Aspire

Contact Aspire of WNY by phone at (716) 505-5500

Turning Disabilities into Capabilities

Board

Thomas Andruschat - Chair

Attorney at Law

Jacob Herstek - Vice Chair

Attorney, Nixon Peabody LLP

Ginny O’Brien Lohr - Secretary

Education Curator, UB Anderson Art Gallery

Mark Janulewicz, CPA - Treasurer

Senior Tax Manager, Lumsden & McCormick LLP

Raymond Bissonette, Ph.D.

Education Consultant, University at Buffalo

Colleen Ennis Buonocore

Attorney, Harris Beach PLLC, Attorneys at Law

Sandy Casey

Senior Manager of Marketing & Communications, FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage, Inc.

Kenneth H. Conklin

Retired from University at Buffalo

Edward Hejza

Aspire Consumer Services Representative

Kenneth Kurtz

Founder, Kenneth Kurtz & Associates Physical Therapy

John LaMonte, CPA

Financial Consultant, Sokolski, Sutherland & Lyons

Eileen Nosek

Special Education Teacher, Summit Educational Resources

Deborah Pawlowski

Chair & Chief Executive Officer, Kei Advisors

Daryl Rushton

Aspire Consumer Services Representative

Daniel Ryel, CLU, ChFC

Advisor, Ryel & Beyer Financial Solutions

Idajean Windell

Retired Professor for Exceptional Education, Buffalo State College

Erica Reger

Leadership Buffalo Board Fellow

Foundation

Peter Rice - President

CFO, Parkview Health Services

Thomas Sy - Executive Vice President

Executive Director, Aspire

James Carminati, RPA - Vice President

President, Waterbourne Real Estate Advisors

Georgia Dachille - Secretary/Treasurer

Senior Vice President of Finance, Rich Product Corporation’s North American Business Group

John E. Ballow

Attorney, The Ballow Law Firm

Ed Hejza

Aspire Consumer Services Representative

Jacob Herstek

Attorney, Nixon Peabody LLP

Stephen Jepson

Michael O’Brien

Aspire Consumer Services Representative

Ginny O’Brien Lohr

Education Curator, UB Anderson Art Gallery

Jill Syracuse

Senior Vice President, Member Services, Independent Health

Jack Walsh III

Chairman & CEO, Walsh Insurance Group

Earl Wells

President, e3communications

Thomas Wienckowski

Aspire Consumer Services Representative

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