Board of Directors

LUCY BENSON
President
Baillee Lumber Co.

Wendy Brand
Vice President
Retired, Assemblyman Joe Giglio

SHARON MYERS
Second Vice President
Cutco Corp.

AUDRA STEVENS
Secretary
High Point Federal Credit Union

MIKE KASPERSKI
Treasurer
St. Bonaventure University

VICKI BLESSING
Ellicott Development - Olean 2020 LLC

SANDI BRUNDAGE
Salamanca City School District

SEAN CORNELIUS
Weed Ross Agency

SHABANA CHAUHDRY
Women's Health of Western New York

BRENT DRISCOLL
Retired, CUTCO Corp.

DR. ANTHONY EVANS
Mayor, Village of Portville

MARY FREEMAN
FreemanKelley, Inc.

MICHAEL HIGGINS
Airgas

SHELLEY JACK
Shebe Marketing

DENNIS PEZZIMENTI
Howard Hanna Professionals

DOUG PRICE
Hunter Agency

CAROL STITT
CRCF, retired

JIM STITT JR.
Cutco Corp.

TYLER THREEHOUSE
Threehouse Law Firm, P.C.

Wilday

SKIP WILDAY
Immediate Past President
Retired financial advisor

Committees

Executive
Lucy Benson, Wendy Brand, Mike Kasperski, Sharon Myers, Audra Stevens, Carol Stitt and Skip Wilday
Chair: Lucy Benson

Grant Allocations
Lucy Benson, Wendy Brand, Sandi Brundage, Shabana Chauhdry, Sean Cornelius, Mary Freeman, Joe Palumbo, Jared Parks and Theresa Raftis
Chair: Wendy Brand, Vice Chair: Mary Freeman

Board Development
Vicki Blessing, Wendy Brand, Dr. Anthony Evans, Carol Stitt, Jim Stitt Jr. and Skip Wilday
Chair: Skip Wilday, Vice Chair: Dr. Anthony Evans

Finance
Lucy Benson, Wendy Brand, Brent Driscoll, Mike Higgins, Mike Kasperski, Doug Price, Carol Stitt, Jim Stitt Jr. and Skip Wilday
Chair: Mike Kasperski, Vice Chair: Wendy Brand

Human Resources
Lucy Benson, Mike Hendrix, Mike Kasperski, Dave Koebelin, Carol Stitt, Tyler Threehouse and Skip Wilday
Chair: Skip Wilday, Vice Chair: Mike Kasperski

Investment
Jim Bardenett, Lucy Benson, Brent Driscoll, Mike Higgins, Naheed Hilal, Mike Kasperski, Dennis Pezzimenti and Carol Stitt
Chair: Mike Higgins, Vice Chair: Mike Kasperski

Marketing and Donor Development
Vicki Blessing, Shabana Chauhdry, Mark Fischer, Shelley Jack, Amanda Langan, Sharon Myers, Beth Palumbo, John Sheehan, Audra Stevens, Tyler Threehouse and Skip Wilday
Chair: Sharon Myers, Vice Chair: Audra Stevens

Scholarship
Sarah Bray, Dennis Casey, Angela Castle, Andrew Caya, Mary Coombs, Dr. Anthony Evans, Mary Freeman, Betsy Gingerich, Dr. Yogini Kothari, Amanda Langan, Tricia Oakley, Tim O’Keefe, Brian Palumbo, Theresa Raftis, Michelle Robinson, Carolyn Shields, Dr. Colleen Taggerty, Matt Tyssee, Daniele Vecchio and Dean Whitcomb
Chair: Dr. Anthony Evans, Vice Chair: Mary Freeman

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