Vice Chair
Craig P. Johnston
Director, International Division
Columbus McKinnon Corp.

Vice Chair
Emile “Buzz” J. Peters
Director, Global Sales & Marketing
Unifrax Corporation

Vice Chair
Hans-Rudi Kroeker
President & CEO
Whiting Equipment Canada, Inc.

Treasurer
Philip C. Kadet, CPA
Managing Partner
Lumsden & McCormick, LLP

Secretary
Norman E. Murray
Chief Executive Officer
U-C Coatings Corporation

Executive Board
John M. Thomas, Ph.D.
Professor, Dean Emeritus
University at Buffalo School of Management/
HSBC Center for Global Business Leadership

Executive Board
Frederick G. Attea, Esq.
Partner
Phillips Lytle LLP

Daniel D. Barry
Deputy Commissioner,
Economic Development
Erie County

Thomas J. Bienias
President & CEO
Ethox International

Stephen Brereton
Consul General
Canadian Consulate

Kenneth M. Franasiak
President
Calamar, Inc.

Timothy Geiger
Senior Vice President
Regional Commercial Executive
HSBC Bank USA

Kausar Hamdani, Ph.D.
Vice President & Branch Manager
Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
Buffalo Branch

Pamela Davis Heilman, Esq.
Partner
Hodgson Russ LLP

Chris Kania
M&T Bank
Administrative Vice President

Dr. Vijay Kumar
President & CEO
IMMCO Diagnostics, Inc.

Gerald J. Leary
President & CEO
Koike Aronson, Inc.

Frederick Mertz
Vice President
S. Howes

Benjamin Rand
President
Insyte Consulting

Christina Orsi
Regional Manager
Empire State Development

Patrick J. Whalen
Chief Operating Officer
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

Mark Wilkins
President & CEO
Stampede Presentation Products, Inc.