company based in Upstate New York. The firm helps clients make better organizational and people decisions to improve bottom-line performance. PMP’s affiliation with BlessingWhite, a global research firm, provides clients with “best practice” thought leadership in the areas of employee engagement and leadership development. Other services provided include executive coaching, strategy development, retained search, talent assessments, succession planning, and team building. Clients range from start-ups to multi-billion-dollar corporations and represent all industry sectors.

Randaccio has 15 years of executive management experience at high performing large regional retail and commercial banks where she led M&A, Retail Banking, Strategic Planning, Accounting, Human Resources and Sales and Marketing. She has significant P&L and turnaround experience.

Sharon serves as a Vistage Chair, facilitating a CEO peer advisory board in the Buffalo market. She also has a “soft spot” for working with young, smart, and aspiring professionals to help them discover their potential.

Sharon served as a Director of First Niagara Bank during its top performing years, and as Chair of the Compensation Committee, Chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Executive Committee. She served on several advisory boards including New Buffalo Shirt Factory, Inc. and LoVullo Associates. Inc., Director of the Catholic Health System and a Director of the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County. In 2016, Sharon opened the first retail boutique in Buffalo’s Harborcenter, the RedSiren, now located on Elmwood Avenue.

As a community builder, Sharon is committed to economic and workforce development and to making Buffalo a better place to work and live. She is a Director for the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Invest Buffalo Niagara, the Zoological Society of Buffalo, Explore & More Children’s Museum, and the Dean’s Advisory Council for the University of Buffalo, School of Management. She is also passionately involved in 43North. She was listed on Buffalo Business First’s Power 250.

Sharon received her B.S., Accounting and MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo and graduated from the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School.

Mary Roberts is executive director of the Martin House Restoration Corporation, an organization that is dedicated to restoring, preserving and interpreting Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest early-career residential work — the Darwin D. Martin House, a National Historic Landmark and New York State Historic site. The Martin estate is complex of six prairie-style buildings that occupies a 1.5 acre site in the historic Parkside neighborhood of Buffalo, NY.

Built in 1903-06, the estate is a one-of-a-kind composition consisting of the main Martin House, the secondary Barton House, a carriage house with chauffeur’s quarters and stables, a glass-roofed conservatory linked to the main house by a 100-foot pergola, and a gardener’s cottage. The buildings, surrounding landscape, extensive art glass, furnishings and decorative elements were all designed by Wright as an integrated, organic work of genius.

Nearing completion of a comprehensive multi-year $50 million dollar restoration effort, the Martin House is widely viewed as a model of excellence in historic preservation and sustainable economic development. The project serves as a lynchpin for architectural tourism in a city of American architectural masterpieces. Ms. Roberts leads a dedicated board, staff and 400 active volunteers in service to Wright’s organic principals and the continuing dialogue on the importance of architecture and design in contemporary lives.

David Rogers is the Director of Life Storage, Inc. (formerly Sovran Self Storage).

Mr. Rogers, a co-founder of the Company, retired as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on February 28, 2019, a position that he had held since March 2012.  Before assuming his role as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rogers served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Secretary from 1995 to February 2012, Vice President of Finance of the Company’s predecessor from 1988 to 1995 and Controller and Due Diligence Officer of such predecessor from 1984 to 1988.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rogers spent seven years as an accountant and systems analyst in both the public and private sectors.  Mr. Rogers has served on the board of directors of Catholic Health Systems as well as other not-for-profit entities. He served on the Board of Advisors of the National Association of Real Estate Trusts (“NAREIT”) through December 31, 2018 and has been a regular presenter at national and regional meetings of the Self Storage Association. Mr. Rogers brings to the Board his intimate knowledge of the Company through his past experience as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Jim works with business leaders in Western New York to help them address the challenges of the modern workplace, from sexual harassment cases to labor disputes.

