board of regents

The Canisius College Board of Regents serves as an advisory group to Canisius President Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J. and the college's Board of Trustees.  The Board of Regents is made up of 36 members who are appointed to three-year terms.  Members for the 2009-2010 academic year include:

James E. Sherwood ’68, PhD – Chair of the Board of Regents
Executive Dean and CEO,The Ammerman Campus of Suffolk County Community College

Ronald A. Raccuia ’90 – Vice Chair of the Board of Regents
President, Integrity Office/ADPRO Sports

Mary J. Bartels ’80, MBA ‘85 – Director, Accounting & Analysis, American Steamship Company

John P. Belbas, DDS ’82 – Dentist /Owner

Martin J. Berardi ’79 – President, Medical Devices Group, Moog Inc.

Jeffery J. Calabrese ’92 – Partner, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Peter A. Cannito ’71 – Retired

Gregory J. Castiglia, MD – Neurosurgeon, Buffalo Neurosurgery Group

Mary Collins Sanborn – President and CEO, Collins Advisors LLC

Rev. Vincent M. Cooke, S.J. – President, Canisius College

James F. Dentinger ’83, MBA ’94 – President, McGuire Development Co, LLC

Deborah A. DiMatteo, MBA ’88 – VP, M&T Bank

Kathleen Doucet ’95 – Associate Managing Director, Prudential Financial

Nora E. Eberl ’92 – CFO, Eberl Iron Works, Inc.

Thomas R. Emmerling ’75 – Managing Partner, Dopkins & Company LLP

Michael A. Ervolina Jr. ’79 – President & CEO, Value Home Centers, Inc.

Robert M. Glaser ’68 – Managing Director, Freed Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs

Jodi Johnston ’95, MSEd ’99 – News Anchor/Reporter, WGRZ-TV 2

Christopher M. Kelly ’83 – Partner, Jones Day

Stephen T. LoVullo ’74 – Partner, Lumsden & McCormick LLP

Rocco Lucente, II ’80 – Partner, Cohen & Lombardo, PC

William J. Maggio ’84, MBA ’92 – COO/Partner, Immco Diagnostics Inc.

Vincent J. Mancuso, Sr. ’68, MBA ’77 - Retired

William J. McDermott – VP Finance, CFO and Secretary, Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc.

Lawrence T. McGowan ’70, MBA ’85 – President, Arbor Capital Management Corp.

James B. Nonnengard ’82 – CEO/President, Regions Investment Services

Norma Nowak ’79, PhD – Director of Science & Technology, NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences

Peter S. O’Keefe ’78 – Financial Consultant, Sage Rutty & Co. Inc.

Michael J. Ryan ’64 – Partner, Cosgrove Law Offices

James J. Rzad ’70, MBA ’75 – Retired Financial Executive

Richard C. Suchan ’82 – Sr. VP & Market Manager, Key Private Bank

Frank E. Swiatek ’65 – President, Frank Swiatek & Associates

Wm. Dennis Toole ’72 – President, Atlantic Capital Management, Inc.

Hon. Mary Grace Trimboli  ’75 – Retired

Mary L. Turkiewicz, ’80, MD – President, Southtowns Radiology Association

Lee C. Wortham ’79 – Partner, Barrantys LLC


Consultants


Catherine M. Burzik ’72 – Chair of the Board of Trustees
President & CEO, Kinetic Concepts Inc.

Scott A. Chadwick, PhD – Vice President for Academic Affairs, Canisius College

Dianna Civello, Secretary to the Board of Regents, Director of Development, Major Gifts, Canisius College

Ellen O. Conley, PhD – Vice President for Student Affairs, Canisius College

John J. Hurley ’78 – Executive Vice President and Vice President for College Relations, Canisius College

John L. Langer ’76 – 1st Vice President, Alumni Association
Partner, Jensen, Marks, Langer and Vance LLC

Patrick E. Richey – Vice President for Business & Finance, Treasurer, Canisius College

Mark J. Tortelli ’10 – President, Undergraduate Student Association