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Board of Directors

  • Tish Brady - President - Retired, former COO Catholic Charities                                                     
  • Maureen Wendt - Vice President  - President/CEO, The Dale Association, Inc.
  • Jerry Bartone - Treasurer - Retired; Former-CEO, Community Concern of Western New York, Inc   
  • Larry Waters, Esq. - Secretary - Neighborhood Legal Services                                                                 
  • Mary K. Comtois - Program Director of Health Initiatives, United Way of Buffalo & Erie County
  • Stephanie Orlando - CEO, Western NY Independent Living
  • Valerie Nowak - CEO, Harmonia Care Collaborative                                                                                         
  • Diane Baerhe​ - Executive Director, Empower
  • Doris Carbonell-Medina - Senior Community Development Officer, LISC-NY                                         
  • LuAnne Brown, RN - CEO, Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network
  • Randall Hoak - Commissioner, Erie County Department of Senior Services                                                                                                      

 Special Advisors

  • Diane Oyler –  Executive Vice President, Health Foundation of Western and Central New York
  • Ken Genewick - Vice President of Programs, Health Foundation of Western and Central New York

 Team Members

Nikki Kmicinski, MS, RD, CDN - Chief Executive Officer

Jordan Ashley Breckon, MPH - Chief Operations Officer

Miranda Bethin, MS, RD, CDN - Director of Nutrition and Wellness
Amy Wolowski - Director of Billing and Accounts
 

 Fitz SmithM.S., CASAC-t - Director of Social Care Programs
 

Katarina Manuse, MPH - Program Manager - Wellness

 Giovanna Gasbarre - Project Manager - Food As Medicine

 Trishana Singh - Training Academy Manager

 Ebony Smith -  Senior Referral and Navigation Specialist

 Shaun German - Program Manager - Social Care

 Natalie Giaccio - Senior Manager of Quality Assurance and Contracts 

 Chelsey Wexler - Director of Compliance and Special Projects

Ryan Sherman - Accounting and Billing Specialist

 Brandon Yu - Staff Accountant

 Shirley Vazquez - Business and HR Manager

 Chuka Ibezim - Community Engagement Manager

Brenda Bridges, Executive Administrator  

Heather Whitney, Billing and Accounts Specialist (picture coming soon)

Jasmine Filkov, Program Manager Social Care Programs - Wellness 

Jennifer Klein, RD, CDN Nutrition Program Manager (picture coming soon)

Ryan Trubits, Program Manager - Social Care

Dan Conneely, Chief Financial Officer

Helen Bostock, Referral Navigation Specialist (picture coming soon)

Yvonne Rodriguez,  Referral Navigation Specialist (picture coming soon)

We Are Hiring our next Team Members!

Current Job Openings can be found on Indeed.

Consultants

  • Timothy McNeill, RN, MPH / Freedmen's Health Consulting - Business and Network Development; 1115 Project Management
  • Advocates for Human Potential - Data Integration
  • Loptr, LLC. - Cyber Security
  • Stan Martin Consulting - Outreach and Communication