His vast experience representing employers in all types of employment-related matters has established him as a valued partner to his clients, which include some of the best known public and private sector employers in the region. The wide variety of matters on which Jim regularly assists include: labor arbitrations, complex employment litigation, wage and hour issues, contract disputes, discrimination and harassment disputes, workplace policies, executive compensation, covenants not to compete, union negotiations, and public sector employment law. 

Jim regularly appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the National Labor Relations Board, and the New York State Public Employment Relations Board. Jim also litigates in trial and appellate courts in New York State, Massachusetts, and other areas of the United States.

In addition to his labor and employment practice, Jim oversees the Buffalo office as its managing member and is a frequent lecturer on labor and employment law issues.

Chris, who began his career at Lawley in 1986, oversees mergers & acquisitions and all branch activities, including the employee benefits division. He is actively involved in major accounts and has an extensive knowledge of construction, real estate development and risk management consulting.

Before joining Lawley, Chris spent several years with KPMG and Ernst & Whinney as a C.P.A.

Chris holds a BBA from Niagara University, a New York State Property & Casualty Brokers License, a New York State Life/Accident & Health License and is a Certified Public Accountant.

He is actively involved with the WNY community serving on the following boards: Kaleida Health, Mercy Flight, Inc., Niagara University and Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

A co-founder of Post Acute Partners, Dr. Rubin previously was president of Millennium Healthcare, a skilled nursing and assisted living provider in Bergen County, New Jersey. He also developed the state’s first LTACH (long term acute care hospital).

Millennium was the predecessor of Care One/Healthbridge, which Dr. Rubin also co-founded. As a managing principal for 12 years, he oversaw operations, clinical services, clinical reimbursement and provider relationships. More than 75 skilled nursing, assisted living and LTACH facilities reported to Dr. Rubin, as did the company’s ancillary hospice, institutional pharmacy and home health business lines.

Dr. Rubin earned a D.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Dental School and was an endodontist in private practice for 15 years.

Mr. Scannell has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moog Inc. since January 8, 2014 and December 1, 2011 respectively. Mr. Scannell served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Moog Inc., from December 2, 2010 to December 01, 2011. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Moog Inc. from November 28, 2007 to December 2, 2010 and was a Vice President of Contracts and Pricing on January 11, 2006.

He joined Moog Inc. in 1990 as an Engineering Manager of Moog’s Company in Cork, Ireland. He began his career with Moog seventeen years ago in Europe. In 1994, he moved to Germany to become Operations Manager of Moog GmbH. He returned to Moog Inc. in 1999 as the General Manager of Moog Inc. Ireland and the General Manager of the Electric Drives Product Line. In 2003, he joined the Aircraft Group in East Aurora in a manufacturing planning role, and in 2004 became Program Director for flight control actuation on the Boeing 787.

Mr. Scannell has been a Director of Albany International Corp. since February 16, 2012. He serves as a Director of Moog Inc.

Mr. Scannell holds Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University College at Cork, Ireland and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Rupa is the President & CEO of SoPark Corporation, Western New York’s largest electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider. She has over 30 years of electronics manufacturing experience in the areas of Engineering, Quality and Operations. Rupa has held the positions of Quality Support Manager at Crown International (A Harman International Company), Quality Engineer at Wabash Technologies and in various technical capacities at Western Digital, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Carsem Semiconductor in Malaysia, and Singapore.

In 2016, Rupa was 1 of 100 women in the US who was honored by the Manufacturing Institute in Washington DC with the STEP Ahead Award (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production). She was also awarded the 2018 – February Honoree for Women in Leadership by New York State Women Inc. and WKBW Broadcasting. In 2019, Rupa was selected to be a plenary speaker on the topic of ‘Women in Technology’ at the 21st Soroptimist International Convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for United Way of Buffalo, New York, as well as their Women’s Leadership Council Advisory Board.

David Simons is President of Dunn Tire LLC, a market leading regional retail and wholesale distributor of automotive tires and repair services through its chain of 26 stores and 5 distribution centers in NY and PA.  He joined Dunn Tire as Corporate Controller in 1993 and subsequently held positions of Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President.  David and his management team have led the 600% growth of Dunn Tire’s operations into one of the largest privately held businesses in Buffalo.  Previously, he worked as a CPA with Ernst & Young for 12 years.

