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Advisory Board

Judith J. Albers, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Neworks, LLC 

**Nasir Ali 
Co-Founder and CEO
Upstate Venture Connect/Seed Capital Fund of CNY
www.upstateventureconnect.org/

**Clayton Besch 
Director, Small Business Technology Investment Fund
Empire State Development, Division of Science,
Technology and Innovation
www.empire.state.ny.us/

John Boger, Esq.
Partner
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti
www.hrfmlaw.com/

William Bond
Director, IP Management Office
Rochester Institute of Technology
http://www.rit.edu/

**Robert Buckley
Manager
Upstate Venture Association of New York (UVANY)http://www.uvany.org/

Laura Cima
Manager, Outreach and Economic Development
Cornell Center for Technology Enterprise & Commercialization
http://www.cornell.edu/

**John A. Cococcia
Partner
FA Technology Ventures
www.fatechventures.com/ 

Jennifer Crisp
Interim Director Office of Technology Transfer
Syracuse University
www.syracuse.edu/

Alfred D. Culliton
Chief Lending Officer
Erie County IDA
www.ecidany.com

**Dennis M. DeLeo
General Partner
Trillium Group
www.trillium-group.com/

Matthew Draper
Deputy Director
Shipley Center for Innovation, Clarkson University
www.clarkson.edu/shipley/index

J. Monteith Estes, Esq.
Board of Directors
Excell Partners and UVANY
www.excellpartnersinc.com/

**Richard Frederick
Director
Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE), RPI
Founder, Eastern NY Angels
www.rpi.edu/about/eve/index
www.easternnyangels.com/ 

Ed Gaetano
Executive Director
Alliance for Manufacturing & Technology
http://www.amt-mep.org/

Robert J. Genco
Vice Provost and Director of STOR
University at Buffalo
http://www.buffalo.edu/

Stephen Gilje
Associate VP for Research
Binghamton University
http://www.binghamton.edu/

Matthew Hall
Director
CACT, Alfred University
www.alfred.edu/

Scott Hancock
Director, IP Management
Binghamton University
www.binghamton.edu/

Linda Dickerson Hartsock
Vice President, Innovation and Technology
CenterState CEO
http://www.centerstateceo.com/

Richard E. Honen, Esq.
Partner in Charge
Phillips Lytle LLP
http://www.phillipslytle.com/

**Reid Hutchins
Senior Vice President
Advantage Capital Partners
http://www.advantagecap.com/

William (Bill) Jones
Executive Director
Venture Creations, Rochester Institute of Technology
www.rit.edu/research/vc/

 

 

Bob Kott
Director of New Ventures
High Tech Rochester Inc
http://www.htr.org/

**Michael Lasch
President
Upstate Venture Association of New York 
Partner, Pine Street Capital
http://www.uvany.org/

Jeffrey A. Lawrence
Executive Vice President
Center for Economic Growth
http://www.ceg.org/

Scott S. Macfarlane
Director of Research Technology Commercialization
Upstate Medical University
http://www.upstate.edu/

Franklin Madison
Technology Program Director
Industrial and Technology Assistance Corporation
http://www.itac.org/

John A. McGowan
Consultant
Insyte Consulting
http://www.insyte-consulting.com/

**Brian S. Model
Managing Director
Stonehenge Growth Capital
http://www.stonehengecapital.com/

**Bela Musits
Partner, High Peaks Venture
Dean, Union Graduate College
http://www.hpvp.com/
http://www.uniongraduatecollege.edu/

Thomas G. Phillips, Sr.
Executive Director
Hudson Valley Technology Development Center, Inc.
http://www.hvtdc.org/

Charles Rancourt
Principal
Rancourt Partnering 4 Innovation

Eugene K. Schuler, Jr.

Executive Director
Lighting Cultivator (LINC)
http://www.lightingcultivator.org/

James Senall
President
High Tech Rochester
http://www.htr.org/

**Zachary Shulman
Managing Partner
Cayuga Venture Fund
www.cvf.biz/

Pam Silverstein
Mentor to Entrepreneurs
pam@lightlink.com

Dr. Gregory C. Slack
Director of Research and Technology Transfer
Clarkson University, Division of Research
http://www.clarkson.edu/

**Jonathan Stillman
President
Half Moon Ventures

Peter  Taubkin 
Associate Director of External Relations 
The Research Foundation of SUNY
http://www.rfsuny.org/

Todd Tidgewell
Partner
Nixon Peabody
http://www.nixonpeabody.com/ 

Robert I. Trachtenberg
President and Chief Executive Officer
Central New York - TDO
http://www.cnytdo.org/

Mary Anne Tyszko 
Vice President of Stregic Business Development & Innovation
Syracuse University
http://www.syracuse.edu/

Michael H. Wacholder
Director
Rensselaer Technology Park
http://www.rpi.edu/

Theresa Walker
Assistant VP of Research
University at Albany
http://www.albany.edu/

Roger J. Williams
From Research to Reality
rjw33@twcny.rr.com

 

**2012 Investor Sub-Committee

 


Bright Buffalo Niagara Steering Committee Members

Brian Anderson

National Grid - Lead Economic Developer

Renata Bator

NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences - Business Development Associate

Martin Casstevens

University at Buffalo STOR - Business Formation and Commercialization Manager 

Al Culliton

ECIDA - COO

David Colligan

Watson Bennett - Partner

Timothy Delaney

Buffalo Expat Network - Co-Founder

Scott E. Friedman

Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP - Partner

Marti Gorman

Buffalo Heritage Ultd. - CEO

Jack Greco

Trillium Group, LLC - Venture Associate

Gary Hull

Summer Street Capital Partners/Upstate Venture Association of New York (UVANY)

Laura Kirkpatrick

Buffalo Expat Network - Co-Founder

Margaret Lange

Canadian Consulate General, Buffalo - Trade Commissioner

Marnie LaVigne

NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences - Director of Business Development

Jack McGowan

Insyte Consulting, Project Manager; Western New York; Venture Association, Director

Megan Rasbeck

Buffalo Niagara Enterprise - Marketing Communications Specialist

Mark Seep

Citybration - Coordinator

James Senall

High Tech Rochester, Inc. - President

Scott Stenclik

Superior Group, Inc.- President

Thomas Ulbrich

UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, School of Management - Executive Director



 

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