Our Board

Crisis Services 2026-2027 Boards of Directors

Agency Board of Directors

Chair

Andrenee Smith

Retired

Project/Operational Management & Finance

Vice Chair

Nicole Staszak

Vice President, Quality Improvement 

People Inc.

Treasurer 

Miroslav Rakic

VP, Enterprise Analytics

Agilon Health

Secretary

Sandra Calandra

Executive Director; Talent & Organizational Development

Seneca Gaming Corporation

Agency Board Members At-Large

Jennifer Barr

Director, Human Resources Compliance

Independent Health Association

Jessica Brown

Comptroller

Erie County Water Authority

Mindy Cervoni

President/CEO

Community Services for Every1

Tracy Fricano Chalmers

Director, Public Health Planning & Emergency Preparedness/PIONiagara County

Department of Health

Mia Clark

Director of Residential Services

The Salvation Army

Prabha Narayanan

Retired

M&T Bank

Rhiannon Needham

Birth Equity Coordinator

Kaleida Health

Rene Petties-Jones

President/CEO

The National Federation for Just Communities for WNY, Inc.

Jennifer Pugh

Chief of Emergency Medicine/ECMC

UBMD Emergency Medicine

Michael T. A. Smith

Save Our Streets Task Coordinator

City of Buffalo

Leonardo Sette-Camara

General Counsel

Catholic Health System

Margaret Testa-Goss

CFO

Rapid Junk Removal

David Zapfel

President/CEO

Gerard Place

Foundation Board of Directors

Chair

Cassandra Davis

Senior Vice President of Operations

Erie County Medical Center

Vice Chair

Elizabeth Callahan

Director of External Affairs

Special Projects Buffalo Manufacturing 

Treasurer

Catherine Roberts

President/CEO

Resource Council of WNY

Secretary 

Elizabeth Perna

Manager

Transit Lanes

Nicole Brown

Marriage and Family Therapist

Mark DePalma

President

MJD Strategic Marketing & Communications

Alicia Kenney

Benefits Consultant

Walsh Duffield

Kevin Re LoVullo

Real Estate Salesperson

Howard Hanna Real Estate  

Julie Padak

Office Manager/Paralegal

Law Office of Francis M. Letro

Wavelle Parchment

Director of Quality

Seneca Health Systems

Susan Navarro

Director of Advancement

Jericho Road Community Health Center

John Sinclair

Director/Business Development

Hoffman Hanafin Insurance

Stefania Talarico

Account Executive, Public Sector

CoreTrust

Interested in serving on the Crisis Services Agency Board of Directors or our Foundation Board of Directors?

Review both Board Descriptions and complete an application.