Mr. Simons is currently a member of the board of Dunn Tire LLC, as well as being trustee of the New York Choice Self Insured Workers Compensation Trust.  He is a past chairman of the board of Sisters Hospital Foundation and has served on the boards of The Buffalo Club, American Car Care Centers, Inc., and the Clarkson Center.

David, a native of Wellsville NY, holds degrees from St. Bonaventure University and the NY State University College at Alfred.  He lives in Orchard Park with his wife Beth.  David and Beth have three adult children and three (and counting) grandchildren.

John F. Somers is the President and CEO of Harmac Medical Products, Inc., a contract engineering and manufacturing company of single-use medical devices serving the global marketplace for 35 years. The privately held, Buffalo-based company provides innovative technical solutions and manufacturing services for companies of all sizes including leading Fortune 500 med-tech companies.

Along with his executive team, John has overseen the company’s growth including the addition of manufacturing locations in Ireland and Mexico to complement its U.S. operations. Harmac has more than 1,000 employees and has received numerous awards for operations excellence, sustainability and community investment. John’s previous experience in the technology industry includes positions with Computervision Corporation and Unitrode Corporation.

Under John’s leadership, Harmac created the Bailey Green Initiative, a community-led public-private partnership to improve and support the Bailey-Genesee neighborhood around the company’s headquarters and where many Harmac employees reside. John is a board member of the Accel Board of AdvaMed, Buffalo Renaissance Group, The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Buffalo Urban League and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

John has a BA from Williams College and an MBA from Boston University. He is a graduate of the President’s Program in Leadership at Harvard Business School.

Tony Spada is President and CEO of AAA Western and Central New York, Upstate New York’s largest member services organization, providing world-class travel, insurance, automotive and financial services. Mr. Spada is responsible for the strategic direction and long-term planning of the organization, in the interest of 745 associates and 885,000 AAA members across 25 counties.

Mr. Spada has over 39 years of extensive senior-level experience with AAA.  Prior to being named President and CEO in 2012, he served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, a position he held since 1995.  His areas of expertise include organizational leadership, corporate compliance, portfolio management, corporate financial and strategic planning, operational oversight, contract negotiation, risk management, and mergers/startups.

Throughout his tenure at the Club, Mr. Spada has played an integral role in many major initiatives, including: mergers and acquisitions, establishing the AAA Members Insurance Agency of New York, developing the corporate profit sharing and defined contribution plans, and founding the Auto Club of Western & Central New York Foundation for Traffic Safety, Inc.

His guidance has helped establish AAA as a market leader throughout the major metro areas of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse and reinforce the Club’s status as an advocate for the safety and security of all motorists and travelers.

Mr. Spada has several state and national AAA affiliations. He is a current board member of AAA Life Insurance of New York, director of the Affinity Insurance Company, vice chair of AAA Public Affairs Committee, president of AAA New York State, and chairman of the AAA Eastern Conference.

Aside from his presence on several AAA committees, Mr. Spada is also an active member of the community. He is a board member and member of the Executive Committee of the Buffalo-Niagara Partnership; board member of Invest Buffalo Niagara; a member on the Board of Trustees and past chair for YMCA Buffalo Niagara; and past board chair for Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center. Mr. Spada has previously served the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, Amherst Soccer Association, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Canisius College Council of Accountancy, Sisters Hospital Foundation, and as trustee for St. Gregory the Great Parish.

Mr. Spada graduated from Canisius College with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and has received Canisius College’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He also received a CFO Certificate from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Mr. Spada is a lifelong resident of Western New York and currently resides with his wife, Nancy, in Williamsville.

Mark A. Sullivan, FACHE, is president & CEO of Catholic Health, Western New York’s quality healthcare leader. A veteran healthcare executive, Mark has been with Catholic Health since its inception in 1998, previously serving as Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer.

