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Buffalo Niagara Enterprise Directors

Officers

President & CEO
Thomas A. Kucharski
CEcD
Buffalo Niagara Enterprise		 Vice-Chair
Douglas W. Dimitroff
Partner
Phillips Lytle LLP
Chairman
Randall L. Clark
Chairman
Dunn Tire Corporation		 Vice-Chair
Cheryl Howe
Executive Vice President of Operations
Health Now New York Inc. d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield at Western New York
Immediate Past Chairman
David F. Smith
President & CEO
National Fuel Gas Company		 Vice-Chair
Michael Colson
Senior Vice President of Solutions
CTG
Vice-Chair
Jeremy Jacobs, Jr.
Executive Vice President
Delaware North Companies		 Treasurer
Gary Quenneville
President
KeyBank, N.A.
Secretary
Andrew J. Rudnick
President & CEO
Buffalo Niagara Partnership

Board of Directors

AAA of Western and Central NY KeyBank, N.A.
Gary Quenneville
President
Algonquin Studios
Stephen Kiernan, II
President & CEO		 Merchants Insurance Group
Robert M.Zak
President & CEO
Amherst Industrial Development Agency
James Allen
Executive Director
 Moog Inc.
Robert T. Brady
Chairman, President & CEO
Buffalo Bills, Inc.
Russell H. Brandon
Chief Executive Officer
 M&T Bank Corporation
Jeffrey A. Wellington
President, Buffalo Division
Buffalo Niagara Partnership
Andrew J. Rudnick
President & CEO		 National Fuel Gas Company
David F. Smith
President & CEO
CTG
Michael Colson
Senior Vice President of Solutions		 National Grid
Dennis Elsenbeck
Vice President Frontier Region
Delaware North Companies
Jeremy Jacobs, Jr.
Executive Vice President		 NYSEG Corporation
Joseph M. Rizzo
Regional Manager Economic Development
Dunn Tire LLC
Randall L. Clark
Chairman		 Phillips Lytle LLP
Douglas W. Dimitroff
Partner

Erie County Industrial Development Agency
Hon. John J. LaFalce
Chairman

 Uniland Development Company
Nancy Dobson
Executive Vice President
First Niagara Financial Group
Gary Crosby
Executive Vice President/COO		 Univera Healthcare
Arthur Wingerter
Regional President
Health Now New York Inc. d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield at Western New York
Cheryl Howe
Executive Vice President of Operations		 WIVB-TV Channel 4
Christopher Musial
President & General Manager
Hodgson Russ LLP
John P. Amershadian
President
HSBC Bank USA
Kevin Quinn
Senior Vice President Manager Regional Commercial Executive

Appointed Directors

Empire State Development Corporation
Christina Orsi
Regional Director, Western NY

State University of New York at Buffalo
Dr. Alexander Cartwright
Vice President for Research & Economic Development

TVGA Consultants
Edward M. Schiller
President
Partner Investor Council Chair