Leadership

Board of Directors

William Brilliant

Chair

Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners

Marie Arrigo

Tax Partner – Family Offices Services Partner, EisnerAmper LLP

Steve Burns

President, Rahr Enterprises

Sari Chang

Partner, JACOBSCHANG Architecture

Jackie Cohen

Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

John Cortese

Partner, Apollo Global Management, LLC

Brian Donaghy

Chairman & CEO, Structure Tone Equities, LLC

Emma Fine

Philanthropist

Trevor Freeland

Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

James Galowski

Partner, Apollo Global Management, LLC

Julia Bunyatov Goddard

Founder and CEO, Sirmio 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.

Tracie Rodburg

Senior Vice President, Sponsorship Management, National Football League

Naveen Shahani

Principal, Private Equity, Apollo Global Management, LLC

Rabia Sheikh

Vice President, Visa Inc.

Stephen Thomas

Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC

Andria Trinidad

Principal, Apollo Global Management and CFO, Redding Ridge Asset Management
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

David Mammano

Founding Member, YOUtopia Network

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

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