Mark’s 24-year professional career includes extensive experience across the healthcare continuum. He has led acute care, primary care, home care, and continuing care operations as well as provided oversight for quality, patient safety, and performance improvement functions.

He began his administrative career in 1994 as director of Business Operations for Mercy Home Care of WNY. Following the formation of Catholic Health, he was named director of Operations for Home Health in 2000 and served as CEO of the division from 2003-2007.

As the fourth president & CEO in Catholic Health’s 20-year history, Mark has administrative responsibility for one of the area’s largest health systems, with annual revenues of more than $1.1 billion. He leads a team of more than 9,000 associates, while working closely with Catholic Medical Partners and Trinity Medical WNY to help strengthen the system’s relationship with its nearly 1,600 affiliated physicians.

Mark holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science/Criminal Justice and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration/Health Care Management from Canisius College. He is a fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives (FACHE), a Health Care Transformation fellow and mentor with the American Hospital Association, and a Certified Home and Hospice Care Executive (CHCE). He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Healthcare Association of New York State.

Throughout his career, Mark has been involved with a number of civic, academic and community service organizations. He was recently named to the Buffalo Niagara Partnership Board of Directors. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Buffalo Zoo. He recently retired as a deputy with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office Scientific Staff Reserve after 13 years of service.

A fifth generation Buffalonian, Mark is proud of his local roots and equally proud of Catholic Health’s long-standing commitment to provide the highest quality care to generations of area families, while improving the overall health of the community.

Rocco is a partner in the firm’s Commercial and Government teams. His relationship based approach has served his clients well with their current accounting and tax needs and more importantly tending to their long-term business and management needs as a go-to confidant. His extensive experience in holistically based process improvement projects, succession planning, financial and tax due diligence, and strategic planning has served him well in leading the firm’s services to the federal government.

Before leading his firm into a merger with The Bonadio Group in 2013 he was the Managing Partner of Gaines Kriner Elliott.

Rocco is internationally known in his focused consulting disciplines. Rocco’s skills have been developed as a result of hands on training and leading projects with and for some of the world leaders in:

• Process based cost management (with the concept developers of Activity Based Cost Management)
• Business Processed Based Re-Engineering through training with Dr. Michael Hammer obtaining his Certificate of Mastery in Re-Engineering
• Jonah designation from the Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute
• Certifications in Theory of Constraints Disciplines from the TOCICO

Rocco is the immediate past Chairperson of the Theory of Constraints International Certification organization. TOCICO is a global, not-for-profit society for Theory of Constraints practitioners, consultants and academics to develop and administer certification standards in the TOC body of knowledge and facilitate the exchange of latest developments in TOC.

He considers himself very fortunate to have learned directly from Dr. Eli Goldratt, the father of TOC. He served as North American Regional Director for Goldratt Consulting from 2004 through 2006.

He now leads the firm’s Leveraged Excellence And Development (LEAD) services which focus on achieving operational excellence while strategically leveraging those abilities in value based markets

Rocco has developed extensive experience in the GSA contract application process, knowledge in the audits of government agencies throughout the United States for government departments and spearheaded the growth of the firm’s work with the US Government. Under his leadership and direction as the former managing partner of Gaines Kriner Elliott LLP, the firm received two national awards for its professional services program and services involving Business Profit Improvement, a service he personally built over the last 25 years.

He is a graduate of Niagara University with a B.S. degree in Business and Accounting. Rocco is the immediate 3 time past Chairman of the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization; Board of Director of the Greater Buffalo Partnership, Eastern Niagara Health System, and Insyte Consulting; and serves as Chair Niagara University’s President’s Board of Advisors.

An internationally distinguished researcher and higher education leader, Satish K. Tripathi, PhD, was appointed the 15th president of the University at Buffalo in 2011.

Tripathi, who served as UB’s provost from 2004-2011, was dean of the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California-Riverside from 1997-2004. Previously, he spent 19 years as professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, including seven years as department chair.

