A strong leadership team
At World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara, our Board of Directors includes representatives from some of the area’s most influential companies and organizations engaged in international trade. Our Board contributes to our strength by providing critical guidance in the strategic direction of World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara’s many services and programs that are available to our members.
Executive Board
Damon Piatek, Chairman
President, Piateck Customs & Logistics
James Manno, Vice-Chair
Eileen Martin, Secretary
Partner, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman
Timothy Bubar, CPA, Treasurer
Principal, Lumsden & McCormick LLP
Robert Clark
Director, Global Procurement, Rich Products Corporation
Kenneth M. Franasiak
Chairman & CEO, Calamar
Board of Directors
John Cappellino
President & CEO, Erie County Industrial Development Agency
Joey Casullo
Director of Sales and International, Speed Global Services
John Deluca
International Sales Manager, Liberty Pumps
William Fierle
Chief Operating Officer, Conax Technologies
Kevin Jacobi
Executive Director, CanadaBW Logistics Inc.
Tim Palisano
President, Western New York Foreign Trade Zone
Lauren Schellinger
Vice President, International Trade Finance, M&T Bank
Dean L. Wood
CEO, BorderWorx Logistics Inc.
Advisory Board
Rosanna Masucci
Director, Buffalo Export Assistance Center, U.S. Department of Commerce
