Board and Committees

Nicholas Alberalla, 
VP Commercial Banking Officer
Community Bank, NA

Antoinette Amos,
Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Ragan & Amos Consulting

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

Shawn Glogowski, CFP
Principal, Financial Planner, and Equity Principal, Note Advisors

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

Thomas P. Grogan, 
Retired Partner
Brock, Schechter & Polakoff LLP

Phyliss A. Hafner, Esq., 
Partner
Goldberg Segalla

Jeannine Higgins
Marketing Specialist

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 of Cooperate Communications
Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

David Schlant, P.E., LEED AP
Principal
M/E Engineering, PC

David Singelyn
McDonald’s Owner/Operator

George Terhaar
President
TAM Graphics, Inc.
Plastic Bottles, Inc.

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

Committees

Buildings & Grounds Committee

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

Marketing Committee

Courtney Helinski (co-chair)
Jeannine Higgins (co-chair)
Shawn Buffum
Alex Behrens
David Freiman
Phyliss A. Hafner
Greg Hennessey
LeAnne Markins
Gina Marinelli
Doug McCallum
Zach Specht
Kimberly Rich-Lupkin
Kyle Rogers
Darlene M. Wilber
Bill Witzleben

Endowment Committee

James Olek (Chair)
Kathy Fuchs, CPA
Gregg Gallson, CPA
Thomas Grogan,
Pollie Quinlan Klapper

Personnel Committee

Meg Gomez, Esq. (Chair)
Kathy Fuchs

Program Services Committee

Michelle Urbanczyk (Chair)
Dolores Battle
Mary Ellen Creighton, RN, MS, NEA-BC
Chanel David
Brandi J. Freiman, MS, RDN
Debbi Coniglio
McKenzie Mattison, LMSW
Kathy Oddy, BSW

Finance Committee

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

Governance Committee

Jeannine Higgins (Chair)
Megan Gomez
Erik Jobson
Neil Pawlowski, Esq

Red Shoe Society (Formerly Young Professionals)

Phyliss A. Hafner (Co-Chair)
Christine Candino (Co-Chair)
Antoinette (Toni) Amos
Suzanne Curry
Allyson Kinney
Kelly Gorman
Shannon McCabe
Kaitlin McCluskey
Christine Ortolano
Neil Pawlowski, Esq.
Christine Scandino
Darlene M. Wilber
Melissa Winter
Cassandra Wolniewicz

Financials