Tripathi graduated at the top of his class from Banaras Hindu University in India and holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of Toronto, as well as three master’s degrees—one in computer science from the University of Toronto and two in statistics from the University of Alberta and Banaras Hindu University. A fellow of the IEEE and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he was awarded honorary doctorates from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, and Brock University in Canada.

An active leader in the national higher education community, Tripathi serves on the Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents Executive Committee, and on the boards of the NCAA Division I, NCAA Board of Governors, and the College Football Board of Managers as well as the Digital Preservation Network and Internet2. He has also served on the board of directors for the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as an inaugural co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council in 2011, he served in this position until 2017.

Stephen Tucker is the inaugural President & CEO of Northland Workforce Training Center (NWTC), the signature workforce strategy under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion initiative.

In this role, Mr. Tucker is responsible for the management, oversight, and day to day operations of the new 90,000 square foot state of the art facility focused on training and preparing Western New Yorkers for careers in advanced manufacturing and clean energy.

His educational achievements include an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Wilberforce University. Mr. Tucker is a Murano Fellow as a graduate of Aspen Institutes’ Sector Skills Academy and a 2018 graduate of Leadership Buffalo.

Mr. Tucker was appointed to the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council in 2018 and received the Arthur O. Eve Award for Economic Opportunity presented by the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators in 2020. Mr. Tucker serves on the Boards of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Buffalo Urban League, Leadership Buffalo, Independent Health Foundation and Insyte Consulting.

Mr. Uba is the CEO of Excelsior Orthopaedics, LLP., a $40M musculoskeletal center of excellence located in Amherst, NY (a Buffalo suburb). With a total workforce of over 200, Excelsior Orthopaedics has 22 physicians, 16 physician assistants, and 10 physical and occupational therapists

Since joining Excelsior in 2009, Mr. Uba has more than doubled the size of the organization, added new lines of business, recruited additional surgeons, and successfully engineered a merger with another medical practice. Mr. Uba is responsible for leading all aspects of Excelsior’s business.

Prior to joining Excelsior, Mr. Uba held several senior leadership positions with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York and Independent Health. With almost 30 years of healthcare management experience, he’s been responsible for such areas as payer and provider contracting, strategic planning, human resources, product development, business intelligence, M&A evaluation and business development. Each of these opportunities helped Mr. Uba develop management capabilities in planning, budgeting, communication, marketing, finance, talent acquisition, and overall performance management.

Born and raised in Buffalo, Mr. Uba is a proud graduate of Canisius High School, received his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, and his MBA from the University at Buffalo School of Management. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities of Buffalo. In 2007, Mr. Uba served as General Chairman of the annual Catholic Charities Appeal and successfully raised over $11M. He has been a member of the Bishop’s Council of the Laity since 2007 and previously served as Director of the University at Buffalo School of Management Alumni Association. Mr. Uba also serves on the Board of Trustees of Nardin Academy and sits on the school’s Executive, Finance, and Advancement committees. In addition, he’s a volunteer for The First Tee of WNY and general chairman of its annual golf tournament.

A significant portion of Paul’s practice involves representing private companies, both domestically and internationally, in complex acquisitions and disposition transactions such as mergers, joint ventures, asset and stock sales, and private equity investments.

Paul also provides general corporate and contract advice, including distribution agreements, sales representative agreements, license agreements, and employment agreements, both domestically and internationally, for clients involved in various industries, including specialty chemical manufacturing, third-party health care providers, and several tool and die manufacturers. In addition, he advises numerous closely held companies in a variety of areas, including succession planning, shareholders agreements, ownership transfers, estate planning, and exit strategies. Paul is a member of Hodgson Russ’s board of directors and previously served on Hodgson Russ’s Committee for Attorney Recruiting, Development, and Diversity.

Mr. Vallone has received numerous honors: Listed, Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law), Leadership Buffalo Class of 2007, Former member, Albany Law Review. His professional affiliations are: Buffalo Niagara Partnership board of directors, Bar Association of Erie County, Former chair, Bar Association of Erie County Corporation Law Committee, 2000-02 His community & Pro Bono involvement are: Junior Achievement of Western New York board of directors, Mathewson McCarthy Baseball board of directors.

