Board of Directors

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

Eileen Martin, Secretary

Partner, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman

Timothy Bubar, CPATreasurer
Partner, Lumsden & McCormick LLP

Kenneth M. Franasiak
Chairman & CEO, Calamar




Board of Directors

Edward Arnold
President, Trade Credit Insurance Agency

Rebecca Brady
Owner and Founder, Top Seedz

Anastasia Dorsheimer
Director of Contracts and Compliance, Buffalo Computer Graphics

John Cappellino
President & CEO, Erie County Industrial Development Agency

William Fierle
Chief Operating Officer, Conax Technologies

Tito Rodriguez
Assitant Professor of Business Administration, Daemen University

Chip Skop
Director of Sales and Marketing, Rigidized Metals

Dean L. Wood
CEO, BorderWorx Logistics Inc.



Advisory Board

Rosanna Masucci
Director, Buffalo Export Assistance Center, U.S. Department of Commerce