Board and Committees
Our Board of Directors
OFFICERS
President – Nicholas Alberalla
1st Vice President – Phyliss A. Hafner, Esq.
2nd Vice President – Jeannine Higgins
Treasurer – Thomas Grogan
Secretary: Mary Ellen Creighton
Asst Secretary: William Witzleben
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
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
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
Jessica Visser MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President of Patient Care Services
Sisters of Charity Hospital – Main Street Campus & St. Joseph Campus
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
Shawn Buffum (Chair)
Kevin Brayer
Alex Behrens
David Freiman
Phyliss A. Hafner
Courtney Helinski
Greg Hennessey
Jeannine Higgins
Ellen Lowrey
LeAnne Markins
Gina Marinelli
Doug McCallum
Zach Specht
Kimberly Rich-Lupkin
Jessica Visser
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
Sally Vincent
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
Sally Vincent
Red Shoe Society (Formerly Young Professionals)
Phyliss A. Hafner (Co-Chair)
Christine Ortolano (Co-Chair)
Antoinette (Toni) Amos
Sean Balkin
Janelle Camesano
Suzanne Curry
Heather Dechert
John Feroleto
Nikolina Gjorgievski
Lauren Heitzhaus
Allyson Kinney
Kelly Gorman
Shannon McCabe
Kaitlin McCluskey
Christine Ortolano
Neil Pawlowski, Esq.
Jennifer Rhee
Ryan Richardson
Emma Savino
Christine Scandino
Hanna Sheridan
Courtney Smyczynski
Michael Tenney
Darlene M. Wilber
Melissa Winter
Cassandra Wolniewicz