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Board of Directors


*Denotes Executive Committee
Peter M. Augustine
President, New Era Cap Co., Inc.		 Thomas J. Blaszczykiewicz
Chairman, AccuMED Innovative Technologies
*Robert T. Brady
Chairman & CEO, MOOG, Inc..		 Russell H. Brandon
Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Bills, Inc.

Kelly A. Brannen
Managing Director, Niacet Corporation

Paul E. Buckley
President, Applied Sciences Group, Inc.
Paul O. Cannon
Principal & Regional Director, Cannon Design		 Daniel E. Cantara
Executive Vice President, First Niagara
George Chamoun
SVP Client Services & Co-Founder, Synacor		 H. Thomas Chestnut
President & CEO, AAA Western and Central New York
Louis P. Ciminelli
Chairman & CEO, LPCiminelli, Inc.		 William M. Collins
Principal, Travers Collins Company
*Warren T. Colville
President, The Buffalo News		 Michael W. Cropp, M.D.
President & CEO, Independent Health
*Frank Curci
President & CEO, Tops Markets, LLC		 Kevin G. Curran
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Fisher-Price, Inc.
*Mark J. Czarnecki
President, M&T Bank		 *Jonathan A. Dandes (Chair)
President, Rich Baseball Operations
*John F. Darby
President, Niagara Transformer Corp.		 Robert E. Denning
President & CEO, Perry's Ice Cream Co., Inc.
Lyn M. Dyster, Ph.D
Co-Founder; VP Research Operations, Kinex Pharmaceuticals		 *Dennis W. Elsenbeck (Vice Chair)
Regional Executive, National Grid
*Thomas R. Emmerling (Treasurer)
Managing Partner, Dopkins & Company, LLP

Ann E. Evanko
President, Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.
Donna M. Fernandes
President & CEO, Zoological Society of Buffalo, Inc.		 Lynne M. Finn
President, Superior Staff Resources, Inc.
Kent P. Frey
President, Frey Electric Construction Company, Inc.		 Dottie Gallagher-Cohen
President & CEO, Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau
*Mark Gaulin
Vice President, Personal Computers, Inc. (PCI)		 *Robert D. Gioia
President, The John R. Oishei Foundation
Mark E. Hamister
Chairman & CEO, The Hamister Group, Inc.		 James R. Kaskie
President & CEO, Kaleida Health
Henry G. Koziol, Jr.
Director, Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs, PC		 *Thomas A. Kucharski
President & CEO, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise
Michael R. Lawley
Partner, Lawley Insurance		 Fr. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M.
President, Niagara University
*Tim C. Loftis (Vice Chair)
Partner, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP		 Anthony W. McKenna
CEO, Wendel Companies
Michael P. McQueeney
Managing Partner, Summer Street Capital Partners, LLC		 Michael J. Montante
Vice President, Uniland Development Company
*Kevin P. Murphy (Vice Chair)
Market President, Bank of America		 *David J. Murray
Partner & Chairman, Corporate Department,
Phillips Lytle LLP
Thomas J. Murrer
President & Managing Director, Renold Inc.		 David J. Nasca
President & CEO, Evans Bank, N.A.
*Alphonso V. O'Neil-White
President & CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York		 *Benjamin N. Obletz
President, First Amherst Development Group, LLC
Louis P. Panzica
President & CEO, Power Drives, Inc.		 *Dennis M. Penman
Executive Vice President, M.J. Peterson Corporation
Gary D. Quenneville
WNY District President, KeyBank		 Terence Rafferty
Regional Vice President of Operations, Time Warner Cable
*Sharon D. Randaccio
President, Performance Management Partners, Inc.		 *Andrew J. Rudnick (President & CEO)
President & CEO, Buffalo Niagara Partnership
Robert F. Ryan
President, WNY Region, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.		 Sundra L. Ryce
President & CEO, SLR Contracting & Service Company, Inc.
James M. Sampson
President, Gateway-Longview, Inc.		 Linda Scarafia-Davis
President & CEO, Design for Industry
Gary M. Schober
President & CEO, Hodgson Russ LLP		 James S. Segarra
Managing Partner, Tronconi Segarra & Associates, LLP
John B. Simpson
President, University at Buffalo, SUNY		 *David F. Smith
President & CEO, National Fuel Gas Company
Paul L. Snyder
President & CEO, Snyder Corp.		 John D. Stanfill
President, Amherst Systems, Inc.
Thomas P. Stewart
President & CCO, Gaymar Industries, Inc.		 Dennis J. Szefel
President & CEO, Delaware North Companies
Donald L. Trump
President & CEO, Roswell Park Cancer Institute		 *Paul V. Vukelic
President & COO, Try-It Distributing Company, Inc.
Edward F. Walsh, Jr.
President & COO, Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc.		 Edward O. Watts
President, Watts Architecture & Engineering, P.C.
Lawrence V. Whistler
President & CIO, Nottingham Advisors		 Arthur G. Wingerter
President, Univera Healthcare
*Stephen R. Zenger (Vice Chair)
President & CEO, Zenger Group