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
Kristie
Foster
Director, Retail
Operations
Melanie Horner
MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP
Senior Director, Human Resources
2025-2026 Board of Directors
Melissa Stephan
Chair
Human Resources Manager
Harmac Medical Products
Brendan McIntyre
Vice Chair
Director, Health Plan Partnerships
& Value Based Care
Roswell Park
Cheryl Prout
Treasurer
Partner
The Bonadio Group
Betsy DelleBovi
Secretary
Tenured Associate Professor
Canisius College
Rhonda Frederick
Director of Community
Giving and Support
West Herr
Travis Geiger
Senior Major Account Executive
Akamai Technologies
Danielle Giancarlo
Corporate Accounting Manager
ACV Auctions, Inc.
Dan Hare
Vice President/Co-Owner
Matrix Systems and Solutions
Asantewa Holley
Vice President of Operations
Northland Workforce Training Center
Felicia Jones
Director of Talent and Development
Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc.
Jim Gibson
Vice President of Operations, Western Region
Tops Markets
Lisa Petronio
Senior Relationship Manager
TIAA
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.
Lisa Petronio
Senior Relationship Manager
TIAA
Charles Pezzino
Partner
Tronconi Segarra
& Associates
Carl Spezio
Consultant
CPS Manufacturing Consultants LLC
Gregory Stevens
Principal
Windsor Private Strategic Advisory Services
Edward Walsh
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