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Board of Directors
William Brilliant
Chair
Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
Marie Arrigo
Philanthropist
Julia Bunyatov Goddard
Founder and CEO, Sirmio Inc.
Steve Burns
President, Rahr Enterprises
Sari Chang
Partner, JACOBSCHANG Architecture
Jackie Cohen
Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
John Cortese
Partner, Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Brian Donaghy
Chairman & CEO, Structure Tone Equities
Emma Fine
Philanthropist
Trevor Freeland
Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
James Galowski
Partner, Apollo Global Management, Inc.
AnnMarie Imparato
Vice President of Governance and Corporate Secretary, Wafra, Inc.
Michael Mockus
Partner and Northeast Deals Leader, PwC
Michael Nenner
Executive Vice President, Gurney’s Resorts
Sheila Peluso
Senior Managing Director, Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Legal Officer, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
Arturo Poire
Partner, Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Tracie Rodburg
Senior Vice President, Sponsorship Management, National Football League
Naveen Shahani
Principal, Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.
Rabia Sheikh
Vice President, Visa Inc.
Stephen Thomas
Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC
Andria Trinidad
Principal, Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Chairman's Council
Michael J. Levitt
Chair
Vice Chairman, Apollo Credit Management
Bradley Cooper
Partner, Capital Z Partners
Michael Delaney
Managing Partner, Court Square Capital Partners
Michael S. Klein
M Klein & Company
A. Mitti Liebersohn
President and Managing Director, New York City Operations Avison Young
Charles Merinoff
Co-Chairman
Breakthru Beverage Group
Stewart Rahr
Philanthropist, Stewart J. Rahr Foundation
Thomas A. Roberts
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Lawrence J. Rothenberg
Partner, Proskauer Rose, LLP
Michael Senter
CEO, ABCO HVACR Supply + Solution
Buffalo Advisory Board
Maxine Awner
Buffalo Advisory Board Chair, Wish Granter
Senior Vice President – Investments & Merrill Lynch - Sebastian, Awner, Houlding and Spagnolo Group
Lindsay Batrowny
Wish Granter
Vice President, Finance and Operations, Goodwill Industries
Laura Bickert
SVP, Senior Relationship Manager, Bank of America
Peter Bordonaro
Corporate Counsel, Calspan
David Bradley
Partner, Hodgson Russ LLP
Joseph Dunlop
Chief Operating Officer, PCI
Butch Gedraitis
Owner, Diverse Technologies
Dr. Michael Jordan
Attending Physician, Sports and Family Medicine, Buffalo Medical Group
Rich Jureller
Vice President, Community Relations, President of The Sabres Foundation, Buffalo Sabres
Stephen Lynch
President and CEO, Intellastar, Sports Performance Park
Colleen Marchetta
Wish Mom
Educator, Williamsville School District
Kevin McMullen
Real Estate Sales, Towne Housing/ Founder, Oogie Games
John Perry
President, TL Cannon/Applebee’s
Tom Rosenecker
Owner, American Eagle Fireplace & Playsets
Rochester Advisory Board
Michael Deichmiller
Vice President, Client Engagement & Planning, Butler/Till
Rob Gallina
Senior Project Manager, Gallina Development Corporation
Tammy Gurowski
Gala Chair
Monroe School Board Association
Rick Herman III
President, RML Transport Corporation
Paul Hurley
Wealth Advisor, Bank on Buffalo
Nicole Kingsley Brunner
Chief Marketing Officer, Manning & Napier
Heather McCarthy
Owner, McCarthy Tents and Events
Gail Morelle
Vice President, Christa Construction
Tom Queri
Managing Partner & Private Wealth Advisor, RDG Wealth Management, LLC
Jay Jay Vanderstyne
General Manager, West Herr Toyota Rochester
Medical Advisory Board
Linda J. Addonizio, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Director, Program for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure & Transplantation, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian, NY
