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Leadership Team

Thomas Ulbrich

Thomas Ulbrich

President & CEO

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Lindsay Batrowny, CPA

Vice President, Finance and Operations

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Randi Murphy

Vice President, Workforce Development & Human Resources

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Jeffrey Bell

Director, Marketing & Communication 

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Joani Higgins

Director, Workforce Development

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Kristie
Foster

Director, Retail

Operations

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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

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