Our Board of Directors
President
Vice President
Vice President
Treasurer
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