Our Board and Committees

Our Board of Directors

Phyliss A. Hafner, Esq.

President

William Witzleben

Vice President

Shawn Glogowski, CFP

Vice President

Nicholas Alberalla

Treasurer

Kyle Rogers

Secretary

Nicholas Alberalla, 
VP Commercial Banking Officer
Community Bank, NA

Meghan Aldrich, DNP
President
Sisters of Charity Hospital and St. Joseph Campus

Dolores E. Battle PhD, CCC-SLP,
Professor Emeritus Speech-Language Pathology, SUNY Buffalo State College

Shawn Buffum,
Chief Operating Officer, Orville’s Home Appliances

Christine Candino,CPA
Rich Products

Mary Ellen Creighton, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Director of Nursing, Pediatrics
John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital

Brandi Freiman, MS, RDN
McDonald’s Owner/Operator

Megan Gomez, Esq.
Senior Legal Counsel
Excellus Health Plan, Inc

Phyliss A. Hafner, Esq., 
Partner
Goldberg Segalla

Erik Jobson
Vice President, Marketing
Fisher-Price, Inc.

James Olek
retired
M&T Bank

Neil Pawlowski, Esq.
Managing Partner, Duggan & Pawlowski LLP

Kimberly Rich-Lupkin
National Account Sales Manager
Rich Products 

Kyle Rogers
Director Cooperate Communications
Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

David Singelyn
McDonald’s Owner/Operator

Michelle Urbanczyk
CEO, Explore & More The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Children’s Museum

William T. Witzleben
V.P. Business Banking Relationship Manager
M&T Bank

Janice Larson, Board Member Emeritus
Customer Marketing Mgr., National Chains
Rich Products

Buildings & Grounds Committee

David M. Schlant, P.E. (Chair)
Raymond J. Bednarski, AIA, LEED AP
Eric Clauss
Mark Wendling

Marketing Committee

Courtney Helinski (co-chair)
Kyle Rogers (co-chair)
Jeannine Higgins
Greg Hennessey
Doug McCallum

Endowment Committee

James Olek (Chair)
Gregg Gallson, CPA
Thomas Grogan

Program Services Committee

Michelle Urbanczyk (Chair)
Dolores Battle
Mary Ellen Creighton, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Brandi J. Freiman, MS, RDN

Finance Committee

Thomas P. Grogan (Chair)
Nicholas J. Alberalla
Gregg Gallson
Shawn Glogowski
James Olek
David Singelyn
Bill Witzleben

Governance Committee

Megan Gomez (Chair)
Erik Jobson
Neil Pawlowski, Esq

Red Shoe Society (Formerly Young Professionals)

Phyliss A. Hafner
Christine Candino (Chair)
Suzanne Curry