Current Board of Directors

Tricia Barrett
Crowley Webb and Associates
CEO

Deidre Batson-Griggs
Kiper Moving and Transportation, LLC
President

Douglas Bean
Mower
Senior Advisor

David Beaton
Kelton Enterprises, LLC
Founder/CEO

Thomas Beauford, Jr.
Buffalo Urban League
President & CEO

Yves-Richard Blanc
Blanc Global Dynamism, LLC
President and Chief Photographer


Sheila Brown
Vision Multimedia Group (WUFO)
Owner & President

Trina Burruss
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County
President & CEO

Lorrie Clemo, PhD
D'Youville University
President

Betsy Constantine
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
President & CEO

Jessica Cox
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York
President

Michael Cropp, M.D.
Independent Health
CEO

Kevin Cross
Lippes Mathias LLP
Managing Partner & Chairman

Jonathan Dandes
Rich Products Corp.
Corporate Vice President

Donna DeCarolis
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
President


James Dentinger
NOCO Development
President

Gregory Duval
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Regional Executive & Managing Director, Great Lakes Region

Thomas Emmerling
Dopkins & Company, LLP
Managing Partner


Eric Feldstein
M&T Bank
WNY Regional President, Head of Business Banking


Lynne Marie Finn
Aleron
CEO, Broadleaf Results, an Aleron Group Company


Dottie Gallagher
Buffalo Niagara Partnership
President & CEO

Richard Hamister
Northwest Bank
Great Lakes Regional President

Colleen Heidinger
43North
President

Bethanne Hollis
West Herr Automotive Group
Vice President of Variable Operations

Jamie Hypnarowski
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
President – New York Materials

Ted Janicki
Bank of America
Senior Vice President

Camille Joseph-Goldman
Charter Communications
Group Vice President, State Government Affairs

Patrick Kaler
Visit Buffalo Niagara
President & CEO

Patty Kaminski
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
SVP, Buffalo Division

Thomas Kucharski
Invest Buffalo Niagara
President & CEO

Kenneth Kujawa
National Grid
Regional Director


James Maher, C.M.
Niagara University
President

Joyce Markiewicz
Catholic Health System
President & CEO

Ikram Massabini
MVP Network Consulting, LLC
CEO


Michael McMahon
KeyBank
Market President & Commercial Banking Executive - Upstate NY

Jack McNeill
Delaware North Companies
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Kimberley Minkel
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Executive Director

Michael Montante
Uniland Development Company
CEO

David Murray
Phillips Lytle LLP
Partner

David Nasca
Evans Bank, N.A.
President and CEO


Benjamin Obletz
First Amherst Development Group LLC
President & CEO

Scott Pallotta
Zehnder Rittling
Chief Executive Officer

Louis Panzica
Power Drives, Inc.
President & CEO

Thomas Quatroche, Jr. PhD
Erie County Medical Center Corporation
President and CEO


James Rooney
Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
Managing Member

Jeffrey Rubin
Elderwood
Co-Chief Executive Officer

Tina Sabuda
Curbell, Inc. & Subsidiaries
Vice Chair

Rupa Shanmugam
SoPark Corporation
President & CEO

David Simons
Exxpress Tire LLC
President


Satish Tripathi
University at Buffalo
University President

Stephen Tucker
Northland Workforce Training Center
President & CEO

David Uba
Excelsior Orthopaedics
CEO

Paul Vallone
Hodgson Russ LLP
Partner

Paul Vukelic
Try-It Distributing Co., Inc.
President & CEO

Edward Walsh, Jr.
Walsh Duffield Cos. Inc.
Chief Executive Officer


Arthur Wingerter
Univera Healthcare
President

Stephen Zenger
Zenger Group Inc
President & CEO
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