Laura Siedman Albanese, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Division, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Barbara Bambach, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Dr. Madeline Fields, MD
Pediatric Neurologist/Epileptologist, Associate Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Co-Director of the Mount Sinai Epilepsy Program
Joyce Hui-Yuen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Attending Physician, Pediatric Rheumatology, Hofstra-North Shore Long Island Jewish School of Medicine/Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Julie Khlevner, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist & Director of Gastrointestinal Motility Center, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, NY Presbyterian Morgan Stanley’s Children Hospital
Andrew L. Kung, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Lucy D. Mastrandrea MD, PhD
Pediatric Endocrinology, Associate Division Chief, Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Kusum Viswanathan, MD
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Director of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Jeffrey H. Wisoff, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery & Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, NY
Metro New York Junior Board
Nitish Basandra
Corporate Strategy & Development, BetMGM
Akshay Bhardwaj
Executive Chef, Junoon NYC
Evin Broder
Investment Banking Senior Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Anna Brower
Chair
Chief of Staff, Office of NY Attorney General Letitia James
Alex Case
Membership Chair
Vice President of Construction, AION Partners
Michael Cooper
Vice President, Real Estate Acquisitions, BlackRock
Peter Du
Communications Manager, ChromeOS and Google for Education, Google
David Gilberg
CEO, Elder Care Homecare
Jenna Grill
Executive Director Human Resources, Morgan Stanley
Vaibhav Gupta
Strategy and Business Development, Walmart Data Ventures
Nathaniel Hill
Founder and President, Broadway Plus
Michael Knuff
Managing Director- Investments, Financial Advisor, Prentis Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors
Victoria Lass
Project Manager, Teach for America
Nicholas Lyons
Principal, PJT Partners
Andrew Merinoff
Founder, DisPact Ventures
Mike Mouro
Senior VP, Wealth Advisor, Portfolio Manager, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Rob Nuzzo
Vice Chair
Leadership Coach, Speaker and Corporate Engagement Officer, RREN Elemental
Taylor Nyhoff
Principal, Apollo Global Management LLC
Carlin O’Donnell
Alston & Bird
Ryan O'Hanlon
Director, Aspen Power Partners
Kate Sands
CEO & Founder, Honestly Kate, Inc.; Anchor, Cheddar News
Craig Saslow
Event and hospitality expert; Co-Founder, The Premiere
Jordan Sessler
Chief Marketing Officer, BuzzRX
David Shamooil
Jet Direct Mortgage
Kristen Shanley
Director and Head of DEI and CSR, Cerberus Capital Management
Eva Shure
Co-Founder, The Premiere
Brandon Speweik
Head of Industry Sales and Strategy, GFT Group
Selin Terzi
Vice President, Morgan Stanley Prime Brokerage
Sean Villa
Alternative Investments Division, Wafra
Katie White Sibson
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Decision Science CoE, American Express
Alexis Wilpon
Privacy and Cybersecurity Associate, Allen & Overy LLP
Rochester New Leadership Council
Aly Arena
Co-Chair
Director of Recruiting, JK Executive Strategies
Siddharth Bahl
Associate, Harter Secrest & Emery
Sarah Bain-Lucey
Audit Senior Manager, Deloitte
Erica Brienzi
Audit Manager, Insero & Co. CPAs
Allie Coykendall
Human Resources and Compliance Manager, GRIPA & Cognisight
Ashley Doerzbacher
Director of Communications, YMCA of Greater Rochester
Nihada Donohew
VP, Advantage Federal Credit Union
Daniel J. Kennell
Commercial Relationship Manager, Community Bank, N.A.
Michelle Muniak
Senior Design Associate, smartDESIGN Architecture, PLLC
Dan Palermo
Associate, Harris Beach
Ben Vassallo
Co-Chair
Senior Recruiting Consultant, Insero & Co. CPAs
Alyssa Wrobel
Recruiter, QVII