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PRSA Buffalo/Niagara Chapter - Leadership & Committees


Would you like to join the board of directors, or do you know someone who is interested in chapter leadership?  

 

Interested in becoming more involved with the chapter by serving on a committee?  We'd love to have you!  Learn more about the various commiittees and whom to contact.


Board of Directors

President

Jacqueline Ghosen, APR, Co-chair
UB School of Management
716-645-2833
ghosen@buffalo.edu

President Elect

John Senall 
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
716-845-1038
john.senall@roswellpark.org

Secretary Tony Astran

Seneca Gaming Corporation

716-501-2066

TAstran@snfgc.com

Treasurer

Lori Allan

Orchard Park Central School District

716-209-6222
LAllan@opschools.org

Immediate Past President

Beth Donovan, APR
OLV Institutions
716-828-9631
bdonovan@olv-bvs.org

Assembly Delegates

John DellaContrada

University at Buffalo

716-645-4601

dellacon@buffalo.edu

 

Eileen Herbert
Canisius College

716-888-2791
herberte@canisius.edu

PRSSA Chapter Liaison

Virginia McAuliffe
The Hamister Group
716-839-4000
VMcAuliffe@HamisterGroup.com

Directors-at-Large

John Fisher
Independent Health
716-635-3961
jfisher@independenthealth.com

Tom Lucia
Charter School for Applied Technologies
716-876-7505, Ext. 2210
tlucia@csat-k12.org

Doug Sitler
dsitler@gmail.com



Committee Chairs, Diversity Liaison, and Chapter Adminstrator

Accreditation

Barbara A. Byers, APR, Co-Chair
UB Office of Alumni Relations
716-645-3312
babyers@buffalo.edu

Julie Marranca, APR, Co-Chair
National Kidney Foundation
716-835-1323
jmarranca@kidney.org

Chapter Advocacy

Julie Marranca, APR, Chair
National Kidney Foundation
716-835-1323
julie.marranca@kidney.org

E-Communications

Tony Astran, Chair
Seneca Gaming Corporation
716-501-2066
TAstran@snfgc.com

Excalibur Awards

Lori Allan, Co-Chair
Orchard Park Central School District
716-209-6222
LAllan@opschools.org

Jessica Manocchio, Co-Chair
National Fuel Gas Company
716-857-7625
ManocchioJ@natfuel.com

Membership

Kathy Kirst, Chair
Trautman Associates
716-883-4400
kkirst@trautmanassoc.com

May Randazzo
Memorial Scholarship

Eileen Herbert, Co-Chair

Canisius College

716-888-2790

herberte@canisius.edu


Diane Zwirecki, APR, Co-Chair

Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd.

716-879-8394

dzwirecki@gdtna.com

Nominating

Beth Donovan, APR
OLV Institutions
716-828-9631
bdonovan@olv-bvs.org

Program

Seema Malyvantham, Co-Chair
Rich Products
716-878-8091
smalyvantham@rich.com

Jennifer Gorski, Co-Chair
Alzheimer's Association of WNY
716-626-0600
Jennifer.Gorski@alz.org
PRSSA Liaison Committee

Virginia McAuliffe, Chair
The Hamister Group
716-839-4000
VMcAuliffe@HamisterGroup.com

Sponsorship

Olivia Belter
Univera Healthcare
716-857-6312
olivia.belter@univerahealthcare.com

Diversity Liaison 

(Coalition between PRSA, Ad Club, Buffalo Association of Black Journalists and NFJC)

Jeff Paterson
Health Association of Niagara County Inc. (HANCI)
716-285-8224
paterson@hanci.com

Chapter Administrator

Brenda Schwamborn
716-879-0942
b_schwamborn@msn.com