Leadership Team
Thomas Ulbrich
President & CEO
Lindsay Batrowny, CPA
Vice President, Finance and Operations
Randi Murphy
Vice President, Workforce Development & Human Resources
Jeffrey Bell
Director, Marketing & Communication
Joani Higgins
Director, Workforce Development
Melanie Horner
MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP
Senior Director, Human Resources
Board of Directors
Lisa Petronio
Chair
Senior Relationship Manager
TIAA
Melissa Stephan
Vice Chair
Human Resources Supervisor
Harmac Medical Products
Cheryl Prout
Treasurer
Partner
The Bonadio Group
Brendan McIntyre
Secretary
Director, Health Plan Partnerships
& Value Based Care
Roswell Park
Executive Committee
Committee Chairs
Betsy DelleBovi
Tenured Associate Professor
Canisius College
Travis Geiger
Senior Major Account Executive
Akamai Technologies
Danielle Giancarlo
Corporate Accounting Manager
ACV Auctions, Inc.
Felicia Jones
Director of Talent and Development
Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc.
Mitch Nowakowski
Dan Hare
Committee Chair
Vice President/Co-Owner
Matrix Systems and Solutions
Frank LoTempio III
Committee Chair
President
LoTempio PC Law Group
Mike Patti
Regional Vice President
Tops Friendly Markets
Frank Polkowski
President
Non-Profit and Management Consultants
John Wright
Senior Vice President,
WNY Sales Leader, Business Banking
KeyBank
Partner
Tronconi Segarra & Associates
Charles Pezzino
Fillmore District Council Member
Buffalo Common Council
Board Members
Board of Directors Chair Emeriti
Martha Anderson
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP
Terrence Gilbride
Partner
Hodgson Russ LLP
Roger Hoffman
CEO
Northeast Mechanical Inc.
William Joyce
Board of Directors Chair
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
Michael Laipple
President
LPCiminelli Solutions
William Lunney
Financial Consultant
AXA Advisors
Michael Militello
President
Waltco Lift Corp.
Partner
Tronconi Segarra & Associates
Carl Spezio
Gregory Stevens
Principal
Windsor Private Strategic Advisory Services
Consultant
CPS Manufacturing Consultants LLC
Charles Pezzino
President and COO
Walsh Insurance Group
Albert Wright
Retired
John Wright
Senior Vice President,
WNY Sales Leader, Business Banking
KeyBank
David Zebro
Principal
Strategic Investments & Holdings