Mr. Vallone’s areas of practice are: Canada-U.S. Cross-Border, International Cross-Border, Corporate & Business Law, Emerging Companies, Family Business & Succession Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions Private Funds. His Industry Groups are Manufacturing and Professional Services.

Mr. Vallone is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, B.A., University at Buffalo- B.A., State University of New York, J.D., cum laude, Albany Law School of Union University.

Mr. Vukelic has been with Try-It Distributing for the past 30 years holding various positions within the organization. He became President in 2004 and in 2014 became President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Vukelic is involved with numerous professional organizations: National Beer Wholesalers Association Board of Directors; New York State Beer Wholesalers Association – Advisory Board member; AB InBev – Wholesaler Panel member; North American Breweries – National Business Council President; Buffalo Niagara Partnership – Board member & Executive Committee member; Buffalo Renaissance Foundation – Board of Directors; Open Buffalo – Board of Directors; Canisius College – Board of Regents; Western New York Law Center – Board of Directors

His past affiliations include: Canisius High School Board of Trustees/Chairman 2010; Leadership of Buffalo – Class of 2001; Our Lady of Victory Renaissance Capital Campaign – Co-Chair; Buffalo Sabres Center Ice Club – Co-Chair; Chairman – 2001, 2002 Children’s Hospital Foundation Pro/Am Golf Tournament; Hilbert College Board of Trustees – past member; University of Buffalo Newman Foundation – past President; St. Rose of Lima School Board – past Treasurer; Gilda’s Club of Western New York – past Board member; Canisius High School Alumni Board of Governors – past member.

Mr. Vukelic is a graduate of Canisius High School – 1979 and St. Louis University – 1983 – BS Finance.

Ted Walsh lives in Buffalo, New York, and is currently Chief Executive Officer of Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the firm and is one of the key leaders in establishing and strengthening partnerships between insurance carriers and clients. Walsh Duffield has been a trusted insurance advisor to individuals and businesses since 1860. The 5th generation family owned business operates with offices in Buffalo, Medina, and Rochester.

Ted has been an active community volunteer for over 40 years and has held leadership positions with organizations such as Kaleida Health, United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, Goodwill Industries of WNY, Nichols School, and the Center for Hospice & Palliative Care. He is honored to serve as Treasurer of the John R. Oishei Foundation and as Chair of the Josephine Goodyear Foundation. He is also a board member of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (Vice Chair), Invest Buffalo Niagara and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership.

Ted graduated from Nichols School in 1972 and Williams College in 1976. He began his insurance career with the Continental Insurance Company and joined Walsh Duffield in 1977. Ted received a Chartered property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation in 1985, and a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation in 1997.

In 2009, Michael Weiner was appointed as the President and CEO of the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, a nonprofit that is responsible for fundraising and the allocation of over $19 million dollars annually. These resources are utilized to address local health and human service priority indicators; encompassing Education, Financial Stability, and Health & Wellness. In addition, the United Way facilitates planning, advocacy and volunteer service engagement in support of critical community needs.

Prior to joining United Way, Michael served as the Commissioner of the Erie County Department of Social Services. In his capacity as Commissioner he was responsible for the overall administration of a Department with a budget in excess of $530 million dollars and a workforce of over 1800 individuals. Michael also served as the Commissioner of Mental Health for Erie County, and he held the positions of Director, Deputy Director and Mental Health Program Specialist for the New York State Office of Mental Health Western New York Regional Office.

He holds Masters Degrees in Business Administration and Rehabilitation Counseling from the University at Buffalo.

Currently, Mr. Weiner is a member of the WNED Community Advisory Board, the Canisius College Richard J. Wehle School of Business Advisory Council, and the Say Yes To Education Leadership Council. Mr. Weiner also serves on the Board of Directors of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and the United Way of New York State.

