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Alumni Association Officers and Board of Directors

2013 OFFICERS

• PRESIDENT

  Daniel Liebel, '85
  Regional Finance Director, Unifrax

• VICE PRESIDENT - FACULTY RELATIONS

  Thomas Palmer MBA '71, JD '75, CEL '00
  Partner, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

• ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT - FACULTY RELATIONS

  Matthew Wagner, '03
  Senior Vice President, First Niagara Bank

• VICE PRESIDENT– MEMBERSHIP

  Marc Adler, MBA '82
  President, Why Not Marketing

• ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT – MEMBERSHIP

  Michael Olfano, '92, MBA '94
  CFO/Operations Manager, The PCA Group, Inc.

• VICE PRESIDENT – PROGRAMS

  Carly C. Battin, MBA '09
  Executive Director, The Elmwood Village Association

• ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT – PROGRAMS

  Samantha Roth, '08, MBA '10
  Accountant II, National Fuel

• VICE PRESIDENT – STUDENT RELATIONS

  Lauren Lopez, MBA ’06
  Marketing Manager, Rich Products Corporation

• ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT – STUDENT RELATIONS

  Erin O'Brien, MBA '00
  Director, IT Business Relationship Management, HealthNow/BlueCross BlueShield of Western NY

• SECRETARY

  Laurie J. Irish-Jones, CEL '02
  CEO, Irish Companies

• TREASURER

  Paul A. Quebral, MBA ’92
  President, Reid Petroleum Corp.

• ASSISTANT TREASURER

  Andrew Peer, '06

  Manager - Audit and Business Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
  

   

2013 DIRECTORS

• Thomas M. Barney Jr., MBA '00, tbarney@dncinc.com
  Vice President Finance - Parks & Resorts, Delaware North Companies

• Martin W. Boryszak '00, mborysza@chsbuffalo.org 
  Vice President of Operations, Sisters/St. Joe's Hospital

• Thomas P. Cogan, MBA '99, thomas.cogan@citi.com
  Senior Vice President, Citi

• Eileen M. Connor-Costilow, MBA '03, econnorcostilow@bobermarkey.com
  Director of Human Resources, Bober Markey Fedorovich
   
• Jonathan R. Davis, MBA '08, jrdavis5@gmail.com
  Sr. Financial Analyst, Mt. St. Mary's Hospital
   
• Jill W. Douglas, '04 EMBA '12, jill.douglas@neweracap.com
  Sr. Manager North American Human Resources, New Era Cap Company

• Gregory R. Duval '97, MBA '99, gregory.r.duval@us.hsbc.com
  Vice President - Commercial Banking,  HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

• Scott M. Eidens, MBA '09, seidens@nabreweries.com
  National Account Manager - NYC, North American Breweries

• Michael Giammusso '89, mgia27@bluefrog.com
  Senior Territory Business Manager, Bristol-Myers Squibb

• Turner P. Gutmann, MBA '12, tgutmann@buffalo.edu
  Executive Associate - M&T Bank

• William A. Hamilton ’68, billwny@aol.com
  CFO, Greenleaf Companies

• Maykala Hariharan, MBA '04, maykala@gmail.com
  Portfolio Specialist, UTI International (Singapore) Private Ltd.
   
• Christopher Hart-Nova, MBA '02, chartnova@escaprewire.com
  CEO, EscapeWire Solutions, LLC

• Timothy M. Hilker, ’07, tmhilker@gmail.com
  Shared School Business Administrator, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES

• Kevin B. Kirk, PMBA '04, kkirk@uniland.com

  Architect, Uniland Development Co.

• Rick J. Licursi, EMBA ’02, rick.licursi@siemens.com
  Business Development Manager - CAE COE, Siemens PLM Software 

• Gerald E. Murak, CEL '91, EMBA ’96, results@murak.com
  Turnaround Performance Specialist, Murak & Associates LLC

• Kathy R. O'Donnell, MBA '78, odonnel@buffalo.edu
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, UB School of Management

• Ryan S. Osborne ’98, MBA ’00, rosborne@deloitte.com
  Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

• Daniel P. Penberthy, EMBA ’00, dpenberthy@randcapital.com
  Executive Vice President, Rand Capital Corp.

• Michael Schaffstall, '90, mschaffstall@chiampou.com
  Partner, Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP

• Joost M. Vles, EMBA '00, jvles@moog.com
  Process Manager, Moog Inc.

• Katie L. Wagner, EMBA '07, katiew@mwsenterprises.com
  Vice President, MWS Enterprises, Inc.

• Sujata Yalamanchili '88, MBA '89, syalaman@hodgsonruss.com
  Partner and Practice Area Leader, Real Estate Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Area, Hodgson Russ LLP

• Oliver (Yang) Young (Hanfeng), EMBA ’04, oyoung@petrochina.com.cn
  Director, External Affairs, PetroChina Middle East

Ex-Officio Members

• Cynthia M. Shore ’81, MBA ’82, cshore@buffalo.edu
  Senior Assistant Dean & Director, External and Alumni Relations
  School of Management, University at Buffalo
   
• Courtney J. Walsh, MBA ’01, cjwalsh@buffalo.edu
  Assistant Dean & Director, Center for Executive Development
  School of Management, University at Buffalo
   
• Joel Colombo, CEL '10, joelcolombo@360psg.com
  (CELAA President)
  President, 360 Professional Services Group
   
• Timothy P. Lafferty '86, tlafferty@thepcagroup.com
  (UBAA president)
  National Sales Manager, The PCA Group
   
• Mina McGee, minancge@buffalo.edu
  President, Undergraduate Management Association
   
• Todd Carter, toddcart@buffalo.edu
  President, Graduate Management Association

Non-Board Committee Members

• Sudha Bommidi, MBA '07, sudha.bommidi@roswellpark.org
  Senior Administrator, Patient Care Services, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
   
• Mary Ellen Frandina, '00, mfrandi@evansbank.com
  Executive Vice President, Organizational Development & Employee Experience, Evans Bank, N.A.
   
• Michael LaMancuso, '82, mlamancuso@mcleanllc.com
  Director, The McLean Group LLC
   
• Joseph Pizzutelli, '06 MBA '08, jpizzutelli@mtb.com
  Assistant Vice President - Commercial Real Estate, M&T Bank

• Diana Southall, MBA '99, southall@hrfoundations.com
  President, HR Foundations Inc.
   
• Daniel Wolfe, MBA '83, danielwo@buffalo.edu
  Employer Relations Manager School of Management, University at Buffalo