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Our Board

2024-2025 Crisis Services
Agency and Foundation Board of Directors

Agency Board of Directors

Chair

Jessica Brown

Comptroller

Erie County Water Authority

Vice Chair

Andrenee Smith

Retired

Project/Operational Management & Finance

Treasurer 

Scott Swan

Owner

Banking/Finance

Secretary

Nicole Staszak

Vice President, Quality Improvement

People, Inc.

Agency Board Members At-Large

Melissa Archer

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Senses Medical Wellness

Sandra Calandra

Executive Director

Talent & Organizational Development

Seneca Gaming Corporation

Mindy Cervoni

President/CEO

Community Services for Every1

Tracy Fricano Chalmers

Director

Public Health Planning & Emergency Preparedness/PIO

Niagara County Department of Health

Lani Churley

Associate Vice President

People Inc.

Mia Clark

Director of Residential Services

The Salvation Army

Heather Cruz

Vice Dean/Chief of Staff

School of Social Work, University at Buffalo

Cynthia Hammer

Senior Vice President

Assured Partners

Peter Herman

Owner

Tipico Coffee

Christine Marrano

Chief Human Resources Officer

Goldberg Segalla

Tim McKeever

Vice President of Human Resources

ARC Health

Francesca Mesiah

Manager of Workforce Development

Kaleida Health

Miroslav Rakic

VP, Enterprise Analytics

Agilon Health

Lawrence Ross

Attorney

Hurwitz Fine PC

Michael T. A. Smith

Save Our Streets Task Coordinator

City of Buffalo

David Zapfel

President/CEO

Gerard Place

Foundation Board of Directors

Chair

Cassandra Davis

Senior Vice President of Operations

Erie County Medical Center

Vice Chair

John Sinclair

Director, Business Development

Hoffman Hanafin Insurance

Treasurer

Charles Calvin

Quality Control

Goldman Titanium

Secretary

Vacant

Nicole Brown

Founder

Ten Minute Touch, LLC

Elizabeth Callahan

Director of External Affairs/Special Projects

Buffalo Manufacturing Works operated by EWI

Jordan Modrzynski, Esq.

Supervising Attorney, Evictions

Western New York Law Center

Julie Padak

Office Manager/Lead Paralegal

Law Office of Francis M. Letro

Geri Sexton

Mortgage Contact Center Supervisor

M&T Bank

Stefania Talarico

Business Development

FOS of CannonDesign

Eric Worral

Owner

LoCo Ventures

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.