Tom Wiley is publisher and president of The Buffalo News, the top news and largest media organization in Western New York. He has been a leader in the media sector for more than 20 years, helping several of the nation’s most respected news brands grow their capabilities to meet changing audience and advertiser needs. 

Wiley has held leadership positions at Gannett, Tribune Publishing, Digital First Media and Lee Enterprises. While with Digital First Media, he pioneered the field integration of Adtaxi, a Denver-based advertising technology company that crafts sophisticated digital solutions for thousands of businesses across the United States. In addition, he lead the development of programmatic inventory management strategies and private exchange deals for Digital First Media. 

As a corporate director at Lee, he built a new sales culture centered around data and the unmatched reach of local news publishers. He championed an audience-based approach that puts clients’ needs at the center of the sales process. This approach led to deeper integration of Lee’s digital agency, Amplified, into the company’s diverse portfolio of local markets. In 2019, advertising and marketing services revenue grew to $100 million at Lee.  

Transforming legacy organizations into digital publishers has been a passion of Wiley’s. As publisher of the New Haven Register, he implemented a transition to digital-first publishing. He was later the president of Capital Newspapers in Madison, WI, where he implemented data-driven, audience-based campaign development strategies. Those initiatives raised Capital Newspapers’ top- and bottom-line performance to the top of Lee Enterprises. While there, he worked with major brands like UBS Financial Services, Quartz Health Solutions, and Exact Sciences.   

He has designed software that tracks auto inventory in real time to help dealers accurately match and target prime buyers. That technology is now used across several sectors, including home improvement, furniture, and real estate.  

In 2020, he created Amplified Buffalo, an integrated marketing unit that combines The Buffalo News’ 80% reach with the most sophisticated digital tools and creative solutions. He is also an adviser to the sales leadership of Lee, which owns The News.   

 He spent his childhood in Wisconsin and Michigan. Wiley earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising from Michigan State. He is an auto enthusiast and a professionally trained racing driver. He is married with three children.

Mr. Wingerter is President of Univera Healthcare, a nonprofit health plan that is part of a family of companies financing and delivering health care insurance related services for about 1.5 million upstate New Yorkers. Univera Healthcare has 500 employees based at its Williamsville headquarters. They serve members across the eight counties of Western New York.

Mr. Wingerter serves on the boards of directors of Invest Buffalo Niagara, HEALHeLINK, Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Daemen College, Buffalo Renaissance Foundation, Population Health Collaborative, The Arc of Erie County, Gerard Place Advisory Board and the Canisius College Business Advisory Board.

Mr. Wingerter joined Univera Healthcare in 2009. Previously, he served as Vice President of Healthcare Solutions at Genpact, a New Jersey-based global company with more than 35,000 employees worldwide.  Mr. Wingerter also served as a Senior Vice President for North American Health Plans where his responsibilities included provider and network management, the development of new business strategies, and contract negotiations.

Mr. Wingerter earned a business administration/finance degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He and his wife reside in Amherst, New York and have four children.

Steve Zenger is President and CEO of Zenger Group Inc., a family-owned collection of 3 printing and graphic arts companies based in Buffalo, New York.

Zenger Group along with divisions Partners Press and Downtown Graphics provide one-stop access to a broad range of print services from Photography and Prepress to Packaging, Print and Mail. The company, employing 109 full time staff, serves clients nationwide. Mr. Zenger is a past Chairman of the Printing Industries Alliance, the New York/Northern New Jersey affiliate of the Printing Industries of America trade association. He has served as a board director since 1995. From 2008-2011, Steve served on the national board of Printing Industries of America.

In addition, he serves on the board of directors and executive committee of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and is past chair of Graphic Arts Department Education Council for Erie County Community College.

He is a graduate of Canisius High School and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the State University of New York College at Buffalo

He was the 1995 recipient of the Alex Osborne Communicator of the Year Award from the Art Directors/Communicators of Buffalo, a 2003 recipient of a Business First Pathfinder for Education Award and was awarded the Honoring Excellence Member of the Year by the Buffalo Niagara Partnership in 2007.