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BNP: Board Members

Current Board of Directors

Deidre Batson-Griggs

Kiper Moving and Transportation, LLC
President

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

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Donald Boyd

Kaleida Health
President and CEO

Sheila Brown

Vision Multimedia Group (WUFO)
Owner & President

Trina Burruss

United Way of Buffalo & Erie County
President & CEO

Betsy Constantine

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
President & CEO

Jessica Cox

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York
President

Jonathan Dandes

Rich Products Corp.
Corporate Vice President

Donna DeCarolis

National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
President

Joseph DeFazio

Wendel
President & CEO, Principal

Gregory Duval

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

Thomas Emmerling

Dopkins & Company, LLP
Managing Partner

Ofo Ezeugwu

Whose Your Landlord
CEO & Founder

Eric Feldstein

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

Ron Ferri

Tops Friendly Markets
President

Lynne Marie Finn

Aleron
CEO, Broadleaf Results, an Aleron Group Company

Kent Frey

Frey Electric Construction Co., Inc.
CEO

Dottie Gallagher

Buffalo Niagara Partnership
President & CEO

Richard Hamister

Northwest Bank
Great Lakes Regional President

Bethanne Hollis

West Herr Automotive Group
Vice President of Variable Operations

Jamie Hypnarowski

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

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

Jazslyn Leon

Executive Sweeps LLC
CEO

Anne McCaffrey

People Inc.
President and 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

Kevin Nephew

Seneca Gaming Corporation
CEO

Benjamin Obletz

First Amherst Development Group LLC
President & CEO

Louis Panzica

Power Drives, Inc.
President & CEO

Thomas Quatroche, Jr. PhD

Erie County Medical Center Corporation
President and CEO

Patrick Roche

Moog Inc.
CEO

James Rooney

Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
Managing Member

Tina Sabuda

Curbell, Inc. & Subsidiaries
Vice Chair

Julie Snyder

Forest Lawn Cemetery & Crematory Group
CEO

Anthony Spada, Jr.

AAA Western and Central New York
President & CEO

Satish Tripathi

University at Buffalo
University President

Stephen Tucker

Northland Workforce Training Center
President & CEO

Paul Vukelic

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

Edward Walsh, Jr.

Walsh Duffield Cos., Inc.
Chief Executive Officer

Tom Wiley

The Buffalo News
Publisher and President
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